The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24
EXPERTS CALL VILLA LOST AIRMAN FOUND,
AIR HUNT US. FIASCO is NEAR STARVATION
Lieut.. Gorrell, Missing Since
Sunday, Picked Up by
Scouts.
FORCED TO LAND CRAFT

COLUMBUS, y. NJ. March 23.-Iieut.
Edgar s. Gorrell, the arrny aviator
, who has been missing for i've days.
was found to-day. nearly overcome by
starvation.
Gorrell was slowly making his way
on foot in the direction he thought the
American camp lay. when Lieut..
Parkinson OF Gen. Pershing,s force
with a squad sent out to hunt for the
missing aviator came upon him.
Lieut.. Gorrell was taken into camp.
where he said he ran out of gasolene
when living over Casas Grandes and
was compelled to land. lie brought
his aeroplane to the ground far on the
road and could not find his way. He
lived on what rations he had with him.
carefully outstanding his o and
water. He was entirely out of 10th
when found and was veal from lack
! OF nourishmen;.
Lieuts. tiorrell and Wills started
tuI on SuiuhN lIOUn ,o'uiii'uS " ny
over the Casas Grandes district TO re-
port conditions for the army. They
were last seen flying at a low altitude
over Mexico.
On Tuesday it was announced that
nothing had been heard from the two
aviators by %. Pershing. who feared
that the two men had been forced TO
land and had fallen victims TO the
bandits.
Gen. rershing sent out scouting
parties after the two men and yester-
day Lieut.. Willis was found. He had
been forced to al.ght. Hopes were
raised that Lieut.. Gorrell might be IN
the same predicament and the scout
Ing parties were increased, Then
Lieut.. Parkinson came upon the lost
aviator to-day.
Aviators and army officers generally
would not be surprised II accidents Of
, serious nature should occur in the
region where the American army is now
operating
The further Chihuahua is penetrated
and thc higher the peaks the more
the ayistors encounter the rareiied cur
rents OF air. telling both upon the lungs
OF the operator and the stability OF the
machine, An expert aviator ia dis
cussing the difference in the altitude
10 which the aviators are accustomed
to climb and the unusual altitude that
must be reached for any observation
work in the Sierra Madre~ said
The aviators are not accustomed 10
such thin air. There are treacherous
currents II air pockets TO be encoun-
tered that were not calculated on be-
fore. MOI; only must the avtstors them
\ solves h,fnnNp accustomed tn thu .,.yp.l
conditions. and this by tryouts. but their
machines will have to be adjusted to
meet the Unusual conditions OF a high
altitude.
"A "A not used 10 mounting upward
Of 5000 and $500 feet. and IN the
Sierra Madres he will have TO climb
even higher TO learn anything OF the
topoRraph, or the whereabouts OF the
Enemy. is in danger OF wreck!ng his
heart by the sudden change and the
lifting OF the blood pressure.
Low Attitudes Abroad.
W know that air machines are
working remarkably in the European
war. but the attitudes in which they
operate are always slightly above the
sea level. We have no record of Euro
pean operations where the air planes
have been operating at such a height.
save for spectacular and not practical
purposes. Air planes sent up in the Al
pine Mountains have never returned. The
tall peaks and deep canyons cause un-
expected edd es and air currents which
tho aviators are unahlet 10 contend with 10
The effect the different attitudes have
on the air plane was demonstrated in
l.! Iaso "A few wears ago. when Charles
Hamilton came here from the racidc
cOas; TO ny. The plane that he had used
wits success al along the Coas. hUilcd
him completely here unit! lie added more
canvass 70 his wings his engine also
had TO be rcadJusted for the higher al
t!tude.
Automobiles are well aware ~ the
manner n which altitude effects a gaso-
lene engine. Automobiles going from a
low - - mountainous altitude hdv. a.
readjust their carhuretors To make IN.
trip suCCessfully. The greater difference
In attitudes in the high mountains Of
Mexico Affects the nginss OF the air
planes in the same way.