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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By Associated Pree

Jersey Clty, N. J. March 6—
Cimhing through cold blue ekier
more than five and one-half miles
over Jersey and Manhattan today,
Miss Ruth ‘Nichols, Rye, N. ¥.
flyer, who holds coast-to-coast
speed marks, set an unofflcin al.
titude record for women.

The altimeter on her apredy
Lockheed-Vegu monoplane showei
neatly 80,054 feet. The sealed
barograph placed in the plane by
the Matlonal Acronuutical Associa-
fon Immediately wus shipped to
Washington for examination
Moskews 29.00% fect, qr more, Misr
Nichols will ‘be awarded tbe rec-
ord now heid by Elinor Smith,
young Long Island flyer,

Miss Nichols was informed that
to attaln recogr! th as the record
holder whe must tea! Biss Smili's

 

 

    

 

 
 