Prince William nervous on solo flight
LONDON (AP) - January 17, 2008 William, 25, the elder son of Prince Charles and the late
Princess Diana, is having flight training with the Royal Air Force.
He flew alone for the first time Wednesday.
"God knows how somebody trusted me with an aircraft and my own
life," he said of his flight in a propeller-driven trainer.
"I was doing a few circuits going round and round then Roger
(Bousfield), my instructor, basically turned round and said,
`Right, I'm going to jump out now' and I said, `What, where are you
going?"'
"He said, `You're going on your own ..."'
Once airborne, the prince said, "it was fine."
"You just remember your checks and do all the things you've got
to do and fly the circuit," he said.
"Then I was watching the runway getting closer and closer and
thinking, please, please don't mess this up," William said
Thursday.
