Eddie August Schneider

We were given nothing but unarmed sports planes with which to fight, while Russian pilots were assigned regular American army planes.

I was broke, hungry, jobless … yet despite the fact that all three of us are old-time aviators who did our part for the development of the industry, we were left out in the cold in the Administration’s program of job making. Can you blame …

Hello Pop, I made it.

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

Not that it has much bearing on the story, but because people are always asking me, my name is really Eddie: I was christened that way. It isn't very dressy, but it serves the purpose. As for background, my grandfather was some kind of …

We named the ship the Kangaroo, because we hoped I could get to California in a couple of jumps.