Prince of Wales reminisces with Air Force colleagues in Oxford
William chatted about flying Sea King helicopters on rescue missions during a visit to RAF Benson.
The Prince of Wales said flying is his "happy place" when he reminisced with old air force colleagues about the "glory days" of serving with the RAF Search and Rescue Force.
William chatted about flying Sea King helicopters on rescue missions when he visited an RAF base with the Crown Prince of Jordan, and described how their sound still goes "straight to my heart".
When he met former colleagues and others in the mess at RAF Benson near Oxford, he was asked if he still spent any time in the cockpit, and the prince replied, "I do still fly, yeah - I keep my hours going.
"When you learn that skill set, you just don't want it to go. I've definitely lost a lot of the skills I had, but I like to keep on top of my flying, keep doing it.
"And it's my happy place, I love flying."
The future King served a three-year tour with the Search and Rescue Force and, during his time based at RAF Valley in Anglesey, carried out 156 search and rescue operations resulting in 149 people being rescued, before he left the Armed Forces in 2013.
He later served as a helicopter pilot with the East Anglian Air Ambulance, flying missions for two years before stepping down in July 2017 to focus on his royal duties.
The prince told the group: "I miss the Search and Rescue - glory days.
"I miss the Sea King flying around, because when I hear it, that noise, as it flies past. We had obviously the US state visit the other day seven aircraft flying over.
"Sea King comes in, I was like 'there she is' that noise went straight to my heart."