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Edgar Staley Gorrell (February 3, 1891 – March 5, 1945) was an American military officer, aviation pioneer, historian, manufacturing entrepreneur, and advocate for the airline industry. He served eight years in the United States Army, most of it with the Air Service, becoming a colonel at the age of 27 during World War I. He left the army in 1920 to enter private business, first as an executive in the automotive industry, then briefly operating his own investment company to finance the mass construction of private homes. For the last nine years of his life he was the first president of the Air Transport Association of America (ATA), a trade association dedicated to airline safety and the economic growth of the industry.

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  • Edgar Staley Gorrell (February 3, 1891 – March 5, 1945) was an American military officer, aviation pioneer, historian, manufacturing entrepreneur, and advocate for the airline industry. He served eight years in the United States Army, most of it with the Air Service, becoming a colonel at the age of 27 during World War I. He left the army in 1920 to enter private business, first as an executive in the automotive industry, then briefly operating his own investment company to finance the mass construction of private homes. For the last nine years of his life he was the first president of the Air Transport Association of America (ATA), a trade association dedicated to airline safety and the economic growth of the industry. (en)
  • Edgar "Nap" S. Gorrell född 1891 i Baltimore död 1959, var en amerikansk flygare, militär. Gorrell utexaminerades från US. Military Academy 1912. Han genomgick flygutbildning i San Diego 1915, därefter placerades han vid första Aero Squadron under USA och general John J. Pershings expedition i Mexiko 1916. Tillsammans med Robert Willis beordrades han och sex andra flygplan att flyga till general Pershings högkvarter i Casas Grandes, Mexiko. Man lämnade Columbus vid halv sextiden på kvällen, när mörkret kom förlorade Gorell kontakten med de andra flygarna och han nödlandade i Chihuahuaöknen. Efter ett par dagar med strapatser kunde han återförenas med sin grupp. (sv)
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