LOSS OF A LEGEND
British former world champion flying ace Kay Draper killed in cornfield glider crash
The 60-year-old was declared dead at the scene in Hampshire
A FORMER world champion hang-glider has been killed in a crash.
Kay Draper, 60, died when her glider plane plunged into a cornfield.
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The occupational therapist won the first British women’s hang-gliding championships.
She was also a member of the Brit team that won the first European and world championships.
Kay, of Marlborough, Wilts, switched to flying gliders in the 1990s.
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She was declared dead at the scene of the crash on the outskirts of the village of Bradley, Hants, on Thursday morning.
A British Gliding Association spokesman said: “The tragedy has shocked the gliding community.”
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has launched a probe.