EPISODE · May 4, 2023 · 10 MIN
EXTRA - The King’s flying instructor
from BFBS Sitrep
Sitrep hears from someone who played a key part in the journey of King Charles III to his role as commander in chief of the UK’s armed forces. Most of the King’s five years as a serviceman were spent as a pilot, but before he stepped into uniform to fly jets and helicopters he learned to fly a twin-seat single-propellor Chipmunk plane. His instructor was a young Flight Lieutenant, Philip Pinney, who tells James Wharton his story training future King to fly, preparing Charles for hands on military service.
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