Overview

• At RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, the Prince of Wales told former colleagues he still spends time in the cockpit to keep his hours and called flying his happy place.
• He was joined by Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II of Jordan for the visit to the base near Wallingford.
• The two assisted technicians by tightening a component on a Chinook rotor head using a torque wrench during a maintenance demonstration.
• William reflected on missing his Search and Rescue "glory days" and said the Sea King helicopter’s sound goes straight to his heart.
• His service record includes 156 search-and-rescue missions resulting in 149 rescues, followed by two years as an East Anglian Air Ambulance pilot until July 2017, and the visit concluded with a private briefing.