Paris, Nov. 30.
Mile, Helene Boucher, France's greatest woman acrobat of the air and speed record holder, died to-day of injuries received in an aeroplane crash near Versailles, Daughter of an architect, "Lene" Boucher took a liking to "aviation while on a visit to the Basque coast, She received her licence in 1691 and im the following year made a tour of France in suificfently fast time to attract" attention in" aeronautical circles.
'On August 2, 1992, she set a feminine altitude record of 5,900 metres for light planes, 'The former mark, §,500 metres, had been made by Miss' Ruth Nichols, whose record for women was beaten by the French ier, Mile. Maryse Hilz, the same year. In 1033, she attempted a Paris-Saigon fight.
Mille Boucher took another record from "America in the first week of August, 1934, when she flew at a speed of 468 kilometres an hour over a three kilometre course at Istres, mating the 405-kin. an hour mark of Mrs. May Halalip, of the United States.
At the same time, the 26-year-old French girl made a world record for speed over 1,000 kilometres, all cate~ gories, with 4092 kin., phy although her plane was propelled by only 210 hip, against Miss "Amelia Barhardt's 420 lip. Mrs, Halzlip's machine had 450 lip.
Extremely modest, Mule Boucher had none of the wild-eyed glamour of many women aviators despite the fact that she was one of France's best stunt tiers. She learned stunting from the ace, M, Michel Detroyat, in order to earn enough money to expand her flying ventures, She shunned make-up and refused to bob her hair-United Press, Paris, Dec. 1.
The death of Mile Boucher, who gained the title of the "Fastest Woman in the World," has plunged French aviation Into deep mourning, and Gen. Denain, the Alr Minister, yesterday personally went to Guyancourt to pay his last tribute to the remains of the aviatrix.—Havé
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