Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1913 — FLYER SETS NEW AIR RECORD [ARTICLE]

FLYER SETS NEW AIR RECORD

Aviator Gllpatrick, With Feminine Passenger, Reaches 5,009 Feet Above Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Cal. —With Miss Margaret Stahl of Jersey City, N. J., as a passenger in his De Perdussin monoplane, John Guy Gllpatrick, the youngest aviator in the world, again

broke the American passenger carrying altitude record. Starting from Fairfax park, the machine reached its highest altitude of 5,009 feet directly over the heart of Los Angeles. The record, however, will not be considered official, because Gilpatrick’s previous record of 4,660 feet was not exceeded by 600 feet, as required by the rules of the International Aeronautical federation.