Footage of Prince Harry in the passenger seat of a Spitfire aircraft was released on Saturday, showing the monarch during a loop and landing on a grass airstrip.
The flight from Boultbee Flight Academy at Goodwood in West Sussex over the Isle of Wight took place last year.
The Prince laughed and looked around during a loop and gave the thumbs up when the plane returned to stable flight.
After the aircraft touched down, the Prince exclaimed “It was my first landing in a Spitfire, feels quite good.”
It was filmed when Harry met two wounded servicemen who won a place on a Spitfire scholarship training programme.
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The initiative is partly funded by the Prince’s Endeavour Fund and is for wounded servicemen and women, and veterans.
Alan Robinson and Nathan Foster are in training to join a flypast to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain in September.
During the dark years of World War II, the spitfire became a symbol in Britain of national resistance, hope and ultimately victory.
Developed from the super-marine racing sea plane that first flew in 1936, the spitfire proved its metal in 1940 by out-manoeuvring German planes in the Battle of Britain.
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