Eddie August Schneider

“ Developing an interest, in aviation while a student at Dickinson High School, young Schneider left school at the age of 15 to work as an airplane mechanic at Roosevelt Field, Long Island. After obtaining his pilot's license and establishing the cross-country records in 1930, Schneider became manager of the old Jersey City Airport, located on the site of Roosevelt Stadium at Droyer's Point. ”

“ 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. ”