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Princess Ingrid Alexandra in front of a Norwegian Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft
Photo: Simen Løvberg Sund / dpa
Princess Ingrid Alexandra flew in a fighter jet while visiting the Norwegian Air Force.
In the back seat of an F-16 fighter plane, she was able to experience large parts of northern Norway from the air on Saturday, including the Lofoten, announced the Norwegian royal family (here you can see a short video clip about the excursion)
Before that, the most important missions of the Norwegian air defense had been explained to her at the base in Bodø.
In order to be able to take the plane into the air, the 17-year-old had to undergo a thorough medical check-up beforehand.
Bodø is a good 850 kilometers as the crow flies north of Oslo.
Jump from a height of twelve meters
For the young princess, it is already the second outing to the military this year.
In November she had inspected a special unit in Rena.
The visit was a confirmation gift from the armed forces to Ingrid Alexandra.
She used the moment to jump in full gear from a height of twelve meters down a tower where the soldiers normally practice parachuting.
According to the court, further visits to the military are to follow.
The princess, born in Oslo on January 21, 2004, is the daughter of the Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon and his wife, Crown Princess Mette-Marit.
Ingrid Alexandra is a member of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg family, a branch of the Oldenburg family.
With her flight in the fighter jet, Ingrid Alexandra is following in her father's footsteps: Haakon also took a seat in the back seat of an F-16 when he was 18 in 1991.
For the princess, it was one of the last opportunities to fly in an F-16 machine.
The fighter jets will be retired in a few weeks and replaced by F-35 fighters.
Should Princess Ingrid Alexandra be Queen of Norway one day, she would also be Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
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