WA pilot identified as Revel Downing after dying in NSW light plane crash

Key points

• Two men have died after a kit-built light plane crashed shortly after take-off near Scone Aerodrome in the New South Wales Upper Hunter on Friday afternoon. Revel Downing, 58, was one of the men, and the other was a 63-year-old.
• The pair had travelled from Western Australia to inspect and buy the aircraft, which is understood to be worth about $38,000.
• Emergency services were called to Bunnan Road just before 2pm, and both men died at the scene.