The pilot missing with footballer Emiliano Sala was today revealed to be a British father-of-three who also worked as a gas engineer. Married David Ibbotson from Scunthorpe was at the controls of the privately-owned Piper Malibu aircraft believed to have crashed into the sea near Alderney on Monday night. The 60-year-old, whose nickname is ‘Dibbo’, has three children and lives with wife Nora near Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, and according to his Facebook account he checked into a hotel next to Nantes Airport on Saturday night. He is an experienced pilot specialising in private flights and parachute expeditions – but also is a qualified gas engineer running his own boiler repair company in Crowle, North Lincolnshire. Mr Ibbotson is also a DJ and a Facebook user called Mr Magoo said his disappearance was a ‘sad loss’, adding that the pilot had played music at his wedding. Mr Ibbotson wrote on Facebook that he was feeling ‘a bit rusty’ just hours before he took off with the Cardiff City player. He made the comment on social media with regards to the Instrument Landing System, which he abbreviates to ‘ils’ in the post. When a friend wrote back ‘I can’t believe that’, Mr Ibbotson…