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Prince William takes first solo flight

Wills flies plane alone for first time

Prince William has completed his first solo flight - despite only having had 8 and a half hours of pilot training.

Wills' tutor left him alone in the cockpit on Wednesday and he took to the skies of Lincolnshire alone.

'It was an amazing feeling, I couldn't believe it,' says the 25-year-old. 'Once I'd taken off it was fine."

Captain Andy Naismith, head of the flying training school at the Cranwell base, was impressed by Wills’ performance and says he's a quick learner.

‘He is definitely at the front end of the scale,’ the Captain tells People.com. ‘Most do [their first solo flights] after between 9 and 11 hours [of training].’

The Prince is on a four-month tour with the RAF and hopes to have earned his ‘wings’ by April.

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