Syracuse Herald/1930/18-Year-Old Flier Hops from Altoona On Flight to Coast

18-Year-Old Flier Hops from Altoona On Flight to Coast. Altoona, Pennsylvania; August 15, 1930 (United Press) Eddie Schneider, 18-year-old Jersey City High School student, took off from Stultz Field here at 12:30 p.m. today, resuming his transcontinental flight. Schneider, attempting to break the junior transcontinental flight record, headed for Columbus, Ohio, in spite of threatening clouds here, when weather reports from the west indicated he would run into clearer weather.