| 词条 | George Lee (pilot) |
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|name = George Lee MBE |image = File:George Lee (pilot).jpg |image_size = |alt = |caption = |full_name = Douglas George Lee |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1945|11|07}} |birth_place = Dublin, Ireland |death_date = |death_place = |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |monuments = |nationality = born Irish, naturalised British, now Australian |education = Royal Air Force engineering apprenticeship in aircraft electrical systems |spouse = Maren Lee |relatives = Sonja Lee and Brian Lee - children |known_for = Multiple Open-class Gliding World Championship winner |first_flight_aircraft = |first_flight_date = |famous_flights = |license_date = |license_place = |air_force = Royal Air Force |battles = |rank = Squadron Leader |awards =
|first_race = 1974 British National Gliding Championship |racing_best = Three times world champion: 1976, 1978 & 1981 |racing_aircraft = Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-3 |website = {{URL|http://holdfasttodreams.com}} }} Douglas George Lee MBE (born 7 November 1945) is a glider pilot who was world gliding champion on three consecutive occasions. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. He joined the Royal Air Force as an engineering apprentice at the age of sixteen in 1962,[1] becoming a British subject. He completed his training as an electrical fitter and in 1967 he was selected for officer and pilot training. He joined an operational squadron in 1971 flying Phantoms. He left the RAF in 1983 as a Squadron Leader and joined Cathay Pacific to fly Boeing 747s.[2] During his apprenticeship he began gliding with the Royal Air Force Gliding & Soaring Association, winning his first British National Championship in 1974 in an ASW17.[3] He was selected for the British Team for the World Gliding Championships at Räyskälä in Finland in 1976 and won the Open Class in an ASW17.[4] He then won the following two World Championships at Châteauroux in France 1978 (also in an ASW17) and at Paderborn in Germany 1981 in a Nimbus-3, becoming the first person to win three successive World Championship titles.[5] He flew in two more World Championships but his home in Hong Kong had reduced his opportunities for gliding and so he was out of practice.[1] He received several awards including the MBE, the Royal Aero Club's Gold Medal in 1976,[6] the Britannia Trophy (twice)[7][8] and the Lilienthal Gliding Medal.[9] In 1978 he took Prince Charles for his first flight in a glider.[10] He bought a farm near Dalby[11] in Queensland in 1996 in anticipation of his retirement in 1999.[1] He established a small airfield there and is now an Australian citizen. With his Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4DM, he taught advanced pilots for ten years. He and his wife, Maren, are now active in their church and in politics in Queensland. They have two children, Sonja and Brian. He published his autobiography, Hold Fast To Your Dreams, in 2013,[1][12] which was also published in Polish in 2015 as Uwierz w marzenia.[1][13] See alsoList of glider pilotsReferences1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=George Lee's web-page for his autobiography|url=http://holdfasttodreams.com/sample-page/|accessdate=8 June 2012}} {{Recipients of Lilienthal Gliding Medal}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, George}}2. ^{{cite web|title=RAF Gliding Association web-site|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafgliding/gsa/georgelee.cfm|accessdate=8 June 2012}} 3. ^{{cite journal |journal = Sailplane & Gliding |title = Kestrel 19 Wins! |volume = 25 |number = 4 |date = Aug–Sep 1974 |url = http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/mainwebpages/Sailplane%20&%20Gliding%201971%20to%201980/Volume%2025%20No%204%20Aug-Sept%201974.pdf |accessdate = 14 June 2012 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140720015442/http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/mainwebpages/Sailplane%20%26%20Gliding%201971%20to%201980/Volume%2025%20No%204%20Aug-Sept%201974.pdf |archivedate = 20 July 2014 |df = dmy}} 4. ^{{cite journal |journal = Sailplane & Gliding |volume = 27 |title = World Championships' Final Result |number = 4 |date = Aug–Sep 1976 |url = http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/mainwebpages/Sailplane%20&%20Gliding%201971%20to%201980/Volume%2027%20No%204%20Aug-Sept%201976.pdf |accessdate = 14 June 2012 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140720025458/http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/mainwebpages/Sailplane%20%26%20Gliding%201971%20to%201980/Volume%2027%20No%204%20Aug-Sept%201976.pdf |archivedate = 20 July 2014 |df = dmy}} 5. ^{{cite web|title= Flight International archive|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%202044.html|accessdate=8 June 2012}} 6. ^{{cite web|title= Royal Aero Club web-site|url=http://www.royalaeroclub.org/awardGold.htm|accessdate=10 June 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Flight International Archive|date=29 December 1979|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%204695.html|accessdate=9 June 2012}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Flight International Archive|date=18 December 1982|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%202741.html|accessdate=9 June 2012}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=FAI web-site giving list of medal winners|url=http://www.fai.org/civa-awards/individual-disciplines|accessdate=14 June 2012}} 10. ^{{cite journal |journal = Sailplane & Gliding |title = First Glider Flight for Prince Charles |volume = 29 |number = 4 |date = Aug–Sep 1978 |url = http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/mainwebpages/Sailplane%20&%20Gliding%201971%20to%201980/Volume%2029%20No%204%20Aug-Sept%201978.pdf |accessdate = 14 June 2012 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140720020210/http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/mainwebpages/Sailplane%20%26%20Gliding%201971%20to%201980/Volume%2029%20No%204%20Aug-Sept%201978.pdf |archivedate = 20 July 2014 |df = dmy}} 11. ^{{cite web |title=Dalby Info |url=http://www.dalby.info/news/summer10_georgelee.asp |accessdate=14 June 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320040900/http://www.dalby.info/news/summer10_georgelee.asp |archivedate=20 March 2012 |df=dmy }} 12. ^{{cite book|first=George|last=Lee|title=Hold Fast To Dreams|publisher=Evangelista Media|date=1 Mar 2013|isbn=8897896219}} 13. ^{{cite book|first=George|last=Lee|title=Uwierz w Marzenia|publisher=Elay-SCG|date=29 Jun 2015|isbn=9788393282661}} 11 : British aviators|Gliding in England|Glider pilots|Members of the Order of the British Empire|Living people|Flight instructors|Royal Air Force officers|1946 births|Lilienthal Gliding Medal recipients|Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Medal winners|People from the Darling Downs |
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