“Hey, I want to know for sure before I cut off my motor. Is this the Los Angeles Municipal airport?”

— Eddie August Schneider

[Jersey City Lad Holds Junior Flying Record for Westward Trip, Ludington Daily News, http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/File:Eddie_August_Schneider_in_the_Ludington_Daily_News_on_August_19,_1930.png, Ludington, Michigan, August 19, 1930, Associated Press]
After landing in California on his record breaking trip

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