Saturday, November 17, 2007

Boy Flier Starts West to East Hop

Boy Flier Starts West to East Hop

Los Angeles, August 21, 1930 (Associated Press) Eddie Schneider, newly crowned East-West junior transcontinental speed king, took off at 6:17:30 A.M. (Eastern Standard Time) today in an effort to establish a new West-East junior transcontinental air record. He planned to make his first stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Source: Syracuse Herald; Syracuse, New York; August 21, 1930

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