Prince George Visits Red Arrow Hawk on First Royal Engagement

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge with Prince George in the cockpit of a Red Arrow during a visit to the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford on July 8, 2016 in Fairford, England. Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Prince George is on cloud nine.

The first born of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, attended the Royal International Air Tattoo at the RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on July 8. This is the first royal engagement for the toddler. 

The trio were welcomed by Air Marshal Sir Kevin Leeson, chairman of the RAF Charitable Trust, and Air Chief Marshal Andrew Pulford, chief of the air staff, RAF. 

Clad in a white polo shirt and blue shorts, little George took in the sights of aircrafts alongside his parents. George was also granted the opportunity to sit inside the cockpit of one of the RAF Aerobatic Team’s Red Arrow Hawks. 

“Mummy, can I fly the Red Arrow now?” he asked Kate, according to reports by Hello Magazine. William reportedly told the 2-year-old, “Not right now.”

Prince George sits in the back seat of a 'Squirrel' helicopter similar to the one that his father Prince William, Duke of Cambridge trained on during a visit to the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford on July 8, 2016 in Fairford, England. Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Images