West London Aero Club’s website describes White Waltham as “one of the oldest and best known airfields in the country”.
“Set in 200 acres on the edge of a picturesque estate in the beautiful Berkshire countryside, it is also reputedly the largest grass airfield in Britain,” it states.
“With three long runways there is always one into the wind. The Club has plenty of parking space and a wonderful, easy-going atmosphere.”
Prince Philip, George’s great grandfather, was 31 when he began his flying training at White Waltham in November 1952.
He first trained in a de Havilland Chipmunk aircraft and then in a North American Harvard.
In May 1953, he was awarded his “wings” by Air Chief Marshal Sir William Dickson, chief of the air staff, at a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex were both in the Army Cadet Corps at Eton College but they were not given flying lessons until they were in the military.
The Prince of Wales is a trained helicopter pilot who has flown for RAF Search and Rescue and East Anglia Air Ambulance. Photo / Getty Images
The Prince of Wales is a trained helicopter pilot who has flown for RAF Search and Rescue and East Anglia Air Ambulance.
The Duke of Sussex also trained with the RAF and went on to be a gunner in an Apache helicopter in Afghanistan in 2012.
