 

Jersey City, N. J., March 6 (P)—
Climbing through cold blue skies
Miss Ruth Nichols, New York soci:
iety aviatrix who holds coast-to-coast

speed marks set an unofficial alti.
tude record for women today.
The altimeter on her speedy mon-
loplane showed nearly . 30,054 feet.
|The sealed barograph placed iu the
plane by the National Aeronautic
Association, was immediately sent
to Washington for examination. if
it shows 28,074 feet, or more, Miss
Nichols will be awarded the record
now held by Elinor Smith, young
Long Island flier.

‘Miss Nichols was informed that to

attain recognition. as the record
holder, she must beat Miss Smith's
mark of 27,418 feet by more than
600 feet.
’ She took off from Jersey -Citr
Airport at 12:33 p. m. and was
aloft 90 minutes. There was a 30-
mile wind blowing when she cir-
cied the city, swung over Manhat-
tan and started the Jeng climb.

“Everything went fine,” she said.
“The engine worked perfectly. I
did not suffer any discomfort.” |

 
 
Jersey City. N. J., March 6, (P)—
Climbing through cold blue skies
more than five and one-half miles
over Jersey and Manhattan, today,
Miss Ruth Nichols, Rye, N. Y., flier,
set an unofficial altitude record for
women,

The altimeter on her Lockheed-
Vegamonoplane showed nearly 30,-
054 feet. The sealed barograph
placed in the plane was immediately
shipped to Washington for examina-
tion. If it shows over 28,074 feet,
Miss Nichols will have passed the
record now held by Elinor Smith,
young Long Island flier.

To attain recognition as the record
holder, Miss Nichols must beat Miss
Smith’s mark of 27,418 feet by more
than 600 feet.

She took off from Jersey City air-
port at 12:33 p. m., and was aloft
90 minutes.

“Everything went fine,” ehe sald,
“the engine worked perfectly. I did
not suffer any discomfort.”

She wore a flying suit Hned with
reindeer skin, the cockpit of het
plane was heated from the motor
exhaust, and, she used oxygen ap-
paratus in- breathing Yn the thit.
cold air at high altitudes. The tem-
perature at the top of her climb was
estimatéd at 50 degrees below zero
by Clarence Chamberlain, who
eaached her forthe attempt.
 