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==Military pilot==
 
==Military pilot==
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At the age of fourteen, Shell had begun flying lessons because a pilot who owed the senior Shell money offered to pay in-kind.<ref name=latimes/> He secured his pilot's license at the age of sixteen. When [[World War II]] began, Shell had flown some 2,000 hours, was studying law at USC, and was already engaged in the oil business. At the start of the war, he was a civilian instructor for the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, the forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]. When the Air Corps insisted that he remain an instructor, rather than enlist, Shell instead became a [[United States Navy]] pilot in 1943.<ref>http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/409596.html</ref> After the war, he was a member of the reserves. He continued to fly after the war a number of planes which he owned: a Grumman Wildcat, a Corsair, a P-51, a Beech Staggerwing, and a Beechcraft Model 18, or "Twin Beech".<ref name=obit/>
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At the age of fourteen, Shell had begun flying lessons because a pilot who owed the senior Shell money offered to pay in-kind.<ref name=latimes/> He secured his pilot's license at the age of sixteen. When [[World War II]] began, Shell had flown some 2,000 hours, was studying law at USC, and was already engaged in the oil business. At the start of the war, he was a civilian instructor for the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, the forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]. When the Air Corps insisted that he remain an instructor, rather than enlist, Shell instead became a [[United States Navy]] pilot in 1943. After the war, he was a member of the Navy Reserves and continued to fly after the war a number of planes which he owned: a Grumman Wildcat, a Corsair, a P-51, a Beech Staggerwing, and a Beechcraft Model 18, or "Twin Beech".<ref name=obit/>
    
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