Tributes to aviation enthusiast Ernie Cromie
The late Ernie Cromie
Ernie Cromie talks to aviation enthusiasts
TRIBUTES have been paid to Ernie Cromie, a key figure in Ireland's aviation history.
Mr Cromie died on Friday, aged 79. He had recently been receiving treatment at Lagan Valley Hospital in Lisburn.
The Ulster Aviation Society, for which Mr Cromie served as chairman for 30 years, paid tribute to him as a “a dear friend, a dedicated historian and an inspiration".
Society chairman Ray Burrows described the deceased as “one of the nicest, most generous-of-spirit men I have had the pleasure of meeting in my life".