Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940)/Bibliography with links

Books

 * Brian Bridgeman; The Flyers: The Untold Story of British and Commonwealth Airmen in the Spanish Civil War; ISBN 1854210548

Periodicals

 * New York Times; July 30, 1930; Boy Pilot Seeks Record. Jersey City Student Set to Fly to Pacific Coast and Back in August.
 * New York Times; August 12, 1930; Seeks Title on Coast Hop. Jersey Boy, 18, Plans Start Tomorrow, Attempting Speed Record.
 * Newark Advocate; Newark, Ohio; August 14, 1930; Youth is after junior record (via AP)
 * Clearfield Progress; Clearfield, Pennsylvania; August 15, 1930; Boy aviator forced to land, but arises again
 * New York Times; August 17, 1930; Schneider Flies to Wichita
 * Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois; August 17, 1930; Youthful flyer lands in Wichita
 * Decatur Daily Review; Decatur, Illinois; August 18, 1930; Schneider on last stage of flight
 * Van Wert Daily Bulletin; Van Wert, Ohio; August 18, 1930; Albuquerque, New Mexico. Eddie Schneider attempting to set new record (via INS)
 * New York Times; August 18, 1930; Schneider in New Mexico. Downed at Anton Chico, He Will Fly to Albuquerque This Morning.
 * Newark Advocate, Newark, Ohio; August 18, 1930; Boy pilot in air (via AP)
 * New York Times; August 19, 1930; Schneider Reaches Goal. Lands at Los Angeles in Record Junior Cross-Country Flying Time.
 * Newark Advocate, Newark, Ohio; August 19, 1930; Junior record for long hop
 * Newark Advocate, Newark, Ohio; August 21, 1930; Schneider is after record (via AP)
 * Decatur Daily Review; Decatur, Illinois; August 22, 1930; Schneider off on trip to Wichita
 * Decatur Daily Review; Decatur, Illinois; August 23, 1930; Schneider off on non-stop flight
 * New York Times; August 23, 1930; Schneider Plans Flying Here Today
 * New York Times; August 24, 1930; The Junior Transcontinental Flight Champion: Eddie Schneider
 * New York Times; August 24, 1930; Schneider Reaches Ohio. He Lands at Columbus From Wichita on Junior Record Attempt.
 * Decatur Evening Herald; Decatur, Illinois; August 25, 1930; Sets junior transcontinental record (via Pacific and Atlantic)
 * New York Times, August 25, 1930; Schneider Makes Record Flight East; Pilot, 18, Cuts Goldsborough's Junior Coast-To-Coast Mark By 1 1/2 Hours. Lowers Round-Trip Time Jersey City High School Boy Arrives From Los Angeles In 27 Hours 19 Minutes, Dodging Storm On Way. Roosevelt Field, Long Island; August 24, 1930. In his trim little Cessna monoplane Edward Schneider, 18-year-old high school student, roared across ...
 * Coshocton Tribune; Coshocton, Ohio; August 25, 1930; Boy makes new round trip mark
 * Unknown paper; circa August 25, 1930; Roosevelt Field, New York. Eighteen year old Eddie Schneider of Jersey City, New Jersey landed here from Columbus, Ohio at 4:03 PM central time Sunday with three transcontinental records in his possession. He was greeted by his admiring father, Emil A. Schneider. He related his flight to a large crowd of relatives and friends, then took his plane, the Kangaroo, to the hangar to be readied to fly to Chicago for the air show.
 * Van Wert Daily Bulletin; Van Wert, Ohio; August 27, 1930; Waving a cheery hello, Eddie Schneider ... broke the late Frank Goldsborough's record (via ITN)
 * Newark Advocate; Newark, Ohio, September 16, 1930, Girl and boy of 19 are interesting pair in this year's Ford airplane tour
 * Decatur Daily Review; Decatur, Illinois; September 27, 1930; Boy flyer set to try at transcontinental record (Robert Buck seeks Eddie's record)
 * Decatur Daily Review; Decatur, Illinois; September 29, 1930; Boy aviator in quest of record (Robert Buck seeks Eddie's record)
 * Decatur Daily Review; Decatur, Illinois; October 1, 1930; Boy flier hops off second time (Robert Buck beats Eddie's record)
 * Decatur Daily Review; Decatur, Illinois; October 5, 1930; Boy flier plans return air trip (Robert Buck beats Eddie's record)
 * Coshocton Tribune, Coshocton, Ohio; July 9, 1931; Reliability air tourists over West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee
 * Lima News, Lima, Ohio; July 10, 1931; Russell leads flyers in air tour
 * Time (magazine); August 3, 1931; Ford's Reliability. Sensation of the meet was the youngster Eddie Schneider, 19, who fell into last place by a forced landing of his Cessna and a three-day delay in Kentucky, then fought his way back to finish third, ahead of all other light planes.
 * New York Times; June 24, 1934; Marriage announced of Gretchen Hahnen
 * The Richfield Reaper; Richfield, Utah; March 21, 1935; He Learns to Fly in 55 Minutes
 * New York Times; May 16, 1935; Two In Plane Escape In Newark Bay Crash.
 * New York Times; January 16, 1937; Amazed by Acosta, Rebel Fliers Fled. American in Sports Ship Flew Into Midst of Foe Thinking They Were Russians. With stories of t each other's adventures and none about their own, Bert Acosta, Gordon Berry, Eddie Schneider and Frederick Lord returned to Paris this morning from two months' experience in the civil war in Spain.
 * Ironwood Daily Globe; Ironwood, Michigan; January 6, 1937; 4 disillusioned yank airmen desert Spain (via AP)
 * New York Times; January 16, 1937; Flier says lawyer sent him to Spain
 * New York Times; February 6, 1937; Lanphier was not in Spain
 * New York Times; December 24, 1940; 2 die as planes crash at field
 * Jersey Journal; Jersey City, New Jersey; December 24, 1940; Local pilot dead
 * New York Times; January 1, 1941; Private Fliers Want New Queens Airport. Negotiations Under Way to Build Municipal Field. Negotiations between Queens officials and private aviation units looking toward the establishment in Queens of a municipal airport for private fliers were announced yesterday in a letter from Borough President George U. Harvey of Queens to Mayor La Guardia.
 * New York Times; September 18, 1961; Early Fliers Hail Women Aviators. Westhampton, Long Island, September 17, 1961. The widows of two early record-holding airmen were honored here today at the fourth annual meeting of the Early Fliers Club of Long Island. The guests of honor ... Gretchen Schneider Black of Goldsboro, North Carolina.