Show German Claims Altitude Mark Marl Reaches Reache Altitude of 41 Feet He Believes Be Be- Believes DESSAU Germany May 27 AP Al' AlA APA A A German air pilot plot Willy has reached what he believes to have been a height of feet just less leIS than eight miles setting a anew anew anew new worlds world's altitude record Ills his figure 1 If allowed by the In International international In- In air federation betters tho the recognized altitude record of ot Lieutenant U. U S. S N. N who was credited with achieving a height of ot feet In a n. Wright Wright- Apache biplane on May S. S s spent nt two hours and twenty minutes In the air On his first flight he ho climbed to a height of ot feet and and his oxygen tube burst burat He lie lost consciousness and his plane started In a n. dive toward the earth When he ho had dropped to within two miles of at the earth ho regained l consciousness and pulled his plane out ut of ot its Us spin In time to land safely TRIES SECOND TIME His oxygen tube was repaired and he lie tried again and and- succeeded His IUs purpose was to test the tho effects of ot rarified nil on his motor motor mo nio- tor and fuel lie He used a Junkers monoplane of ot the Bremen type credited the safet safety apparatus apparatus apparatus ap ap- ap- ap on his plane with saving him when he lot lost consciousness on his hIli first altitude attempt My Iy hand must have automatically automatically cally caily pressed the safety button on the steering wheel he said l That cut off ott tile the motor and tile the plane glided In a a. lightning descent for meters When llen I 1 recovered reco consciousness my in hand In lay loosely on the wheel I realized tho the situation situa situa- lion tion gave the tho motor the tho gas and Continued on paso page 4 German m n Claims Altitude Mark Continued from page pae 1 was able to land as If It nothing had bad happened Describing Ills ils second flight he lie said WORE NO GLASSES I wore a flying suit 8 and d ti a fur coot coat but no glasses as they hey would be clouded by the cold at ata a great height I climbed to the meter mark maik approximately feet Then came the hardest moments for tor me nie In the this tremendous cold cold 55 55 degrees rees below zero Centigrade the Centigrade the tears forming froze roze and on one eye closed Then the meter markwas mark maj-k was WM reached The air was as thinner and breathing grew STew more difficult I scarcely know how I made madG It It but the meter mark finally showed shOwell approximately feet I I knew v that I had reached the goal of a a. world record for for Germany stopped climbing climbing- and In an Instant shot down In a a. marvelous experience the ence ence the glide to earth |