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JERSEY CITY, N. ds Mar. 6

Climbing through cold blue skies

more than five and Saeed, miles over
Pai “td day, Mise

Ruth Nichols, of hen N. Y¥., aviatrix,
who holds coast-to-coast speed marks
Bet an unofficial altitude record fol
women,
~The altimeter.on her speedy Lock-
head-Vega monoplane showed: nearly
80,054 feet. The fleld barograph was
shipped to Washington for exam{na-
tlon. If it shows 28,074 feet or more,
/Miss Nichols will be awarded the rec-
ord now held by Eleanor Smith, young
Long Island filer.
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Jersey City, N. J.. March 6 (F)—
Climbing through cold blue skies more
than five and one-half miles over
Jersey and Manhattan, Miss Ruth
Nichols. New York society aviatrix
who holds coast-to-coast speed marks,
set an unofficial] altitude record for
women today.

The altimeter on her speedy mono-

sealed barograph placed in the plane
by the National Aeronautic associa-
tion, was immediately shipped to
Washington for examination. If it
Shows 28,074 feet, or more, Miss
Nichols wil] be awarded the record

Miss Nichols was informed that to
‘attain recognition as the record hol-
der, she must beat Mis Smith's
 mark of 27.418 feet by more than
600 fret,

She took off from Jersey City air-
port at 12:33 p. m. and was aloft 90
minutes. There was a 30-mile wind
blowing when she circled the city.
swung over Manhattan and started
the long climb.

_ “Everything went fine.” she said.
“The engine worked perfectly. I did
not suffer any discomfort.”
| She wore a flying suit lined with
reindeer skin and the cockpit of her
plane was heated from the motor ex-
haust. She used oxygen apparatus
and had no difficulty in breathing
even in the thin, cold air at high ai-
titudes. The temperature at the top
of her climb was estimated at 50 de-
below zero by Clarence Cham-
lain, who coached Miss Nichols
for the attempt,
 