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Princess Leonor Begins Final Year of Military Training at Spain's Air Academy

She enters as a fourth-year alférez in San Javier under a simulator-first PC-21 syllabus identical to that of her classmates.

Leonor de Borbón tendrá que pasar unas 50 horas en los simuladores, antes de ponerse a los mandos del avión Pilatus PC-21 en compañía de su instructo.
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Overview

  • Defence Minister Margarita Robles will accompany her incorporation at the Academia General del Aire on Monday, September 1.
  • Academy director Col. Luis González Asenjo says she will be treated as an ordinary cadet and emphasizes instilling the aviator spirit and a vocation of service.
  • Her training starts with about a month of theory and roughly 50 hours in simulators before instructor-led flights in the Pilatus PC-21 and a possible first solo if cleared.
  • She joins a cohort of about 74 classmates and will share a room with two other students within the academy’s facilities.
  • This phase is slated to conclude in July 2026, rounding out her three-year military formation as the academy advances its transition from the C-101 to the PC-21 and expanded simulators.