(Q67701136)

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1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash

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The balance of this affidavit which relates to how my husband was killed, is of course made upon information and belief, because I was not present at the time, and the sources of my information, and the grounds of my belief, are the original report of the Civil Aeronautics Board dated August 13, 1941, file No. 4326-40, docket No. S. A. 31, the original of which I append to this affidavit, as well as statements made to me and signed by George P. Hammer, Civil Aeronautics Authority instructor for Jack Deane Flying School, William J. Minnett, 1415 Mott Avenue, Far Rockaway, and Richard Swanson, of 724 East Twenty-seventh Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., all of whom I am informed and believe, were witnesses at the Civil Aeronautics Authority hearing. ...I likewise attach as exhibit E, the signed statement of Captain Minnett, who, as I stated, I believe was a witness as was Mr. Hammer at the Board's inquiry. (English)

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40°35'7.987"N, 73°54'8.089"W
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The collision occurred at an altitude of about 600 feet over a point in the inlet bordering Floyd Bennett Field known as Deep Creek about 1,500 feet southwest of the administration building. (English)
23 December 1940
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"Eddie A. Schneider, 29, veteran pilot and former holder of the junior transcontinental speed record for airplanes, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon when a small monoplane in which he was giving a refresher course to another pilot was struck by U.S. Naval Reserve plane at Floyd Bennett Airport, Brooklyn. Schneider's plane, one wing sheared off, plummeted in a tight spin into an inlet of Jamaica Bay, causing instant death to Schneider and his student, George W. Herzog, 37." (English)
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Eddie A. Schneider, 29, veteran pilot and former holder of the junior transcontinental speed record for airplanes, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon when a small monoplane in which he was giving a refresher course to another pilot was struck by U.S. Naval Reserve plane at Floyd Bennett Airport, Brooklyn. Schneider's plane, one wing sheared off, plummeted in a tight spin into an inlet of Jamaica Bay, causing instant death to Schneider and his student, George W. Herzog, 37. (English)
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Eddie A. Schneider, 29, veteran pilot and former holder of the junior transcontinental speed record for airplanes, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon when a small monoplane in which he was giving a refresher course to another pilot was struck by U.S. Naval Reserve plane at Floyd Bennett Airport, Brooklyn. Schneider's plane, one wing sheared off, plummeted in a tight spin into an inlet of Jamaica Bay, causing instant death to Schneider and his student, George W. Herzog, 37. (English)
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1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash
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