When it comes to aviation and the British royal family, it seems like the two go hand-in-hand.
“Part of the attraction of air travel must be the risks,” royal historian David McClure toldPeople.
“It’s a sense of adventure.
I suspect they quite like the thrill of putting their life on the line.”
Whatever the exact reason, the British royals obviously love flying.
The tandem aircraft was primarily used as a trainer craft for new pilots.
Just two months later, Charles obtained his own license to fly private planes in March 1969.
He went on to train as a helicopter pilot and joined a Royal Naval Air Squadron.
Theroyal’s official naval military serviceended in 1976.
Today, the Royal Air Force museum features some of the aircraft flown by King Charles III.
Interestingly, then-Prince Charles often flew himself to such events.
Most of his personal piloting took place on the No.
He regularly flew planes as part of the Royal flight up through the mid-1990s.
Yet this was also the same year that he experienced his first major accident.
It was also estimated that Charles may have been piloting at too high of a speed when landing.
“It was not quite a crash,“The Herald Scotlandquoted Charles as saying after the accident.
“We went off the end of the runway.
It’s not something I recommend happening all the time, but unfortunately it did.”
In all, Charles was not found at fault for the 1994 accident.
Yet despite this, he gave up his pilot’s license after the Royal Air Force investigation.
It wasn’t careering off the runway.
It was one of those things, not my proudest moment.
I was very sorry it happened.
And it certainly wasn’t his fault.”
Here, in April 2023, King Charles congratulated and addressed recent graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
