Jerney City, N J March 6
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 comat to coast
speed marks. vet an unofficial altt-
tude recerd for women today

The altimeter on her speedy
monoplane #howed nearly 30.04
feet The sealed barograph placed
in the plane by the National!
Aeronautic amoctation was im
mediately shipped to Waghington
for examination Tf {t shows 28 (174
feet or more, Miss Nichola will be
awarded the record now heki by
Elinor Smith, young Long Island
flier

Miae Nichola waa informed that
to attain recognition aw the record
holder she must beat Mier Smiths
mark of 27418 feet by more than
ON) fowt

She took off from Jersey City air-
port at 12.33 po m and waa aloft
*) minutes There was a 3) mile
wind blowing when whe circied the
city, #wung over Manhattan and
wtarted the long climb

“Everything went fine,’ she maid

The engine worked perfectly. I
did net suffer any discomfort”

She wore a flying #ult lined with
reindeer wkin and the cockpit of
her plane was heate! from the
motor exhaust She used oxygen ap-
paratus and had no diffleulty in
breathing even in the thin. cold air
at high altitudes. The temperature
at the top of her climb was est!-
mated at ™ degrees below zero
by Clarence Chamberlain, who
coached Mise Nichola for the at-

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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,
 