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Eddie August Schneider | section Jersey City Boy Pilot A Veteran

The youth has selected the type of plane he wants and it will be bought for him in the next few days. Charles R. Dann, Jr., president of the Atlantic Air Service, is assisting in making the plans for the record flight. Schneider first became enthusiastic about aviation when he flew from Hanover to Hamburg while on a visit to Germany. On his return, his interest was centered on aviation to the exclusion of all else.
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Eddie August Schneider | section Jersey City Boy Pilot A Veteran

Hudson City Youth Who Plans Record Flight Commercial Flier. Confident of setting a new record and bringing new aviation laurels to Jersey City. Eddie Schneider, 18, of 111 Carlton Avenue, will attempt a non-stop solo flight to the Pacific coast next month, determined to break the national junior transcontinental airplane speed record set by the late Frank Goldsborough, ill fated flier. Eddie left Dickinson High School two years ago and studied aviation at the Roosevelt Flying Field School.
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