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Knell a écrit :Les RED's ont poliment décliné l'invitation pour cause d'entrainement à Malte....

jakive a écrit :et le pere de Kate etait pilote chez British.... comme quoi on peut etre pilote de ligne et larguer des (deux) bombes !!

Clavier a écrit :Ah désolé le beau-père était stewart et non PL mais chuuuuttt........!

Pink_Tigrou a écrit :.
D'ailleurs, je ne pensais pas qu'il était si vieux le prince Charles.

moi1000 a écrit : Le Prince Charles (le père) a été pilote de Harrier je crois

Prince Charles gives up flying royal aircraft after Hebrides crash

The Prince of Wales has given up piloting royal flights following his crash in the Hebrides last year in which a Queen's Flight passenger jet was damaged to the tune of pounds 1m.

St James's Palace announced the Prince's decision yesterday as an RAF board of inquiry found that the aircraft's captain had been negligent in allowing him to take the controls.

Prince Charles was not blamed because, despite holding the RAF rank of group captain, he was regarded as a passenger who was invited to fly the aircraft (Bae 146). The inquiry can pass judgment on the crew.

It was not in dispute, however, that the Prince was at the controls of the BAe 146 when it landed awkwardly and too fast in high winds on the Isle of Islay last June, slewed off the Port Ellen runway and came to a halt with its nose buried in mud.
Six crew and five passengers were on board but no one was injured.

The RAF report into the accident, released in the House of Commons yesterday, concluded the jet was flying 32 knots (40mph) too fast when it crossed the runway threshold. Only 509m (557yds) of the 1,245m-long (1,362yd) strip remained when all the aircraft's wheels touched down, causing a tyre to burst and another to deflate.

The captain, Squadron Leader Graham Laurie, was negligent "in the final stages of the flight". Although he still flies with No. 2 Royal Squadron, he may no longer act as an instructing or supervising pilot.

... It was said at the time that if HRH had stuck his head out of the window, his large ears might have assisted with the deceleration needed to cope with landing some 30 knots too fast on a short RW.....

Except that, with a 12 knot tailwind, they would have acted more like sails!…

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... If the Captain and Navigator were held to be "grossly incompetent" that doesn't say much for Jug Ears who was flying in the LH seat at the time!!

The best thing about that accident was that "Mummy won't let the incompetent twit fly her aeroplane any more". He doesn't appear to have flown since. That makes for safer airspace, and careers for the rest.

Needless to say any official report won't make Jug Ears look bad, but will hang anyone else close to the scene.

Following in the tradition of Princes of Wales before him, Charles spent time in the navy and air force.
After Royal Air Force training that he requested and received during his second year at Cambridge, on 8 March 1971 the Prince flew himself to the Royal Air Force College Cranwell to train as a jet pilot.
After the passing out parade in September of that year, he then embarked on a naval career, enrolling in a six week course at the Royal Naval College Dartmouth and then serving on the guided missile destroyer HMS Norfolk (1971–1972) and the frigates HMS Minerva (1972–1973) and HMS Jupiter (1974).

Charles also qualified as a helicopter pilot at RNAS Yeovilton in 1974, just prior to joining 845 Naval Air Squadron, operating from HMS Hermes, and on 9 February 1976, the Prince took command of the coastal minehunter HMS Bronington for his last nine months in the navy.

In total, Prince Charles has qualified to fly a Chipmunk basic pilot trainer, a Harrier T Mk.4 V/STOL fighter, a BAC Jet Provost jet pilot trainer, a Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft, a F-4 Phantom II fighter jet, an Avro Vulcan jet bomber, and a Spitfire classic WWII fighter.

SpruceGoose a écrit :D'après Wikip... le grand Charles a été qualifié sur des machines intéressantes...
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