Eddie August Schneider ( October 20 , 1911 -- December 23 , 1940 ) set the transcontinental airspeed record for pilots under the age of twenty-one in 1930 . Eddie August Henry Schneider ( October 20 , 1911 -- December 23 , 1940 ) set three transcontinental airspeed records for pilots under the age of twenty-one in 1930 .