Douglas Bennett Shane is President of The Spaceship Company, as well as an American test pilot who has trained as a commercial astronaut.
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10 Facts About Doug Shane
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Doug Shane was a member of the Scaled Composites astronaut team and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites.
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In 1982, Doug Shane joined Scaled Composites, in Mojave, California, as a test pilot and founding member.
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In 1997, Shane received the Iven C Kincheloe Award from the Society of Experimental Test Pilots for his flight test work on the Williams V-Jet II and Vision Aire Vantage.
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Doug Shane is a past President of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.
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In 2004, as director of flight operations, Doug Shane supervised the Ansari X Prize qualification flights from the control room.
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In June 2008, Doug Shane was appointed president of Scaled Composites, taking over this role from previous president and company founder Burt Rutan.
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Doug Shane stayed in this position for five years, from 2008 through early 2013.
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In June 2013, Doug Shane joined The Spaceship Company to become executive VP and general manager, ending a 31-year career with Scaled Composites, including five as president.
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