After leaving Curtiss-Wright in 1952, Fisher worked for 23 years as a Special Assistant for Aviation to Executive Director Austin Joseph Tobin at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
As head of aviation-industry affairs, his work included evaluating requests for fixed-wing and rotary aircraft to use airports in the New York metropolitan region.
The airports he supervised included John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, Newark and Teterboro.
During his tenure, Fisher checked out numerous aircraft from wide-body airliners to the executive jets.
He retired in 1975, but continued to be active in aviation and other interests.
Over the years, in his role as Special Assistant at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Fisher had gained a reputation as a knowledgeable and skilled pilot, as well as being friendly and affable.
Likewise, his dapper figure, often in well-cut clothes, led to a painting given to him on retirement, titled, "The man in the flying tuxedo," that highlighted his many connections to aviation.

Other positions Fisher filled included Director of Aeronautics for the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and instructor at the Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University where he held a Doctorate of Aeronautical Science (honoris causa) and was a member of their International Advisory Council.
The university also has an endowment fund in his name, the Herbert O. Fisher Scholarship.

In later years, Fisher was founder and first President of the P-40 Warhawk Association, a charter member and Past President of the P-47 Thunderbolt Pilots Association,  Past President of the CBI Hump Pilots Association, and Past President of the Yankee Air Force, Northeast Division.
Among the many other associations in which he took an active role was as a charter member of the International Fighter Pilots Fellowship, member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots,  the Wings Club of New York and the China-Burma-India Veterans Association.
In Caldwell, New Jersey, Fisher was on the New Jersey Civil Air Defense Advisory Council and also served as a councilman and police commissioner.
After leaving Curtiss-Wright in 1952, Fisher worked for 23 years as a Special Assistant for Aviation to Executive Director Austin Joseph Tobin at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. As head of aviation-industry affairs, his work included evaluating requests for fixed-wing and rotary aircraft to use airports in the New York metropolitan region. The airports he supervised included John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, Newark and Teterboro. During his tenure, Fisher checked out numerous aircraft from wide-body airliners to the executive jets. He retired in 1975, but continued to be active in aviation and other interests. Over the years, in his role as Special Assistant at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Fisher had gained a reputation as a knowledgeable and skilled pilot, as well as being friendly and affable. Likewise, his dapper figure, often in well-cut clothes, led to a painting given to him on retirement, titled, "The man in the flying tuxedo," that highlighted his many connections to aviation.
Other positions Fisher filled included Director of Aeronautics for the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and instructor at the Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University where he held a Doctorate of Aeronautical Science (honoris causa) and was a member of their International Advisory Council. The university also has an endowment fund in his name, the Herbert O. Fisher Scholarship.
In later years, Fisher was founder and first President of the P-40 Warhawk Association, a charter member and Past President of the P-47 Thunderbolt Pilots Association,  Past President of the CBI Hump Pilots Association, and Past President of the Yankee Air Force, Northeast Division. Among the many other associations in which he took an active role was as a charter member of the International Fighter Pilots Fellowship, member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots,  the Wings Club of New York and the China-Burma-India Veterans Association. In Caldwell, New Jersey, Fisher was on the New Jersey Civil Air Defense Advisory Council and also served as a councilman and police commissioner.
Herbert O. Fisher