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Man, 80, who died in light aircraft crash near Loch Lomond named
Ian Haggis - pictured when he was younger - died when the light aircraft crashed near Loch Lomond
An 80-year-old man who died in a light aircraft crash is understood to be flying instructor Ian Haggis.
He and a 16-year-old boy died when their plane came down near Loch Lomond. The teenager's identity has not been released.
The pair had flown out from Glasgow Airport at 16:17 and stopped transmitting at 16:37, a few miles north east of the village of Drymen near Stirling.
Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at about 16:45 on Friday.
Temporary airspace restrictions are currently in place over the area while the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) carries out its inquiries.
A road near the scene of the crash remains closed, with vehicles being turned around and hillwalkers rerouted.
Tributes posted on social media by former students describe the flying instructor as "a gentleman and an experienced aviator", and a "good friend".
The plane - a Piper Tomahawk II aircraft - is registered to Leading Edge Flight Training in Renfrew, according to the Civil Aviation Authority's aircraft register., external
Previous social media posts on Leading Edge's Facebook page report the instructor's nickname as the 'Flying Haggis', and show that he had been working with the flying school.