Kinross glider crash victim named as Mark Dickson
Police have confirmed the identity of a man who was killed when his glider crashed during take-off at an airport in Kinross on Tuesday.
He has been named as 49-year-old Mark Dickson, from Troon.
Emergency services were called to the Scottish Gliding Centre at Portmoak Airport at about 13:30.
Mr Dickson was pronounced dead at the scene after being found upside down in the Nimbus 3 aircraft. No one else was hurt in the incident.
It is understood the glider had been in the process of taking off, and was only a matter of feet off the ground at the time of the crash.
An investigation is being carried out, involving Tayside Police, the Air Accident Investigation Branch and the Civil Aviation Authority.