Altoona Tribune/1930/Junior Coast-to-Coast Flight Record Seeker Lands in St. Louis
Junior Coast-to-Coast Flight Record Seeker Lands in St. Louis. Eddie Schneider, 18, Continues Attempt From Stultz Field To Set New Mark; Elapsed Time 8 Hours, 38 Minutes. St. Louis, Missouri; August 15, 1930 (Associated Press) Eddie Schneider, who is attempting to set a new junior trans-continental air record, landed here at 8:04 p.m. (E.S.T.) today from Columbus, Ohio. Schneider reported the trip from Columbus was uneventful. Schneider's flying time since leaving Westfield, N.J., has been eight hours and 38 minutes. The youthful airman said he would spend the night here, probably leaving for Wichita, Kansas tomorrow morning. Columbus, Ohio; August 15, 1930. Eddie Schneider, 20, seeking to lower the transcontinental junior pilot's record, hopped off from Norton field here at 3:21 p.m. (E.S.T.) today for St. Louis after a 26-minute stop to refuel his plane. Schneider landed at 2:55 p.m. after a flight from Altoona, Pa., near which city he was forced down by bad weather yesterday. Elapsed time for the flight from Westfield, N.J. to Columbus, was five hours flat, Schneider said. A determined smile curving his lips, blonde and optimistic, Schneider. 18-year-old Jersey City, N.J., flier, hopped off from Stultz field, Tipton, at 11:30 a.m. yesterday toward a transcontinental flight record.
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Since only lapsed time in the air counts toward the record, he still has an excellent chance of breaking it.
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