William’s First Solo Flight
HRH Prince William has taken his first solo flight. The Prince expressed surprise when his flight instructor, Squadron Leader Roger Bousfield, jumped out of the seat next to him in the propellor-driven Grob 115E and declared that he was on his own.
(c) AFP and The Times
“Roger, my instructor, basically, turned round and said, ‘Right, I’m going to jump out now’. I said, ‘What? Where are you going?’ He said, ‘You are going on your own’, and I said, ‘There’s no way I’m going to do that’. But he said I was ready for it and jumped out,” Prince William recalled.
“The next thing I knew I was taxiing down the runway and I was sitting there saying, ‘Oh my God, this is a bit odd, there’s no one in here’.”
Congratulations to William on his first solo flight. I still think that he should do more at university and study political science, but apparently that is coming later. I hope. You can do it, Wills!
