Prince William misses the “glory days” of being a search-and-rescue pilot.
Prince William misses his RAF days
The Prince of Wales served with the RAF from 2009 till 2013 earlier than flying with the East Anglian Air Ambulance from March 2015 till July 2017 and at a joint engagement together with his “expensive pal” and fellow helicopter pilot the Crown Prince of Jordan, Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire on Wednesday (15.10.25), William regarded again on his army days with nice fondness.
In response to the Day by day Telegraph, he mentioned: “I left and went straight into the Air Ambulance afterwards and did three years or so there and… it type of merged into one massive flying journey. I miss the search and rescue days, the glory days.”
The prince instructed how he liked listening to the sound of the Sea King helicopter flying throughout US Premident Donald Trump’s state go to final month.
He added: “Seven plane have been flying over and Sea King is available in and I used to be like ‘there she is’ – that noise went straight to my coronary heart, it was an excellent sound.”
The 43-year-old royal nonetheless enjoys flying when he can and admitted piloting an plane is his “joyful place”.
Requested whether or not he nonetheless flies, he mentioned: “I do nonetheless fly – I hold my hours going as a result of, while you study that ability set, you simply don’t need it to go. I’ve positively misplaced plenty of the abilities Ι had, however I like to only carry on high of flying and hold doing it. It’s my joyful place after I’m flying.”
Throughout their go to, the princes met trainee aircrew and employees from No. 28 (AC) Sqn and No. 22 Sqn – with whom William served throughout his time at RAF Valley in Anglesey, North Wales – and heled engineers work on the primary rotorhead of a Chinook plane, with the British prince joking somebody would come alongside to “verify” his counterpart’s work.
They then attended a personal assembly with RAF personnel.
The 2 princes flew to the engagement by helicopter from Windsor Citadel, with Kensington Palace stating it highlighted their “robust relationship” and mutual respect for the Armed Forces.
