3:35 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time); departure: August 24, 1930, ~8:00 a.m. Roosevelt Field, Long Island in Garden City, New York; arrival August 25, 1930, 4:03 pm, est; elapsed time: 27 hours and 19 minutes, lowering the West to East record by 1 hour and 36 minutes. His total elapsed time for the round trip was 57 hours and 14 minutes. Chicago, Illinois (to attend National Air Races). See also 1930 in aviation 1940 in aviation List of fatalities from aviation accidents Archive The Gretchen Black collection at the George H. Williams, World War I Aviation Library at the University of Texas at Dallas contains Eddie's certificates, letters, diary, photographs, and the beret he wore in the Spanish Civil War. They were originally donated by his widow to the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in New York City, they were transferred to, and now archived at the University of Texas at Dallas. They also archived his New York car registration and NJ driver's license; his TWA Courtesy Card; 1940 Selective Service card; and 1942 FCC certificate. The Naida Muriel Freudenberg (1915–1998) collection had the December 14, 1930, newspaper article on the planned but never started trip around the world. The Associated Press has a single photo that was used by The New York Times for his obituary. New York State Vital Records provided the death certificate. The Eddie A. Schneider Memorial Library consists of 67 books, 35 pamphlets, and a painting are housed at the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The material was donated by his widow, Gretchen Frances Hahnen (1902–1986), while she was living in Fort Worth, Texas. They also have two photos. Footage of his landing from Universal Newsreel does not appear in their archive. The 1930 newsreels have been transferred to DVD and indexed for August 18, 1930 and November 6, 1930, but the two weeks in between is either no longer extant, or wasn't transferred. The March of Time does not have any footage based on a search in their index. The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) has the original report of the investigation of the crash. The Henry Ford archive has images of Eddie Schneider from the 1930–1931 Ford National Reliability Air Tour. The Congressional Record has his widow's appeal to have the United States government reimburse her for her husband's funeral expenses. References and notes External links Portrait of aviator