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| Man killed in glider crash named | |
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| The pilot of a glider who died after his aircraft came down on rough ground in Moray has been named. | |
| James Davidson, 51, of Aberdeen, was killed when his glider crashed near Tomintoul at about 1615 BST on Sunday. | |
| An injured 31-year-old passenger was airlifted to hospital in Inverness, where he was described as "stable". | |
| Grampian Police cordoned off the site and air accident investigators were arriving to try to establish a cause of the accident. | |
| Relatives said experienced glider enthusiast Mr Davidson - a past chairman of the Scottish Gliding Association - was the victim of the accident. He is still to be officially named by Grampian Police. | |
| The crash was reported to police by a member of the public. | |
| The accident is now being investigated by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). | |
| The Deeside Gliding Club in Aboyne is about 30 miles from Tomintoul. | The Deeside Gliding Club in Aboyne is about 30 miles from Tomintoul. |
| Glider enthusiasts visit the club each year from September to the end of October to fly in what organisers call the "wave" conditions produced over the Highlands. | Glider enthusiasts visit the club each year from September to the end of October to fly in what organisers call the "wave" conditions produced over the Highlands. |