Show COLD DAZES AVATOR Army Air Plane Falls From Feet Is Righted Close To Ground j MOUNT CLEMENS Mich Jan 30 I Unconscious because of the severe cold First Lieutenant James D Sum Summers mers pilot of the tho pursuit group I at t field fell toll from an alti aiti altitude i tude lude of feet to within feet of the ground here hero Saturday after after- afternoon afternoon noon a drop of o nearly four miles b be- be before be before fore he ha recovered his senses righted his plane and made a e 8 landIng Announcement of this esp experience nas os kept secret ecret by hy R a at Selfridge field until late Monday when hen It nas as officially related FAR BELOW ZERO i Summers had been heen ordered to 10 take eral part art in maneuvers maneu by Gen Con General eral William G 3 Mitchell With sev several oral eral other aviators he mounted to a heIght of feet when thermometers thermometers eters on the tha planes pianos registered 20 de de- de- de degrees degrees grees below zero Summers was liS but half conscious when other aviators reached him after his descent Examining physIcIans announced nerves 0 over oer er both his eyes had been frozen causing temporary blindness and that unconsciousness probably followed In a few seconds lie Ho practically had recovered It Was announced FEELS DIZZINESS Describing his experience Lieuten Lieutenant ant Summers said At feet my motor was run run- running running ning smoothly but the cold seemed to I chili me I was as making about miles an hour Suddenly everythIng began to get hazy and I started to ork the controls Then everything ent ont black When I revived I was dropping rapidly and ond bui but about four hundred feet foet above the eal th Some Some- Somehow Somehow Somehow how I dont don't know how I got my ship under control and made a safe Bate land landIng landing landIng Ing |