tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55879467216277576942024-03-04T21:26:20.856-08:00Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940)Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587946721627757694.post-28782554946664221102012-12-27T09:44:00.002-08:002012-12-27T09:53:58.740-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Look Out, Lindbergh - Here I Come</b> by Eddie Schneider as told to Mary Bell Dan. <i>I choose flying as a career and bump into some funny things.</i> I recently flew more than twelve thousand miles in a little over a month, through rain, fog, wind and snow, over mountains, cities and deserts, in a three-year-old, second-hand airplane that had already traveled some five hundred thousand miles. During that time I never was very late for an appointment or put a single scratch on myself. And considering that I am hardly an expert pilot at nineteen years of age, I knew that these statements must prove something about modern commercial aviation. But what? Being pretty close to the picture, it in hard for me to see, but It does seem that it would show that aviation is for young people as well as the older and wiser generation. In fact, in New Jersey, a boy can get his pilot's license two years before he can get his driver's license. So this is aimed at the youngsters, hoping they won't take it too seriously, and those who have arrived at years of discretion, first as pure amusement because some darned funny and interesting things can happen in aviation and second, there is a concealed missionary purpose, to show that aviation has arrived as an industry. Not that it has much bearing on the story, but because people are always asking me, my name is really Eddie: I was christened that way. It isn't very dressy, but it serves the purpose. As for background, my grandfather was some kind of Scandinavian royalty and was thrown out of it for marrying a peasant girl. Dad had a butcher shop in Jersey City. The first time I was in the air was in Germany, from Hamburg to Hanover. My sister Alice was kind of nervous and decided she didn't want to make the flight after all and started to open the door to get out, not knowing that we had taken off and were in level flight. She changed her mind, you bet, and because there was so little motion she got to like it. Dad said, when he stepped out at the airdrome, that he wished he could always travel that way. We had had to coax him hard to get him to fly in the first place. Right then I did some planning. I wanted to learn to fly a ship more than anything I had ever wanted to do in my life, but several months went by, and in the meantime I went back to work in the bank, before I was able to do anything about taking up what I hoped would be my life work. The idea stuck and one Sunday night I went out to Roosevelt Field to find out all I could about it. We have Sunday dinner late in our house and it is a good two and a half hour trip by tube and train, although you can make it in few minutes by air. It was dark when I got there and they were just about to close up for the night when I arrived. I guess they thought I was having a brainstorm by the way I came madly dashing up and asked rapid questions. They didn't take me quite seriously as a prospective student and just merely tolerated me. I fooled them. Two days later I was back again and ready to fly. Bill Ulbrich took me up over the cemetery in Westbury and pointed down, saying. "See that place? Well, you will be there if you touch the controls," and had a piece of iron pipe in his hand to enforce what he said. I don't blame him for not wanting me to monkey with the controls before I knew what it was all about, but the remark seems funny in this day of teaching you to fly by applied psychology. Then he gave me the works, loops, barrel rolls, in fact at that time I had no idea what I was getting. At the end of twenty minutes of stunting he told me to take the controls and keep the nose of the ship going straight and on the horizon in level flight. I did my best, but it was hard because I was dizzy from all the unaccustomed motions. I liked and didn't like it, but was back the next day for more. I didn't want to drag out my period of instruction, but to go through in a hurry. Aviation was beginning to skyrocket. Everyone was interested and there was lots of activity on the field, but not much system, and there was still a good deal of war surplus junk around. One piece they hadn't gotten rid of yet was an old Tommy Horn scout plane. One day a pilot who hadn't flown in about a year took it up and after circling the field a few times made a perfect landing - about feet 50 up. After that ha came down quickly and as the ship hit the ground the old rotary Le-Rhone motor kept right on spinning across the field. The wings folded up like those of a tired pigeon and the fuselage broke in three places and bent up like an old broken-down donkey. The wheels went up over the head of the pilot, who looked alarmed, but wasn't hurt. I learned something every day. Soon after I had started there a mechanic named Porter was cranking an OX Travel Air and forgot to look at the throttle to make sure it was closed. It was unfortunately half open and the minute the engine caught hold the ship started chasing him. I grabbed a wing tip, but that made it go in circles. The mechanic was too rattled to think about heading straight out, and kept just a few steps ahead of the whirling prop. Of course, it could have been a serious affair, but I can remember how funny he looked with a greasy rag that was half out of his pocket, streaming right out straight behind him and the prop almost catching it. He was swearing so hard and fast that that cut down his speed too. We would probably still be running around in circles if dear old Bill Ulbrich hadn't jumped in to cut the switch. My solo was just another solo. Bill ...<br />
