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King Felipe VI and Princess Leonor take their first flight together in Murcia
As Princess Leonor's military training in San Javier comes to an end, she takes to the skies with her father, King Felipe, for a special joint flight
King Felipe VI and Leonor, Princess of Asturias have shared a training flight together for the first time ever as part of the Princess's military training at the General Air and Space Academy in San Javier.
The King and his daughter both flew Pilatus PC-21 aircraft during the exercise. Princess Leonor was accompanied in her aircraft by Captain Elena Gutiérrez, her instructor for the flight.
Images released by the Royal Family show Princess Leonor and King Felipe VI in a briefing room reviewing the flight plan and final technical details before take-off. Other images show them in flight, with the King piloting a separate aircraft alongside the Princess. Together, they flew over La Manga del Mar Menor in the Region of Murcia.
By the end of July, Princess Leonor will have completed three military training courses at the General Military Academy, the Naval Military Academy, and the General Air and Space Academy. At that point, she will receive her commissions as a lieutenant in the Army and Air and Space Force, and as a naval ensign in the Navy, taking part in official ceremonies in Zaragoza, Marín and San Javier alongside her fellow cadets.
At the beginning of June, she completed the Basic Parachuting Course at the Military Parachuting School in Alcantarilla Air Base, as part of her military training. This made her the first member of the Royal Family to complete parachute training, as neither King Felipe VI nor King Juan Carlos I completed it during their own military training.
A few days earlier, during Spain's Armed Forces Day parade in Vigo, King Felipe VI praised his daughter's “effort and excellence” in her military training, as she attended the event for the first time as a cadet officer in the Air and Space Force.
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The municipality of San Javier has three main offices giving tourist information to visitors, as well as two information points. The tourist offices are located in Santiago de la Ribera, on the ground floor of the town hall in San Javier and at the start of La Manga. There is also a summer tourist information point located on the seafront in Santiago de la Ribera as well as one at kilometre 12-13 of La Manga del Mar Menor next to Playa Mistral.
Due to its location on the fringes of the Mar Menor and Mediterranean, San Javier has a period of intense summer tourism activity during the peak summer months, although it is popular with retirees of all nationalities out of peak season.
Tickets for the annual San Javier Jazz Festival can be purchased at the Festival office in San Javier Town Hall, Plaza de España.
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Tourist office Santiago de la Ribera (Calle Padre Juan 30720, Santiago de la Ribera)
Weekdays 9.00 to 14.00 and 18.00 to 21.00
Weekends and public holidays 10.00 to 13.00
Telephone: 661 572285
Email: turismo@sanjavier.es
La Manga del Mar Menor (Gran Vía Km. 0 30380, La Manga del Mar Menor):
May 1 to September 30:
Weekdays 10.00 to 14.00 and 17.00 to 19.00
Weekends and public holidays 10.30 to 13.00
Telephone 968 128955 ext. 2
Tourist information point of San Javier (Plaza de España, 30730 San Javier):
Weekdays 9.00 to 14.00
968 573 700 ext #5351
Email: concejaliadeturismo@sanjavier.es
Tourist information point of Santiago de la Ribera (Paseo Colón on the seafront)
Weekdays 9.00 to 14.00 and 18.00 to 21.00
Weekends and public holidays 10.00 to 13.00
Tourist information point of La Manga del Mar Menor (Playa Mistral, km 12)
Weekdays 11.00 to 18.00
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