Local Pilot Killed

Summary

Local Pilot Killed is an obituary^[1].

Key Facts

• Local Pilot Killed's image is recorded as Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) obituary in the Jersey Journal on December 23, 1940.jpg^[2].
• Local Pilot Killed's instance of is recorded as obituary^[3].
• Local Pilot Killed's publication date is recorded as +1940-12-23T00:00:00Z^[4].
• Local Pilot Killed's main subject is recorded as Eddie August Schneider^[5].
• Local Pilot Killed's main subject is recorded as George Wilson Herzog^[6].
• Local Pilot Killed's main subject is recorded as 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash^[7].
• Local Pilot Killed's main subject is recorded as Kenneth Adolph Kuehner^[8].
• Local Pilot Killed's main subject is recorded as Franklin Newcomer^[9].
• Local Pilot Killed's main subject is recorded as The Kangaroo^[10].
• Local Pilot Killed's main subject is recorded as American Airlines^[11].
• Local Pilot Killed's published in is recorded as The Jersey Journal^[12].
• Local Pilot Killed's title is recorded as Local Pilot Killed. Eddie Schneider and Passenger Die in Crash.^[13].
• Local Pilot Killed's quotation or excerpt is recorded as Local Pilot Killed. Eddie Schneider and Passenger Die in Crash. Eddie A. Schneider, 29, veteran pilot and former holder of the junior transcontinental speed record for airplanes, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon when a small monoplane in which he was giving a refresher course to another pilot was struck by U.S. Naval Reserve plane at Floyd Bennett Airport, Brooklyn. Schneider's plane, one wing sheared off, plummeted in a tight spin into an inlet of Jamaica Bay, causing instant death to Schneider and his student, George W. Herzog, 37. Schneider, a native of New York City was a resident of Jersey City until a few years ago. He became interested in aviation while still a student at Dickinson High School, Jersey City, causing him to leave school when 15 to go to work as a plane mechanic at old Roosevelt Field in Hempstead, Long Island. Schneider during his career in aviation broke the East-West, West-East and round trip junior transcontinental records in 1930 in his famous red Cessna monoplane, when only 18. He crossed the continent from Westfield Airport, New Jersey, to Los Angeles in 29 hours and 41 minutes, breaking the record of the late Frank Goldsborough. Eddie was at one time the youngest licensed commercial pilot and competed in air races and meets with men far more experienced and older than he was, after carrying off first honors. …^[14].