The New York Times/1930/08/22/Schneider Pushes Plane

Schneider Pushes Plane. Lands at Albuquerque, New Mexico Under Eight Hours From Los Angeles. Albuquerque, New Mexico; August 21, 1930 (Associated Press). Eddie Schneider, who is attempting to set a west-to-east transcontinental junior flight record, landed here today at 3:15 P.M., Mountain Time, with elapsed time from Los Angeles, California of 7 hours and 58 minutes. Schneider will spend the night here, planning to take off for Wichita, Kansas, at 7:30 A.M. tomorrow. He expects to make the 600-mile flight in six hours. After spending the night in Wichita, Schneider said he will take off for New York City, which he hopes to reach before Saturday night.