✈️ King Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) & Queen Suthida piloted themselves out of Hanoi’s Nội Bài International Airport aboard the Royal Boeing 737-800 on Wednesday.
Their Majesties paid a three-day State Visit to Vietnam celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between the two countries.
Both the King & the Queen are qualified pilots & hold respective commercial pilot licenses (CPL) from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand.
Queen Suthida recently undertook the Gripen Fighter Flight-Training Programme at Wing 7 in Surat Thani. Her Majesty trained on the L-39 advanced jet trainer at the Royal Thai Air Force Flying Training School in Nakhon Pathom as well as making multiple private visits to Wing 7 — the principal operating base for Thailand’s Gripen 39 C/D fleet. She will become the first Queen to be a fighter jet pilot.