“ Training Flights Scored As Fatal Crash Is Probed. Are to Be Expected At Airports Like Bennet Field, McKenzie Says. Investigation into the plane crash which yesterday took the lives of Eddie Schneider, flying soldier of fortune, and a student passenger was launched today at Floyd Bennett Field. Schneider's plane crashed into the waters of Deep Creek, near the field, but the navy plane with which it collided pulled out of a spin and landed safely. ”

“ Schneider, who was 29, lived at 32-50 93d Street, Jackson Heights, with his wife. He was an instructor for the Archie Baxter Flying School at the field. Flying at 15, he set a junior cross-country flying record at 19 and later fought with the Loyalists in Spain. ”