Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Schneider Flies to Wichita

Schneider Flies to Wichita.

Wichita, Kansas, August 16, 1930 (Associated Press) Eddie Schneider, 18-year-old Westfield, New Jersey youth, attempting to establish a new junior transcontinental flight record, arrived here tonight at 7:45. He had left St. Louis at 1:25 p.m.

Source: New York Times; August 17, 1930; page 23. Note: Schneider was from Jersey City, New Jersey. He left from the Westfield, New Jersey airport on the trip.

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