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A recent photograph of Eddie Schneider with his Cessna. Eddie's winning smile has won him many friends among flyers.</div>
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Source: Flying magazine; September 1, 1931. Transcribed by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) on December 24, 2012.Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587946721627757694.post-28927087483755954112012-12-27T09:37:00.004-08:002012-12-27T09:54:17.300-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>I Break A Record And Have A Swell Time Besides</b> by Eddie Schneider as told to Mary Bell Dan. <i>Random notes on a two-way trip across the continent.</i> From the beginning I had wanted to do something with my flying. Just being able to go up in the air and come down at the same spot wasn't very exciting. Airplanes are for going places quickly, safely and comfortably. I don't know why, but my longing had always been to go to the West Coast. First, because I had never been there, and then for various reasons you fly over all sorts of country on the way, and it is the best way to see the country. Then that is the longest distance you can go without hitting foreign country. Frank Goldsborough had made the old junior transcontinental record. Frank was killed in a very unfortunate and peculiar accident. When he returned from his cross-country flight he was touring around, got into had weather and landed in a low tree. His companion got out all right and so did Frank when a very strange thing happened. His reserve tank, which he carried under the ship fell and struck him in the head. It was the sort of thing that wouldn't happen once in n million times, but the average person never stopped to think that out. The idea got around that it wasn't safe for young fellows and girls to fly. Frank had believed in aviation for boys and girls of high school and college age as the greatest of sports. I wanted to prove he was right and be able to give people something to talk about in connection with junior aviation besides Frank's tough luck. Those ideas were all in the back of my mind, but I hadn't bean able to do anything about them. Then one day I went over to the Westfield Airport where Charlie Dann was and got to talking it over with him - I wished I had money to buy a ship. He was already sold on the idea of young fellows being in the air and had more young fellows at his school than at any other school in the country. We got thinking it over and he suggested that I get some of my friends to form a corporation to buy a half interest in a Cessna he had at his field. It was a cabin ship and the average passenger prefers to ride in an open ship for a short hop and it was too advanced for student training. It was cheap, the total purchase price would be less than half of the real value of the ship and it was in good shape. I knew it was a fast ship because I had followed in the papers when it raced and brought back cups from the different air meets it went in. Then Dad come across and backed me to the half interest in the ship. I could buy the other half interest when I got back with any prize money or advertising checks I received. It was a lucky break. Things began to happen with lightning-like rapidity. I took title around the tenth of August and was off the fourteenth. The reason for this was that the National Air Races were on during the last week in August in Chicago and I wanted to be there. I had two hours time in the ship before I headed west. There were many details to attend to; the engine had to be checked, there wasn't time for an overhaul and the boys at the field worked cheerfully until all hours of the night helping me. We didn't do any special streamlining to add to the top speed of the ship although I bet we could add an easy ten miles an hour by putting pants over the wheels and a cowling over the motor. It was just an ordinary commercial ship and I was glad I could help tell more folks that Papa Cessna builds an honest ship with remarkably clean lines and speed without the doo-dads. We didn't install any special instruments either. We had the ones checked that were in there. The instrument company's man swung the compass for accuracy before we put the extra cans of gasoline aboard. First I bought. a map of the whole United States and laid out on it what seemed to be the best course. I had it beside me at Valley Stream one day just before starting and Frank Hawks looked at it. "Hey, you, where did you get my map?" He was getting ready for his coast to coast flight. Strange thing, we had each laid out a practically identical route. The next stop was to buy state maps, sort them out in the proper order and layout my course on those. Charlie Dann said that wasn't enough, he must have had a hunch about what was going to happen to my compass, so that last night, after we all left the hangar at midnight after throwing in tools, a spare wheel and a bottle of coffee no that I could got right off as soon as dawn broke the next morning, I went to bed and sat up with the maps. In the morning he handed ma n log of points measured on the map with a table of how long It would Lake to get from point to point. In this way I could always know where I was without a compass, by the rivers, mountains, cities and other prominent landmarks. I wasn't waiting for perfect weather because there wouldn't be much aviation if it were all fair day and tall wind flying. All I asked was s little ceiling near Bellefonte where the mountains are apt to be a little too chummy with the clouds. The report indicated a rising ceiling over Bollefonte, which later turned out to be a lot of bologna . It wasn't quite light yet when I got out to the field that morning, but the reporters and men who operated ...<br />
