Douglas George Lee MBE (born 7 November 1945) is a glider pilot who was world gliding champion on three consecutive occasions.

He joined the Royal Air Force as an engineering apprentice at the age of sixteen in 1962,[1] becoming a British subject.

He left the RAF in 1983 as a squadron leader and joined Cathay Pacific to fly Boeing 747s.

[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.

[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.