Police have named the man killed in a glider crash near Omarama in Otago last night.
He was 60-year-old Michael John McKellow, known as Joe, of Hororata, Selwyn District.
The crash occurred about 6.20pm on a mountain called Snowy Top, about 10.5km northwest of Omarama airfield.
Mr McKellow was piloting the fixed-wing glider when it appeared to lose altitude rapidly, before crashing on a gentle slope on the western side of the peak.
He was the only person in the aircraft. He was enjoying a private flight with a friend who was flying another glider in the same area.
