On Monday, March 23, 2020 at 8:56:17 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
I understand he was pretty good with short field take offs, too.

On 3/22/2020 4:41 PM, wrote:
Aviation legend Maj. Jimmy Doolittle resigned from the US Army Air Corps in late 1929 and joined Shell Oil in 1930 to start the St. Louis division for aeronautics. He flew the company's Lockheed Vega, as well as a number of race planes including the "Super Solution" and the Gee Bee R1 (winning the Bendix Trophy and Thompson Trophy in 1932.) He pioneered the development of standardized aviation fuels, including the introduction of 87 octane aviation gasoline. He earned a PhD from MIT, which gave him great credibility with the scientists working for Shell. He represented Shell as a member of NACA, concentrating on the development of 100 octane fuel until the start of World War II. Shell gave him an unlimited leave of absence for the duration of the War. He returned to Shell in December 1945 as a vice-president, a Director and member of the Executive Committee of Shell's Board of Directors. In 1947, he was instrumental in leading Shell's efforts to develop jet fuels. Gen. Doolittle retired from Shell in 1950 as a Senior vice-president.