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On January 3, 1906, he took off from White City and cruised over downtown Chicago for one hour and forty-five minutes, his longest out-and-back airship trip at that time. Following this, Wild packed up and shipped his airship to New Orleans, where he made several flights during the Mardi gras celebration. In the month of May he operated the airship as a resort attraction at Cincinnati, Ohio. From there he shipped it to Indianapolis, Indiana, and was there for a time, then back to White City during the late summer months. That fall he operated his airship in Decatur, Illinois, for a time to close the season. 

During the winter months on 1906-1907 he made a new airship, called the "Comet," which he operated until 1910. In May 1907 Wild was one of the founding members of the Aero Club of Chicago. In October he operated the "Comet" at the St. Louis dirigible competitions during the Gordon Bennett Balloon Races. 

In 1908 Wild made 40 flights with the "Comet", 14 in one week at Waterloo, Iowa. On September 14th he remained in the air five hours and twenty minutes at Louisville, Kentucky, for a new American dirigible endurance record. In October he had the "Comet" at the Jacksonville, Florida, Exposition where Lincoln Beachey was also operating his airship. At that time Wild was also associated with Carl Bates, J. E. Scott, E. E. Herbert and Ray Harroun in Chicago conducting flying machine experiments. Wild obtained permission to conduct flying tests in Washington Park by prearranged appointment. That fall he did some lecturing on aeronautics, and on November 16th he piloted the balloon "United States" in a race from Chutes Park, Los Angeles California, landing in Colorado, 300 miles away. 

In 1909 Wild completed another airship, called the "Eagle," and made flights that year with both the "Eagle" and the "Comet." During the summer season he made three flights at Aberdeen, South Dakota, five in Chicago, seven in Terre Haute, Indiana, and five at Houghton, Michigan. In October Wild was building an airplane, powered by a Bates engine, but apparently this attempt was not successful.

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