Amelia Reid (November 13, 1924 – March 3, 2001) was a mathematician, pilot, flight instructor, businesswoman, airshow performer, and airport advocate.

[2] Reid studied mathematics at Kearney State College in Nebraska, earning her bachelor's degree in June 1945.

[2] She mortgaged her home and constructed a permanent hangar and office building in 1967, from which she operated her flight school for the rest of her life.

[4][1][5] Reid's students include noted airshow performer Sean D. Tucker,[1] aviation author and speaker Rod Machado, aerospace engineer and author H. Paul Shuch (whose recurring fictional character Avalon Eden[6] is based in part on Reid), and Jason Dahl, the captain on United flight 93 on September 11, 2001.

In the 1960s, Reid-Hillview Airport, founded in 1939 by five local airmen including Reid's father-in-law, was sold to Santa Clara County.