The image most likely was taken in 1930 or 1931 when he set his transcontinental record in 1930, or was attending the 1931 air race. No other image taken by any other photo agency shows him in this particular double breasted suit jacket combined with his soft flight helmet and aviator goggles.

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Eddie Schneider, 26 (above), a flying instructor, was killed December 23, when the light plane in which he was flying was in collision with a Navy plane over Floyd Bennett Field in New York City. George Herzog, 22, a pilot taking a refresher course with Schneider also was killed when the plane plummeted into Jamaica Bay.

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