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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alana Calvert

Vintage plane King learned to fly in takes to the sky for Coronation air show

The King’s lifelong connection to the skies was marked on Sunday with the small red aircraft in which he learned to fly delighting aviation and military enthusiasts in Bedford.

The 70-year-old Royal de Havilland Chipmunk WP903 was among the vintage aeroplanes to take to the skies on Sunday for Shuttleworth aerodrome’s King and Country Air Show.

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