Memorial to J. C. Flier

Summary

Memorial to J. C. Flier is a news article^[1].

Key Facts

• Memorial to J. C. Flier's image is recorded as Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) archive in the Jersey Journal of Jersey City, New Jersey on September 19, 1952.png^[2].
• Memorial to J. C. Flier's instance of is recorded as news article^[3].
• Memorial to J. C. Flier's language of work or name is recorded as English^[4].
• Memorial to J. C. Flier's publication date is recorded as +1952-09-19T00:00:00Z^[5].
• Memorial to J. C. Flier's main subject is recorded as Eddie August Schneider^[6].
• Memorial to J. C. Flier's main subject is recorded as Eddie Schneider Memorial Library^[7].
• Memorial to J. C. Flier's main subject is recorded as Yankee Squadron^[8].
• Memorial to J. C. Flier's main subject is recorded as Spanish Civil War^[9].
• Memorial to J. C. Flier's main subject is recorded as Jersey City Airport^[10].
• Memorial to J. C. Flier's main subject is recorded as National Air and Space Museum^[11].
• Memorial to J. C. Flier's main subject is recorded as Institute of Aeronautical Sciences^[12].
• Memorial to J. C. Flier's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jersey-journal/152548533/^[13].
• Memorial to J. C. Flier's published in is recorded as The Jersey Journal^[14].
• Memorial to J. C. Flier's title is recorded as Memorial to J. C. Flier. Smithsonian Now Has Eddie Schneider Niche^[15].
• Memorial to J. C. Flier's copyright status is recorded as public domain^[16].
• Memorial to J. C. Flier's quotation or excerpt is recorded as The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C., has established a niche to memorialize the late Eddie Schneider, former Jersey City resident who was once the nation's youngest aviation record holder, it was learned today. Mrs. Gretchen Schneider Black, the flier's widow, says an aviation library which the couple compiled before his death in a plane crash in 1940 has been 'gratefully accepted' by the institution, which will display it in the National Air Museum as the Eddie Schneider Memorial Library. A collection of Schneider's scrapbooks, mementos and licenses, including his international flying license, signed by Orville Wright, is also a permanent exhibit at the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in New York. ... Employed by various airlines following his return to this country, Schneider was an instructor for a flying service when he met his death December 23, 1940, at the age of 29. A student pilot with him also was killed when their light plane was in a mid-air collision over Floyd Bennett Airport, Brooklyn with a naval reserve plane. The late pilot's wife, who is the former Gretchen Hahnen of Jersey City, was at one time director of the Aviation Club of The Jersey Journal's Junior Club Magazine. She also held the post of New Jersey governor of the Women's Aeronautic Association. Mrs. Schneider Black is now a resident of Fort Worth, Texas.^[17].

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Memorial to J. C. Flier's instance of is recorded as news article^[3].