Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) in an article by the Associated Press in The Day of Chicago, Illinois on August 28, 1930.
Three Young Pilots At Chicago Are Gathering Air Laurels; One Glider, Others With Planes.
Chicago, August 28, 1930 (Associated Press) Boys will be pilots, say Eddie and Walter and Eldon. Eddie Schneider is only 18, a curly headed, Jersey City, New Jersey blond who has been flying for two years and now holds the junior transcontinental records, both west to east and east to west. ... Flying his little red monoplane, with only 100 horsepower at his command. Eddie Schneider demonstrated to great throngs of fans yesterday that despite his youth he had what fliers term the "feel of the air". He maneuvered his ship around the filed with the nonchalant assurance of the great Marcel Doret of France, and as an added thrill he landed it and stopped it in a space of less than 600 feet. "father was against my flying." related Eddie," but he's convinced now. In fact he's helping to back all my flights. All I want to do is fly. "I don't expect to win any of them but I'll race for the fun of it," he said. "There will be too many ships with more power than mine in the races to win."
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Associated Press in The Day; Chicago, Illinois; August 28, 1930
Chicago, August 28, 1930 (Associated Press) Boys will be pilots, say Eddie and Walter and Eldon. Eddie Schneider is only 18, a curly headed, Jersey City, New Jersey blond who has been flying for two years and now holds the junior transcontinental records, both west to east and east to west. ... Flying his little red monoplane, with only 100 horsepower at his command. Eddie Schneider demonstrated to great throngs of fans yesterday that despite his youth he had what fliers term the "feel of the air". He maneuvered his ship around the filed with the nonchalant assurance of the great Marcel Doret of France, and as an added thrill he landed it and stopped it in a space of less than 600 feet. "father was against my flying." related Eddie," but he's convinced now. In fact he's helping to back all my flights. All I want to do is fly. "I don't expect to win any of them but I'll race for the fun of it," he said. "There will be too many ships with more power than mine in the races to win."
Source:
Associated Press in The Day; Chicago, Illinois; August 28, 1930
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