A MAN killed in a gyrocopter crash on Wednesday was confirmed yesterday as experienced flier Dave Chaplin.
Mr Chaplin, 61, died when his aircraft crashed in woodland near the White Horse monument, at Kilburn, North Yorkshire at about 2pm.
It had taken off moments earlier from the airfield at the Yorkshire Gliding Club at Sutton Bank, near Thirsk.
Mr Chaplin, of Borrowby, near Thirsk, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mr Chaplin, who was married with grown-up children, was a former chairman of Yorkshire Gliding Club and worked at the Sutton Bank airfield. It is believed his wife was at the club's headquarters when he took off.
A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said that the coroner had been informed and an inquest was due to be opened and adjourned today.
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