Slain Flier Was Airport Manager

Summary

Slain Flier Was Airport Manager is a news article^[1].

Key Facts

• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's image is recorded as Eddie August Schneider (1910-1940) and George Wilson Herzog (1903-1940) in The Morning Call of Paterson, New Jersey on 25 December 1940.jpg^[2].
• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's instance of is recorded as news article^[3].
• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's language of work or name is recorded as English^[4].
• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's publication date is recorded as +1940-12-25T00:00:00Z^[5].
• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's main subject is recorded as Eddie August Schneider^[6].
• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's main subject is recorded as George Wilson Herzog^[7].
• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's main subject is recorded as Floyd Bennett Field^[8].
• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's main subject is recorded as 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash^[9].
• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's main subject is recorded as Franklin Newcomer^[10].
• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's document file on Wikimedia Commons is recorded as Eddie August Schneider (1910-1940) and George Wilson Herzog (1903-1940) in The Morning Call of Paterson, New Jersey on 25 December 1940.jpg^[11].
• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's published in is recorded as The Morning Call^[12].
• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's title is recorded as Slain Flier Was Airport Manager. Schneider Directed Field At Delawanna Until It Was Abandoned.^[13].
• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's first line is recorded as Edward [sic] Schneider, 31, world-famous flyer, who met death Monday when a small plane in which he was flying with a student, George W. Herzog, 37, collided with a Navy trainer 600 feet over Jamaica Bay and plunged into the water, managed the Delawanna Airport three years ago.^[14].
• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's last line is recorded as He was chief pilot and field manager of the Delawanna Airport in Clifton but left when the field was abandoned.^[15].
• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's copyright status is recorded as public domain^[16].
• Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's quotation or excerpt is recorded as Slain Flier Was Airport Manager. Schneider Directed Field At Delawanna Until It Was Abandoned. Edward Schneider, 31, world-famous flyer, who met death Monday when a small plane in which he was flying with a student, George W. Herzog, 37, collided with a Navy trainer 600 feet over Jamaica Bay and plunged into the water, managed the Delawanna Airport three years ago. Both Schneider and Herzog were believed to have drowned. The bodies were recovered from an inlet of Jamaica Bay, near Floyd Bennett Airport. Neither the pilot of the Navy plane, Ensign Kenneth A. Kuehner, 25, of Minister, Ohio, nor his passenger, Second Class Seaman Franklin Newcomer, 25, of Rochester, Ohio, were injured as Kuehner brought the plane in to a safe landing. Only slight damage was done. Herzog held a commercial pilot's license but was taking a refresher course with Schneider as his instructor to improve himself as a pilot. Schneider learned to fly when he was 16 and had won many races in competition with the country's best flyers. He also fought in the Spanish revolution on the side of the Loyalists. He was chief pilot and field manager of the Delawanna Airport in Clifton but left when the field was abandoned.^[17].

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Slain Flier Was Airport Manager's instance of is recorded as news article^[3].