Eddie August Schneider - Timeline

Timeline

• 1911 Birth of Eddie Schneider in Manhattan, New York on October 20
• 1915 (circa) Move to Red Bank, New Jersey
• 1920 (circa) Move to Jersey City, New Jersey
• 1920 Living in New Jersey
• 1927 Death of Inga Pedersen, Eddie's mother, on December 26
• 1927 Graduation from Dickinson High School in Jersey City
• 1928 Returning from trip to Norway and Germany
• 1929 Became the youngest person in the United States to receive a commercial pilot certificate and the youngest certificated airplane mechanic in New York
• 1930 Living at 114 Carlton Avenue in Jersey City
• 1930 Sets transcontinental air speed record on August 25
• 1930 National Air Tour: Won Great Lakes Trophy, eighth place overall
• 1930 Living in Hempstead, Long Island with his Carl Schneider (no known relation)
• 1931 National Air Tour: Won first place for single engine planes, third place overall
• 1932 Works for Hoover Air League
• 1932 Marriage to Gretchen Hahnen
• 1935 Living at 209 Sip Avenue, Jersey City
• 1935 Leases Jersey City Airport on January 1
• 1935 Engine dies at 100 feet and he and Fred Weigel (1904-?) crash into Newark Bay
• 1935 Jersey City Airport closes to make room for sports stadium on December 31
• 1936 Flying in Yankee Squadron in Spanish Civil War
• 1936 Living at 50 Jones Street in Jersey City.
• 1937 Moves to Manhattan from Jersey City after return from Spain
• 1938 Living at 38 Broadway in Manhattan
• 1940 Work at American Airlines
• 1940 Registered for draft on October 16
• 1940 Death in crash at Floyd Bennett Field on December 23
• 1948 Papers donated to Institute of Aeronautical Sciences archive
• 2007 Nominated to the New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame
• 2008 Nominated to the National Aviation Hall of Fame