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Source: Flying magazine; October 1, 1931. <span style="text-align: start;">Transcribed by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) on December 24, 2012.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 20.9896px;">I recently flew more than twelve thousand miles in a little over a month, through rain, fog, wind and snow, over mountains, cities and deserts, in a three-year-old, second-hand airplane that had already traveled some five hundred thousand miles. ...</span></span>Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587946721627757694.post-38114922614701004972012-12-23T10:12:00.002-08:002012-12-23T10:13:21.643-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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77th Congress, 1st session } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES { Report No. 1403<br />
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MRS. EDDIE A. SCHNEIDER</center>
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November 7, 1941 to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. <br />
Mr. Keogh, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following <br />
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[To accompany H. R. 5290]</center>
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The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 5290) for the relief of Mrs. Eddie A. Schneider, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. <br />
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The purpose of the proposed legislation is to pay the sum of $10,000 to Mrs. Eddie A. Schneider, of 3250 Ninety-third Street, Jackson Heights, Long Island, N. Y. , in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of her husband, Eddie A. Schneider, who was killed by the collision of the United States Navy plane with a private plane piloted by him, near Floyd Bennett Field, N. Y. , on December 23, 1940. <br />
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Statement of Facts</center>
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It appears that on December 23, 1940, a private plane piloted by Eddie Schneider was struck by a Navy plane, piloted by Ensign Kenneth A. Kuehner, United States Naval Reserve, in the vicinity of Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, N. Y., causing the death of Eddie Schneider and completely demolishing his plane. <br />
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The evidence indicates that the first contact of the Navy plane with the private plane was when its propeller cut through the tail of the private plane and out the tail completely off. This was confirmed by the fact that the tail surfaces of the private plane were found later to have been completely severed and by markings found on the propeller of the Navy plane. <br />
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After the propeller of the Navy plane severed the tail surfaces, the private plane pulled ahead for an instant. The Navy plane swung slightly then overtook the private plane, again cutting one of its wings causing it to immediately spin to the waters below. An inspection of the Navy plane revealed that the leading edges of both blades of the propeller had been gouged and nicked, apparently at the time the ...Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587946721627757694.post-52859942839339685792012-10-14T11:33:00.002-07:002012-10-14T11:33:33.071-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) and Nancy Hopkins (1909-1997) at the 1930 National Air Tour in Chicago, Illinois on September 12, 1930.<br />
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Original caption: Chicago September 12, 1930. Nancy Hopkins, the only woman on the Ford Reliability Tour is shown talking things over with Eddie Schneider holder of the junior cross-country records, just after she arrived in Chicago.<br />
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Source: World Wide Photo from the Nancy Hopkins Tier (1909–1997) collection at the International Women's Air & Space Museum archive.<br />
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Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) and Nancy Hopkins (1909-1997) at the 1930 National Air Tour in Chicago, Illinois on September 12, 1930.<br />
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Original caption: "Chicago September 12, 1930. Nancy Hopkins, the only woman on the Ford Reliability Tour is shown talking things over with Eddie Schneider holder of the junior cross-country records, just after she arrived in Chicago."<br />
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Source: World Wide Photo from the Nancy Hopkins Tier (1909–1997) collection at the International Women's Air & Space Museum archive.<br />
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From left to right are: Bertrand Blanchard Acosta (1895-1954), Gordon Berry (1898–?), and Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) returning form the Spanish Civil War in 1937 at Washington National Airport on an Eastern Airlines flight.<br />
