Friday, November 16, 2007

Schneider plans flying here today


Schneider plans flying here today.

Wichita, Kansas, August 22, 1930 (Associated Press) Eddie Schneider, 18-year-old New Jersey youth seeking to establish a junior transcontinental flight record from West to East, landed here at 3:13 P. M., Central Time, today from Albuquerque, New Mexico. He plans to take off at daybreak tomorrow on a nonstop hop to New York.

Source: New York Times; August 23, 1930; page 28

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