Flying
Flying is another of the Prince’s great interests. In 1985, he obtained his Private Pilot’s Licence (Second Class), followed by his Commercial Pilot’s Licence (with an Instrument Rating) in 1987.
In the summer holidays of 1989, the Prince flew as a volunteer for the medical aid organisation African Medical Research and Education Foundation (AMREF) in Kenya and in 1991 he spent a month flying for the Kenya Wildlife Service. In 1989, the Prince obtained a supplementary licence to fly multi-engine jet aircraft. In order to keep in practice, the Prince flies the government PH-KBX aeroplane, and occasionally flies KLM City Hopper’s Fokker 70 and Fokker 100. He earned his Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) in 2001.