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The original caption reads: "U.S. War Fliers Here to Explain. Back from flying war planes for the Loyalist Forces in Spain, Bert Acosta, Gordon berry and Eddie Schneider, left to right, landed at Washington Airport yesterday for conferences at the War and State Departments, where their adventures, exciting as they may have been, are looked upon as breaches of U.S. neutrality."<br />
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<span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><b>Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) in an autographed image dated June 28, 1931. The sign on his Cessna is for Richfield Aviation Gasoline.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Catalog #: 02-S-00201</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Last Name: Schneider</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">First Name: Eddie</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/5022016284/in/photostream/</span></span>Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587946721627757694.post-74042911212113375142011-02-01T12:34:00.000-08:002011-02-01T12:45:33.350-08:00Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) image from 1940 restored<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghedAEU7D3QQXPqvnaf_WgSB9zOWb_IPSYMCDfG00yPYj0J433WNnc0x5nICqqaIRTE3FOuqa2F3W64XAb4bnBD5BNAYwkVr-ibhw3Jo73TT9RH9GF01RU2mY8KqigyzJU4Uws-qJkkAeA/s1600/Schneider-EddieAugust_1930_highest_resolution_desaturated_contrast_sepia.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghedAEU7D3QQXPqvnaf_WgSB9zOWb_IPSYMCDfG00yPYj0J433WNnc0x5nICqqaIRTE3FOuqa2F3W64XAb4bnBD5BNAYwkVr-ibhw3Jo73TT9RH9GF01RU2mY8KqigyzJU4Uws-qJkkAeA/s400/Schneider-EddieAugust_1930_highest_resolution_desaturated_contrast_sepia.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568822295979112370" /></a>Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) image from 1940 restored by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) on February 1, 2011. I took the original 1.5 MB jpg scan and converted it into a png file which was now 3 MB. I imported it into GIMP and desaturated the image to remove the sepia tone and get it into black and white. I saved that image and imported it into Picnik and used the auto-fix function which optimizes the contrast and brightness. I then used Picnik to re-add in a sepia tone so it matches the original scan. The result is a much cleaner image and it is 1.6 MB.Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587946721627757694.post-41350209819622091612011-02-01T12:30:00.000-08:002011-02-01T12:31:32.769-08:00Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) Congressional inquiry of November 7, 1941; page 1 of 11<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElcrEl0M1zHUDwn3HlPBkuw_MboJ9H2CUXoMJcVREcmQpBPp4WIes699nTj2a4Lo7ArqtAiLnLg5tmu0W5L6qDQ8ue0pwFsXlEplvlwDIfsoLOF_7Wbl33ImRWqin8Nwaacyv0k1-eg6J/s1600/Schneider_1941_inquiry_page+1+of+11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElcrEl0M1zHUDwn3HlPBkuw_MboJ9H2CUXoMJcVREcmQpBPp4WIes699nTj2a4Lo7ArqtAiLnLg5tmu0W5L6qDQ8ue0pwFsXlEplvlwDIfsoLOF_7Wbl33ImRWqin8Nwaacyv0k1-eg6J/s400/Schneider_1941_inquiry_page+1+of+11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568821473818211858" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 36px; font-weight: bold; "><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></h2><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) Congressional inquiry of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">November 7, 1941; page 1 of 11</span></h2></span>Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587946721627757694.post-54631329477019089842011-02-01T12:29:00.002-08:002011-02-01T12:30:19.732-08:00Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) Congressional inquiry of November 7, 1941; page 2 of 11<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJ01U-jkOgvFm9BGWw7IQmeqdRLryzHTC2SQfCNroHuBCOLk-O1FmtlpC9-JX6lYVtA_UDTPbE2XoeZpjF5wdq341tc0nY4IJhaaWFsfCXsLlXVyA7IiE-mWYn5BzlJw-NgvihgBVSVSE/s1600/Schneider_1941_inquiry_page+2+of+11.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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">November 7, 1941; page 6 of 11</span></h2></span>Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587946721627757694.post-34625202077452035942011-02-01T12:25:00.002-08:002011-02-01T12:26:39.227-08:00Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) Congressional inquiry of November 7, 1941; page 7 of 11<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7dPQipa-9R8M9SH72SEAW9EviWmNGhModH2Sh42P8xFOx9KYNuiDcn-3LqsvpPa2i-Bf17N3otrDoOqF8Kn9Q-tTyXIVgTuvceJqKnPSdDL69TNe291gXOAu-w1SdRr6nWJ06YumqVvP/s1600/Schneider_1941_inquiry_page+7+of+11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7dPQipa-9R8M9SH72SEAW9EviWmNGhModH2Sh42P8xFOx9KYNuiDcn-3LqsvpPa2i-Bf17N3otrDoOqF8Kn9Q-tTyXIVgTuvceJqKnPSdDL69TNe291gXOAu-w1SdRr6nWJ06YumqVvP/s400/Schneider_1941_inquiry_page+7+of+11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568820049761259154" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 36px; font-weight: bold; "><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></h2><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) Congressional inquiry of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">November 7, 1941; page 7 of 11</span></h2></span>Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587946721627757694.post-49510061238112552012011-02-01T12:25:00.001-08:002011-02-01T12:33:51.597-08:00Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) Congressional inquiry of November 7, 1941; page 8 of 11<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpfouW-J8IPLgJwLk28W6u9wnOgVyq05QJ5CebskC5OvbBMv4wH4SLBZAkULvzuarO-8NX1qW4thUZgVVYZIgJJifWalwUtubIbmpW78PEyIP5dYx6mUuVAiyAmqes63rFiYDYERF1-5Y/s1600/Schneider_1941_inquiry_page+8+of+11.