A teenage boy who died in a horrific air crash with his 80-year-old flying instructor was on only his 10th flying exercise, it has emerged.
The 16-year-old was killed when their Piper Tomahawk II crashed during a lesson near Loch Lomond on Friday afternoon.
The teenager, who has not been named by police, and flying instructor Ian Haggis were killed after the plane came down in a field north east of Drymen, Stirlingshire.
His parents and the instructor’s wife were called to a portable cabin at Glasgow Airport on Friday after the two-seater plane went missing where they were given the grim news.
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