Eddie August Schneider

**Eddie August Schneider**
	(1911-1940) American aviator Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) on September 10, 1930
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Date of birth	20 October 1911; Manhattan; Eddie August Henry Schneider
Date of death	23 December 1940; Deep Creek
Manner of death	accidental death;
Cause of death	aviation accident;
Place of burial	Fairview Cemetery;
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Residence	Manhattan (1911); Red Bank (1915); Jersey City (1920–1930); Hempstead (1930); Spain (1936–1937); Queens (1940);
Educated at	William L. Dickinson High School (–1928); Atlantic Air College;
Occupation	aircraft pilot; airport manager; flight instructor; mercenary;
Employer	Delawanna Airport (aircraft mechanic); Archie Baxter Flying School (flight instructor); Jersey City Airport (airport manager);
Member of	Yankee Squadron;
Member of political party	Republican Party;
Position held	Manager of the Jersey City Airport (1935–1935);
Field of work	aviation;
Ancestral home	Norway; Germany;
Significant event	1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash; junior transcontinental speed record;
Family	Schneider family;
Father	Emil August Schneider;
Mother	Inga Karoline Eldora Pedersen;
Sibling	Alice Paula Schneider;
Spouse	Gretchen Frances Hahnen (1934–1940);
Work location	New Jersey; New York (1930);
Notable work	I Break a Record and Have a Swell Time Besides; Look Out, Lindbergh - Here I Come; Gretchen S. Black and Eddie A. Schneider collection; Eddie Schneider Memorial Library;
Award received	Great Lakes Trophy (1930);
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Eddie August Schneider (October 20, 1911 – December 23, 1940) set three transcontinental airspeed records for pilots under the age of twenty-one in 1930. His plane was a Cessna Model AW with a Warner-Scarab engine, one of only 48 built, that he called "The Kangaroo". He set the east-to-west, then the west-to-east, and the combined round trip record. He was the youngest certificated pilot in the United States, and the youngest certified airplane mechanic. He was a pilot in the Spanish Civil War in the Yankee Squadron. He died in an airplane crash in 1940 while training another pilot, when a Boeing-Stearman Model 75 belonging to the United States Navy Reserve overtook him and clipped his plane's tail at Floyd Bennett Field.

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1913-1914 circa
1915 circa
1930 August 5 in Westfield, New Jersey
1930 August 5 in Westfield, New Jersey
1930 August 18 landing in Los Angeles, California
1930 August 18 landing in Los Angeles, California
1930 August 18 landing in Los Angeles, California
1930 August 18 landing in Los Angeles, California
1930 August 20 landing in Los Angeles, California
1930 August 20 landing in Los Angeles, California
1930 August 20 landing in Los Angeles, California
1930 August 20 landing in Los Angeles, California
1930 August 24
1930 August 24
1930 August 24
1930 August 25 landing in New York
1930 August 25 at home in Jersey City, New Jersey
1930 August 28 in Chicago, Illinois at the controls of Al Williams' pusher aircraft
1930 September 10 in Detroit, Michigan
1930 August 26 in Chicago, Illinois
1930 September 10 in Detroit, Michigan with Nancy Hopkins but published on 1930 September 16
1930 September 10 in Detroit, Michigan
1930 September 10 in Detroit, Michigan
1930 September 27
1931 July 1 in Jersey City, New Jersey on way to Detroit, Michigan
1940 December 23 post mortem
1940 December 23 post mortem

Writings

Ship's manifests

1914 Germany trip where he flew on airplane for first time
1928 Norway following his mother's death
1937 Spanish Civil War

Documents

1911 birth index
1911 baptism
1934 marriage
1940 draft
1940 draft
1940 selective service card
1940 car registration for his 1938 car
1940 death certificate
1940 ancillary medical examiner's report
1940 cemetery card

Congressional reports

1941 House of Representatives report
1942 Senate report

Signatures

1940 (png version)
1940 (svg version)
1940 (jpg version)

Census

1920 US Census with Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) living in Jersey City, New Jersey
1930 US Census with Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) living in Hempstead, New York
1940 US Census with Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) living in Queens, New York City