Eddie August Schneider, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Eddie August Schneider

American aviator

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1911

Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, United States

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1940

Profession: aircraft pilot

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Eddie August Schneider

  • Eddie August Henry Schneider (October 20, 1911 – December 23, 1940) was an American aviator who 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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