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Home / Doolittle and the Travel Air Model R “Mystery Ship.”

Doolittle and the Travel Air Model R “Mystery Ship.”

Doolittle worked to advance the development of aviation fuels.

Doolittle and the Travel Air Model R “Mystery Ship.”

Frustrated by low pay and little opportunity for promotion, Doolittle resigned from the Army in 1930 and joined Shell Oil’s aviation department. He encouraged the development of 100-octane aviation fuel and represented the company in aviation speed events, flying such aircraft as Shell’s Travel Air Model R “Mystery Ship.”

Credit: National Air and Space Museum (NASM 00094436), Smithsonian Institution

Date: 1930

Photo Number: NASM 00094436