Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Fog and Rain in Pennsylvania Halt Jersey Youth's Flight to Oakland

Forced Down
Eddie Schneider, 18, Jersey City schoolboy who hopped off today for Oakland to lower the the junior transcontinental record. He was forced down in Pennsylvania by fog and rain.

Fog and Rain in Pennsylvania Halt Jersey Youth's Flight to Oakland

Water Street, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1930 (Associated Press) After being forced own by fog and rain at Huntington today while en route to Columbus in an attempt to break the junior transcontinental flight record. Eddie Schneider, 18, of Westfield, New Jersey resumed his flight this afternoon only to be forced down again here 15 minutes later.

Westfield, New Jersey, August 14, 1930 (Associated Press) Eddie Schneider, 18-year-old flier who took off early today on a transcontinental flight, reported by telegraph that fog and rain had forced him down at Huntington, Pennsylvania, but he would continue as soon as the weather permitted. No word has been received at the local airport at 11 am (Eastern Standard Time). ... Schneider took off at 4:55 am (Eastern Standard Time) in a cabin monoplane, The Kangaroo. The youth who has ... He has hoped to lower the record established by the late Frank Goldsborough.

Source: Oakland Tribune ; Oakland, California; August 14, 1930

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