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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">November 7, 1941; page 8 of 11</span></h2><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; font-weight: normal; ">[raw OCR data awaiting corrections]</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; font-weight: normal; ">were flying at approximately the same altitude at that time. When my husband's plane a left turn in order to land the plane, was then some distance behind my husband’s plane, also made a e t turn; he turned before reach- iqg the spot planç hug turned and overtook my husband’a an easily avoidable move, had the Navy ensign been Wßhclfing, but he wasn t. My husband's'p]ane was ñying nt. 11 speed of about 65 to 70 miles per hour; the plan@ at miles pe_r hqur slightly higher. M _The Navy ensign testi- Bod that. when he saw my huaband's plane, it was "directly ahead of him," and he wak over the crmtrola from his pupil (who had onlyŕlogged 2 hours' time of dual instrllction) in an attempt tn avoid the collision. he pupil, Newaomer, t-hat hef loçking atńluìinstrumnnta after completing the turn and Ewwu I-naw nu nnen xumung un n_n; cßmpletln UIB tllrn failed to see the other airplane until after he felt the Navy ensign. äiuehner, 'toko the controls from him. When Newcomer looked up immediately after this, he saw the other airplane directly in front, of the propeller of his plane. My hun- band’a plano was completely demolished; the Navy plane returned with its oecu- parjlts, safely, to the naval‘st.a.tion. I have read with great interest and deep sorrow, the report of the Civil Aero- nautics Board with regard to trañic control at Bennett Field, and the lack of, and delay in, -prescribing adequate airport. tra c regulations. I respectfully invite attention to pages 6, 7, and 8 of the Civil Aeronautics Board 7 is_no‘bhing that I can say or add with regard tothat. That is gecullarly within the knowledge of the authorities. hint air had been very congested in the vicinity of Floyd Bennett Field, that about 125 airplanes based at the of dißerent weights, horsepower, and speeds, and that six approved civilian flying schools were o smting at the field, was common knowledge; that civilians as well as Naval äeserve and Marine Reserve sgruadrons wena training nr the field was also well known, and anyone could see om’20 to 30 airplanes manouvoring around the field during congested periods on Saturday afternoons, Sundays, and holidays. Apparently there was no adequate set of airport traffic rules, nor was there adéquate enforcement of the existing rules and a hazardous traffic condition hm existed at. the airport which had led, I am informed and believe, to previous accidents. In fact, the Civil Acrouautícs Board refers to “numerous near col- lisions in the air in the vicinity of the airport". Everyone seems to agree, and the report of the Civil Aeronautics Board em- phqticaily _so states! _thot the Navy pilot andAhis pupil Newcomer, who, with only 2 hours of instruction was apgarently allowed to pilot this plane through this congested and dangerous area. oth had ampie opportunity * In observe the other plane (my husbands) as it almost directly in front of them and at the same altitude. Keuhner merelv stated he did not see the other lane until immediately before the collision. Newcomer had been watchin hill); 1n- struments to observo the elfects of his left turn and armarentlv oontänued to struments to observe the of his left tum and apparently contïnued to watch them for too -long si tune. It was Keuhner’s respoxmibility (so the Board states) as instructor, to watch for other aizäalancs in the vicinity and in the traffic lane. In view of the congested traffic con ition in the vicinity of the and of the fact that Newcomer had logged only 2 hours dual instruction time Kuehner should have exercised the utmost care in watching for such other airplanes. It is apparent that the probable cause of the accident was his carelessness in failing to exercise auch care. “The lack of adequate traffic rules in the vicinity of the airport wa@ a mn- trjbuhirig factor. _the proposed had, been promulgated and made efïective more expeditlously, the plane would have been at 800 feet and the Piper would have been flying at 500 feet, had their pilote been obeying these traffic rules, and the accident would thus have been averted. “Probable cause.-Upon the basis of all the evidenee available to the Board at this time we End that the probable cause of the accident was the careleßsnees of Ensign Kuehner, while circling the airport, in failing to observe the other in time to avoid it, Conińbuting factor.-We further find that the of, and delay in prescribing adequate airport traffic rules contributed to I-he accident." I n ain most respectfully invite attent-ion to the report of the Civil Aeronautics »arg nnncndcd hereto. and to the written statements liknwinn Annnndm hnrpfn Board hereto. and to the written statements likewise appended hereto. In furt er corrohoration of the findings of the Board and the nf the ïlane for the accident, may Irespectfully advise that I have been informed and be that the Secretary of the Navy approved the claim of the fiyíng school for the property damage to ita plane; this, as far back as March 1941.