The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-24
Lieut.. GorrelI Picked Up by
Lieut.. Parkinson and a
Small Squad
WEAK FROM LACK
OF NOURlSHMENT
Ran Out of Gasoline and Was Forced
to Descend = Av1ators Find That
They Face Great Danger in Rarefied
Air of High Attitudes.

COLC MBUS, \. NJ, March "a. =
Lieut. Edgar S. Gorrell, the army avi-
ator, who had been missing for
five days, was found yesterday, nearly
overcome by starvation.
GorreH was slowly making his wav
on foot in the direction he thought the
American camp lay, when Lieut..
Parkinson Of gen. Pershing 5 force
with 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 gasoline
when flying over Casas Grandes and
was compelled to land. He brought
his aeroplane 10 the ground far off the
read and could not find his way. He
lived on what ratiohs he had with him
carefully outstanding his food and wa
ter. He was entirely out Of both when
found and was weak from lack of
nourishment.
Lieuts Gorrell, and Willis started
out on Sunday from Columbus to fly
over the Casas Grandes district to re-
port conditions for the army. They
We're last seen flying at low altitude
! over Mexico.
| On Tuesday it was announced that
nothing had been heard from the two
aviators by Gen. Pershing, who feared
i that the two men had been forced to
land and had fallen victims to the
/ bandits
Gen. Pershing sent out scouting
I parties after the two men and Wednes-
! day Lieut.. Willis was found He had
! been forced to aight 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.
Aviators and army officers generally
would not be surprised if accidents OF
a serious nature should occHr in tht
region where the American army is nov
operating.
The further Chihuahua is penetrated
and the higher the peaks the NOR,
the ayiators encounter the rarefied cur
rents Of air, telling both upon the lung
of the operator aud the stability of tn,
machine. An expert aviator in dis
cussing the difference in the altitud
to which the aviators are aecustome,
, to climb and the unusual altitude tia
must he reached for any observation
{ work IN the Sierra Madres said:
The aviatorS are not accustomed t
! such thin air. There are treacherou
! currents and air pockets to be encour
tered that were not calculated ON bC
) fore. Not only must the aviators then
: selves become accustomed to tn
changed conditions, and this by try
: outs, but their machines Will have to b
: adjusted to meet the unusual cond
I tons of a high altitude.
: q A man not used to mounting u
! ward of 5000 and $500 feet, and
the Sierra Madres he will have
climb even higher to learn anvthin
. of the topography or the whereabou
T of the enemy, is in danger of wreckir
! his heart by the sudden change an
s the lifting of the blood pressure
g We know that air machines al
working remarkably in the Europta
= war, but the attitudes in which tn,
operate are always slightly above Il
sea level. We have no record OF E
ropean operations where the air plan
Is have been operating at such a heigl
save for spectacular and not practic
purposes Air planes sent up in Il
RS Alpine mountains have never returne
x The tall peaks and deep canyons eau
ID unexpected eddies and air curren
he which the aviators are unable to co
Is tend with.
IN The effect the different altitud
er have on the air plane was demonstr;
n ed in Ell Paso a few years ago, VIII
Charles Hamilton came here from t
Pacific coast to fly. The plane that
e. had used with success all along t
coast failed him completely here un