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160 on just which record the pilot aims to establish. Thus, on the list of women record holders, May Haizlip is credited with an altitude record of 18,097 feet in a light airplane. That means she has gone higher in that class (18,097 feet) than any other woman and so holds the international record. Of course, it wouldn’t be fair to compare what her little Bull Pup can do with what a plane with a motor twice as powerful could accomplish—which is an illustration of the reason for the subdivisions.

Duration (France) Maryse Bastie, 37 hours 55 minutes:

Klemm airplane, Salmson 40 h.p. engine

Le Bourget, September 2, 3, 4, 1930

Altitude (United States) Ruth Nichols, 28,743 feet:

Lockheed Vega monoplane, Pratt and Whitney Wasp 420 h.p.

Jersey City Airport, New Jersey, March 6, 1931

Maximum speed (U. S.) Ruth Nichols, 210.63 miles per hour:

Lockheed Vega monoplane, P and W “Wasp” 420 h.p.

Carleton, Michigan, April 13, 1931

Distance—airline (U. S.)—Ruth Nichols, 1977.6 miles:

Lockheed Vega monoplane

Speed for 100 kilometers (U. S.) Amelia Earhart, 174.89 mph:

Lockheed Vega monoplane, P and W Wasp, 420 h.p.

Detroit, Michigan, June 25, 1930.