<br /><br />Person:<br />Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) was a record holding aviator who fought for the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War and died in a plane crash (b. October 20, 1911, 2nd Avenue and 17th Street, Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York, USA - d. December 23, 1940, Deep Creek and Flatbush Avenue, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, New York City, New York, USA)</span></span></div></span>Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587946721627757694.post-36022051828629048892011-02-01T12:24:00.001-08:002011-02-01T12:24:58.171-08:00Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) Congressional inquiry of November 7, 1941; page 9 of 11<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyeBiS-OMxivuNwg2JWDwjGPRytYHWgkhkrIfdWKrxjqpz8GVD7G91vLp1PwTZCMiWCs6MyUuRzRI_0_FX04SvncWG1mcSSztn1oaOugScv5CwDS6WEuIRtnM8Henk7T5xIDs6lZgbcYo/s1600/Schneider_1941_inquiry_page+9+of+11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyeBiS-OMxivuNwg2JWDwjGPRytYHWgkhkrIfdWKrxjqpz8GVD7G91vLp1PwTZCMiWCs6MyUuRzRI_0_FX04SvncWG1mcSSztn1oaOugScv5CwDS6WEuIRtnM8Henk7T5xIDs6lZgbcYo/s400/Schneider_1941_inquiry_page+9+of+11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568819722017840978" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 36px; 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">November 7, 1941; page 10 of 11. </span></h2></span>Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587946721627757694.post-38778701495201642852011-02-01T12:06:00.000-08:002011-02-01T12:23:23.242-08:00Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) Congressional inquiry of November 7, 1941; page 11 of 11<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiX4VRii4yM1beleU8I89bdIuiFOT8bFSl0XYXno5lS_hX3TGyCQPprnWPj6d6dvzcUhYVIuT_kndsHD4YSAWBFYWIUUzSdPQZxpuNGBjS186soOLdV_NLlTTq3pvszF8CLz9jF9Co2IUc/s1600/Schneider_1941_inquiry_page+11+of+11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiX4VRii4yM1beleU8I89bdIuiFOT8bFSl0XYXno5lS_hX3TGyCQPprnWPj6d6dvzcUhYVIuT_kndsHD4YSAWBFYWIUUzSdPQZxpuNGBjS186soOLdV_NLlTTq3pvszF8CLz9jF9Co2IUc/s400/Schneider_1941_inquiry_page+11+of+11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568818588157111410" /></a><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; 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Acosta, Berry, Schneider Fly to Capital With Their Attorney<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBJkEzYz7qdGK_1gutmcmmVg-85a8A0FaXxYGfO8DO6PjiY7oMhCa0C1mTrRoqmycmVgM4l123s5dGkJ9Zd6qaXvhGKjascDrqyfqnKvTZchGbcnD2PNZ8SlNhqhvqrpMkilMQhoXDSOU/s1600/Schneider_Eddie_1937_02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBJkEzYz7qdGK_1gutmcmmVg-85a8A0FaXxYGfO8DO6PjiY7oMhCa0C1mTrRoqmycmVgM4l123s5dGkJ9Zd6qaXvhGKjascDrqyfqnKvTZchGbcnD2PNZ8SlNhqhvqrpMkilMQhoXDSOU/s400/Schneider_Eddie_1937_02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507144049371790002" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><div>Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) in the The Washington Post, January 20, 1937, page 5, "3 U.S. Airmen Here to Explain Aid to Loyalists; Acosta, Berry, Schneider Fly to Capital With Their Attorney"</div><div><br /></div><div>3 U.S. Airmen Here to Explain Aid to Loyalists. Acosta, Berry, Schneider Fly to Capital With Their Attorney. Back from the broken harvests of the bloody Spanish war, the famed triumvir of American air fighters – Bert Acosta, Gordon Berry and Eddie Schneider – flew into Washington Airport yesterday all set to do some tall explaining to the Federal Government. Apparently none the worse for the wear and tear of the bitter civil conflict, now in its sixth month, the trio who quit because 'it would be suicide to continue' and because their actions 'might not be in tune with the spirit of neutrality’, talked freely with newsmen about the reasons that motivated their enlistment. 'I was broke, hungry, jobless,' 25-year-old Schneider, who is married and has a family in New York, said. 'Yet despite the fact that all three of us are old-time aviators who did our part for the development of the industry were left out in the cold in the Administration’s program of job making. Can you blame us for accepting the lucrative Spanish offer?' While other airmen – British and French – were afforded a two-week courtesy for training, American fliers were just shown to loyalist hangars, given a plane and ordered to do their stuff. 'We were flying old crates,' Acosta said, ‘while other nationalists were given modern ships. But for the protection afforded us by Soviet pursuit planes we would not be alive now to tell you this tale.’ All three had the highest praise for the Russian flyers and nothing but scorn for the Moors. 'They are the traditional enemies of the Spaniard,' Berry said. 'Spain is not fighting a civil war but an invasion.' Denying news reports that they dropped bombs over Burgos as a Christmas Day greeting for the fascist rebel junta, the fliers said that they spent the holidays in Barcelona, the capital of the autonomous state of Barcelona. Once they stared death in the face. That was in the Catalan capitol when all unwittingly they tuned in on Rome in a restaurant radio and had a band blare forth with the Fascist anthem. 'It was a close call.' The youthful Schneider said, 'we almost got shot as agents provocateur.' Unpaid, and hearing of repercussions back home from the British Ambassador in Bilboa, the trio made up their minds to quit the conflict for good. 