Woman Aviator Establishes World’s Record.— Miss Ruth Alexander a 24-year-old San Diego aviatrix, recently established a new world’s women’s record for light aeroplanes by ascending 18,000 feet. It was her first flight after receiving the Federation Aeron antique Internationale license. She had had only 20 hours in the air. In the picture she is shown with her instructor, T. Clude Ryan. -Underwood and Underwood, photo.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 74, 20 December 1929, Page 13
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65Woman Aviator Establishes World’s Record.—Miss Ruth Alexander a 24-year-old San Diego aviatrix, recently established a new world’s women’s record for light aeroplanes by ascending 18,000 feet. It was her first flight after receiving the Federation Aeron antique Internationale license. She had had only 20 hours in the air. In the picture she is shown with her instructor, T. Clude Ryan. -Underwood and Underwood, photo. Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 74, 20 December 1929, Page 13
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