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,
 
Hv the Asseecrareq fF ress’

JERSEY CITY, N. J. March 6.-—-
Climbing through cold blue skies
more than five and one-half miles
over Jersey and Manhattan today,
Miss Ruth Nichols, Rye, N. ¥., Mier,
who holds coast-to-coast speed
marks, set an “unofficial altitude
record for women,

The altimeter on her speedy
Lockheed-Vega monoplane showed
nearly 30,054 feet. The sealed baro~-
graph placed in the plane by the
National Aeronautic association lm-
mediately was shipped to Washing-
ton for examination. If it show?
28.074 feet, or more, Miss Nichols
will be awarded the record now Seld
by Elinor Smith, young Long Island

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