'This was a mess,' Schneider explained, 'and there was always that never-ending jockeying for the power among the factions to contend with, it got to the point where we did not know who we were fighting and why, and you can say that we are damn glad to be back.’ The three fliers were accompanied here by their attorney, Colonel Lewis Landes, of New York, an officer in the Reserve Corps. They came here voluntarily to see various Government officials, but the State Department not on their calling list. In the afternoon they had lunch at the Army and Navy Club and discussed modern fighting methods with Colonel Richards. The latter was interested in the war value of pursuit ships and questioned the trio on the observations. Tomorrow all three have an appointment with Senator Ashurst on neutrality legislation. They also will be questioned by the Justice and Commerce departments, but they did not disclose the nature of the conferences. Regarding the pay owed them by the Spanish Government, Landes disclosed that all three received ‘about $500 apiece’ Monday from ‘the Spanish counsel’ in New York. He did not disclose the latter’s identity. Meanwhile, representative McCormack (Democrat), of Massachusetts, was requesting of Secretary of State Cordell Hull a State Department inquiry into whether a Spanish consul in New York had paid American aviators to serve in the Spanish civil war. In a letter he demanded a withdrawal of the counsel’s credentials if there had been any violation of the United States or international law. McCormack told newsmen that a special House investigating committee, of which he is chairman, had revealed that ‘certain foreign governments’ had no compunction about using their diplomatic representatives to this country to further their plans and violate international laws.</div></span></span></div>Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587946721627757694.post-12731400085232389312010-06-20T23:12:00.001-07:002012-10-12T08:01:20.999-07:00Waving a cheery hello, Eddie Schneider, 18-year-old Jersey City youth quits his Cessna monoplane on completion of his record flight from Los Angeles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1aL7TIOJi_cgyXQksx_c4HuMzzsUsYeN1qEIvPiSsjZ_pJ3pr7nE4MnWiIhLx8kSuzXtByOi6AMkWgEmLHeqoj7WJK2Zn8K72rte3rSAITLEkWbGIyzc05NSHScxY_xfjjnaPcPJdUAv/s1600/Schneider-EddieAugust_1930_waving_hello.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485105891590523954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1aL7TIOJi_cgyXQksx_c4HuMzzsUsYeN1qEIvPiSsjZ_pJ3pr7nE4MnWiIhLx8kSuzXtByOi6AMkWgEmLHeqoj7WJK2Zn8K72rte3rSAITLEkWbGIyzc05NSHScxY_xfjjnaPcPJdUAv/s400/Schneider-EddieAugust_1930_waving_hello.jpg" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 229px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Waving a cheery hello, Eddie Schneider, 18-year-old Jersey City youth quits his Cessna monoplane on completion of his record flight from Los Angeles, California. Schneider's time of 26 hours and 38 1/2 minutes for the eastward coast-to-coast trip broke the late Frank Goldsborough's junior record by 1 hour and 29 1/2 minutes. Schneider now holds both junior records. His time for the westward flight is 29 hours and 21 minutes. (International Newsreels)<br /><br />Source:<br />International Newsreels in the Van Wert Daily Bulletin; Van Wert, Ohio; Wednesday, August 27, 1930<br /><br />Person:<br />Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) was a record holding aviator who fought for the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War and died in a plane crash (b. October 20, 1911, 2nd Avenue and 17th Street, Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York, USA - d. December 23, 1940, Deep Creek and Flatbush Avenue, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, New York City, New York, USA) </span></span>Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587946721627757694.post-42695297034576007252010-06-20T23:08:00.000-07:002010-06-20T23:10:16.736-07:00Flier says lawyer sent him to Spain<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JOE-oVHYMW460V0_Pm0CfiyMEg-Wtm3bDFHJnJ1YCbzS8XMLrWdcU_LnCjms1GWbSiMUaiXCcTSir1KGd1gz4M8bt9S3Pl6xi_CKXRooxrjgPXXjndBbXnZ9P1AlmbQ7d92aqnu32aoq/s1600/Schneider-EddieAugust_1937_lawyer_sent.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 93px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JOE-oVHYMW460V0_Pm0CfiyMEg-Wtm3bDFHJnJ1YCbzS8XMLrWdcU_LnCjms1GWbSiMUaiXCcTSir1KGd1gz4M8bt9S3Pl6xi_CKXRooxrjgPXXjndBbXnZ9P1AlmbQ7d92aqnu32aoq/s400/Schneider-EddieAugust_1937_lawyer_sent.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485105264635652706" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Eddie August Schneider in the New York Times on January 16, 1937.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"Flier says lawyer sent him to Spain. Schneider names New Yorker as giving him ticket to join loyalist army. Promised $1,500 a month, but he was never paid, so he quit, witness declares - tells story to U.S. officials. Eddie Schneider, 25-year-old aviator, who recently returned to the United States after serving a month in the so-called Yankee Squadron with the Spanish Loyalists, said yesterday that a New York lawyer had negotiated with him for his services abroad. Schneider, who began his career as a flier in 1928, appeared at the Federal Building, where he was questioned by John F. Dailey Jr., Chief Assistant United States Attorney. Mr. Dailey, who last Thursday questioned Bert Acosta and Gordon K. Berry, both of whom served in the same squadron, is conducting an investigation to determine if