Paul Harwood Blanchard (24 December 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio – 22 June 2011 in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, UK) was one of the early Flying Instructors of the Cambridge University Gliding Club (1947–49) and author of Elementary Gliding – A Pupil's Manual. Paul graduated in Natural Sciences from St John's College in 1948, becoming Chief Flying Instructor (CFI) in his third undergraduate year.