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Eddie Schneider, 19, of New Jersey, finished the Ford Tour in third place this year, flying his "Warner" Cessna. Harry Russell, flying a Ford, finished first with a score of 63,764.3 and James Smart also flying a Ford finished second with a score of 66,646.2 and Eddie's was 44,343.7. Eddie would have had a much higher score but he had a forced landing in the Kentucky mountains due to engine trouble which kept him on the ground for four days. When he caught up with the Tour again in Montgomery, Alabama, he was in seventh place. He gradually worked his way up until on the last stop before Detroit he was fourth and made Detroit, coming in third. Eddie, who won the Great Lakes Light Plane Trophy last year, probably would have won it this year again if he hadn't had that forced landing. L. R. Bayles, flying a Gee Bee Sportster, won the Trophy. Last year Eddie set a Junior Transcontinental record in the same Cessna. (Read Eddie 's own story on this record flight elsewhere in this issue. — Editor) Eddie is having his ship overhauled. I am sure we will be hearing more from him in the near future.