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Schneider Flies to Wichita (1930)

Eddie August Schneider (1910-1940) in an article written by the Associated Press and published in the New York Times on August 17, 1930. The article says that he was a "Westfield, New Jersey youth" which is is incorrect. The plane left from the Westfield, New Jersey airport, but he was a resident of Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Schneider Flies to Wichita. Wichita, Kansas; August 16, 1930 (Associated Press) Eddie Schneider, 18-year-old Westfield, New Jersey youth [sic], 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.

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