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.