Greensboro Record/1930/Youth Captures Flight Record

Winner of Junior Fast Fight Record. (Associated Press Photo) Eddie Schneider, 18-year-old Jersey boy, winner of junior record for fastest westward crossing of United States, receives congratulations of his father.

Youth Captures Flight Record. Eddie Schneider Makes Fastest Airplane Westward Crossing of United States. Los Angeles, California; August 19, 1930 (Associated Press) A slight, 18-year-old Jersey City youth, Eddie Schneider, today held the junior record for the fastest westward crossing of the United States. Landing at the municipal airport at dusk yesterday, the young flier completed his transcontinental crossing in a total flying time of 29 hours, 41 minutes, just 4 hours, 22 minutes less than required by the former holder, the late Frank Goldsborough, of New York. Schneider left Westfield, New Jersey August 14, 1930, flying only during the daytime. He said he experienced much stormy weather along the route and damaged his plane slightly once when he struck a tree in landing at Altoona, Pennsylvania.