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Glider pilot 'loved soaring flight' as tight-knit community devastated by mid-air crash

An 80-year-old pilot who died after a suspected mid-air collision between his glider and an ultra-light aircraft was a man who "loved soaring", friends say as investigations continue into the crash. 

Caboolture man Christopher "Bob" Turner was controlling the glider just before 3pm on Wednesday when the two aircraft came into contact and crashed to the ground at Kybong, near Gympie. 

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