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Douglas B. Shane | |
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| Alma mater | University of Kansas |
| Occupation(s) | Executive,Test Pilot |
| Space career | |
| Test pilot | |
| Selection | SpaceShipOne 2003 |
| Missions | None |
Douglas Bennett Shane is President ofThe Spaceship Company, as well as an Americantest pilot who has trained as acommercial astronaut. He was a member of theScaled Composites astronaut team[1] and one of the test pilots forSpaceShipOne, the experimentalspaceplane developed by Scaled Composites.Shane worked as the operations director on the SpaceShipOne project in addition to being one of the program pilots,[2]and later served as President of Scaled Composites from 2008 through early 2013.[citation needed]
In 1982, Shane received aBachelor of Science degree inaerospace engineering from theUniversity of Kansas.[citation needed]
Shane built[when?] a Long-Ez he called the "Shane Runabout".[citation needed]
In 1982, Shane joined Scaled Composites, in Mojave, California, as a test pilot and founding member. After 1989, he was responsible for business development, contracts, and proposals, as well as the company's flight test operations.[3]
In 1997, Shane received theIven C. Kincheloe Award from theSociety of Experimental Test Pilots for his flight test work on theWilliams V-Jet II and Vision Aire Vantage. He is a past President of theSociety of Experimental Test Pilots.[citation needed]
In 2004, as director of flight operations, Shane supervised theAnsari X Prize qualification flights from the control room. Although he was one of the four qualified pilots forSpaceShipOne, Shane did not fly any of the flights himself.[2]
In June 2008, Shane was appointed president of Scaled Composites, taking over this role from previous president and company founderBurt Rutan. He stayed in this position for five years, from 2008 through early 2013.[3]
In June 2013, Shane joinedThe Spaceship Company (TSC) to become executive VP and general manager, ending a 31-year career with Scaled Composites, including five as president.[3]He was promoted to president of TSC in July 2014.[4]
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