William reunites with flying instructor on RAF base visit
Prince William has visited his former RAF base in Anglesey, north Wales, where he was reunited with his flying instructor Captain Brian Wills.
William lived at the base as a newly-wed with Kate between 2010 and 2013, during which time he served as an RAF search and rescue pilot. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
William lived at the base as a newly-wed with Kate between 2010 and 2013, during which time he served as an RAF search and rescue pilot. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We were just saying it was beautiful yesterday, it's going to be beautiful tomorrow, so...
00:11Look at the weather, it's perfect.
00:14It's lovely now, isn't it?
00:16It's the flying period we cancelled.
00:18Sadly, yes.
00:20Yeah, it came in a little bit just now, and it's supposed to get worse later, I guess.
00:25Oh, look who it is! I thought you might be here, Phil.
00:28We knew that would happen.
00:35When I came in, I said, have you met before?
00:38Once or twice.
00:40Tort is a strong word.
00:42Well, you qualified.
00:44I did qualify.
00:46I nearly killed it a couple of times.
00:49Yeah, but that's part of being a QFI, isn't it, about being scared?
00:52I'm still flying.
00:54I was about to say, do you miss flying?
00:56I'm still in the orbit of flying where I can, so...
00:59I've flown four times, 49.
01:03So, I just try to keep my head up.
01:05Once you get to a certain level, you just want to let it go.
01:08You keep your mind up.
01:14I can find your texts, and I don't need the texts.
01:27Thank you.
01:37Good.
01:39I presume that aircraft fire is a very different technical beast
01:43compared to pacifiers and all the other stuff that...
01:49Flight Lieutenant Fleming is an above-average qualified flying instructor,
01:53instructor of instructors, instructor rating examiner,
01:56and the standards and evaluation representative on Texan.
02:00As one of the longest-serving military Texan flying instructors,
02:03and with previous Tucano Instructional Experience II,
02:06Fleming is the most experienced military basic flying training instructor
02:10at RAF Bally.
02:12Your Royal Highness, I wonder if you would present that
02:14to Flight Lieutenant Jake Fleming.
02:19Well done. Congratulations.
02:21I tend to make a lot of mistakes when I'm serious.
02:24Good man.
02:26Thank you.