Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-05-29 | Page 3 | Aviatrix Claims Altitude Record at 24,000 Feet

Aviatrix Clai Claims s Altitude Record At Feet LOS ANGELES May 29 AP APA AP- AP A ne new altitude record record for Or women pilots was claimed today by by Miss Marvel Crosson of Los Angeles who apparently reached a a height of feet here yesterday Official recognition of t the feat awaits the checking of ot the altimeter by the bureau of standards at Washington Washington Wash Wash- Ins ington ton D. D C under the sup supervision I of or the the National Aeronautical asso asso- elation The mark believed eclipsed by Miss Crosson was set by Mrs Louise Thaden of or Oakland Oakland Oak Oak- land Cal Ca at t feet early this year S Fear ear that a a. feeling of faintness which had begun to creep over her might cause loss of control of the plano plane caused Miss Crosson to stop climbing Her lIes plane was equipped with a a. special oxygen tank anc and heating system for the upper air all strata but at that height even een these aids proved ineffective ineffective- she said aid Miss MIBS Crosson estimated the temperature temperature tem tem- at 15 degrees below zero at th the thO apex of her hr flight light while the city below felt the effects of ot summer summer sum sum- mer iner heat When Then she landed after two wo hours her ber limbs were numb with cold despite the fact that the cabin or of f the monoplane had been heated by the exhaust t fro her motor 5