the service of the Yankee Squadron in Spain was a violation of a federal statute. That statute provides: 'Whoever, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlists or enters himself, or hires or retains another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States with intent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any foreign prince, state colony, district or people as a soldier or as a marine, or seaman on board of any vessel of war, letter or marquee, or privateer, shall be fined not more than $1,000 and imprisoned not more than 4 years.' According to Schneider, the lawyer told him that he would be paid $1,500 a month for his services in the air force and would receive a bonus of $1,000 for every Rebel plane he shot down. The lawyer, he said, gave him his steamship ticket. Schneider, in an interview with newspapermen, said that he had quit Spain because the Loyalist Government had not carried out its obligations under a contract signed in Valencia. The only money he received, he said, came from the Spanish Embassy in Paris, which paid his fare back to the United States. Colonel Lewis Landes, attorney for Schneider, interrupted to say on behalf of his client that Schneider had really quit Spain because he wished to comply with President Roosevelt's neutrality program. Schneider said that Major Thomas Lamphier was still abroad flying for the Loyalists. He said that he himself had taken part in bombing raids daily for about three weeks. The bombers, he said were remodeled sport planes, and the bombs were dropped through floor openings."</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Source: New York Times; January 16, 1937</span></p><p></p></span>Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587946721627757694.post-56009195390445499722010-06-20T22:01:00.001-07:002010-06-20T22:01:50.175-07:00Girl and Boy of 19 Are Interesting pair in This Year's Ford Airplane Tour<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSJvITskOd3iQClL7Dxgli6hmAVlnycStpc-vrkIdOZyRn7HNZGStxRkV5tFuZQbPGDjf2ChjRTdfRdcLEqt9wzpOgOsT0cxTB1eqi1-JxTBoEOHPYQLiI8rMC6vOypTbu9IgK_w2xM14/s1600/Schneider-EddieAugust_1930_interesting_pair.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 188px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSJvITskOd3iQClL7Dxgli6hmAVlnycStpc-vrkIdOZyRn7HNZGStxRkV5tFuZQbPGDjf2ChjRTdfRdcLEqt9wzpOgOsT0cxTB1eqi1-JxTBoEOHPYQLiI8rMC6vOypTbu9IgK_w2xM14/s400/Schneider-EddieAugust_1930_interesting_pair.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485087681401331986" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) and Nancy Hopkins (1909–1987) in the Newark Advocate of Newark, Ohio on September 16, 1930.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Girl and Boy of 19 Are Interesting pair in This Year's Ford Airplane Tour.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Above are two of the most interesting pilots in the Ford Reliability tour, which got under way at Ford airport, Detroit, on a 4,000-mile trip with 15 planes competing. At the right is Nancy Hopkins, Washington society girl and niece of Lady Nancy Astor, the only woman contestant; with her is Eddie Schneider, 19, the youngest pilot in the race. Below is a closeup of Miss Hopkins.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Source:<br />Newark Advocate; Newark, Ohio; September 16, 1930</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Person:<br />Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) was a record holding aviator who fought for the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War and died in a plane crash (b. October 20, 1911; 2nd Avenue and 17th Street, Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York, USA - d. December 23, 1940; Deep Creek and Flatbush Avenue, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, New York City, New York, USA)</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Person:<br />Nancy Hopkins (1909-1997) was the president of the International Women's Air and Space Museum and a member of United Flying Octogenarians (b. May 16, 1909; Washington, District of Columbia – d. January 15, 1997; Sharon, Connecticut)</span></p></span>Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587946721627757694.post-30813135336365153672010-06-17T11:32:00.000-07:002010-06-17T11:34:06.547-07:00Three Young Pilots At Chicago Are Gathering Air Laurels; One Glider, Others With Planes.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIogeFFfcYDZfPPMPkPPxoFr48eZxI3pyF1FaU5CFmIsYHm-xW1SZ42HOxFECBasOsb7Tzf-hwymi-ZI5Q21T4e7oXeeknwn1TgcjtyGhEtj2ux2uvkNmvt36SxJOnDAcgF1tL6D7g5rk6/s1600/Schneider-EddieAugust_1930_threeyoung.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIogeFFfcYDZfPPMPkPPxoFr48eZxI3pyF1FaU5CFmIsYHm-xW1SZ42HOxFECBasOsb7Tzf-hwymi-ZI5Q21T4e7oXeeknwn1TgcjtyGhEtj2ux2uvkNmvt36SxJOnDAcgF1tL6D7g5rk6/s400/Schneider-EddieAugust_1930_threeyoung.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483812380811130370" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) in an article by the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">Associated Press in The Day of Chicago, Illinois on August 28, 1930.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">Three Young Pilots At Chicago Are Gathering Air Laurels; One Glider, Others With Planes.<br /><br />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."<br /><br />Source:<br />Associated Press in The Day; Chicago, Illinois; August 28, 1930 </span></div>Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )http://www.blogger.com/profile/12151654226266822446noreply@blogger.com0