Harry vs William in the Apaches: Experts say getting to grips with the gunship was easy for 'accomplished pilot' William (but Harry has more 'Top Gun swagger')

Getting to grips with the Apache chopper was casual for 'accomplished pilot' Prince William - but Prince Harry demonstrated much flare and 'Top Gun swagger', experts person said.

The heir to the throne, who is simply a erstwhile RAF hunt and rescue aviator and flew an aerial ambulance for 2 years, took power of the fearsome multi-million lb gunship connected Monday, flying it from an Army airfield successful Hampshire.

William's debut came arsenic helium was made the Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps during a uncommon royal outing with King Charles, wherever helium was welcomed by his younger brother's erstwhile portion - the 662 Squadron.

Defence expert Philip Ingram, a erstwhile Colonel successful British subject intelligence, said getting to grips with the basics of an Apache would beryllium comparatively straightforward for 'accomplished pilot', William. 

But the seasoned serviceman said determination was a large quality betwixt simply getting the state-of-the-art gunship disconnected the crushed and flying it into combat similar Prince Harry did during his clip successful Afghanistan.

And portion William appeared assured down the stick, a assemblage connection adept has  claimed his younger member appeared to person much 'Top Gun swagger' erstwhile helium was successful the cockpit. 

Col Ingram told MailOnline: 'There is simply a quality betwixt flying it and warring it - I person flown a Harrier Jump Jet wherever I was successful sole power for a bully 20 to 25 minutes - it was a two-seater - but the teacher was shadowing my each movement. 

'William is an accomplished chopper aviator truthful taking power and flying wouldn't beryllium hard with an instructor's supervision.' 

The images of him taking to the entity successful the Apache from the Army Aviation Centre successful Middle Wallop connected Monday echoed the pictures of the Duke of Sussex's clip with the Army aerial squadron.

During his clip arsenic a pilot, Prince Harry showed 'swagger' and 'excitement' astatine being successful complaint of the fearsome aircraft, portion William was much reserved, demonstrating a 'sense of calm and reassurance', assemblage connection adept Judi James said.

Breaking down the differences successful benignant betwixt the 2 brothers, Ms James told MailOnline that William's locomotion to the helicopter, kitted retired successful afloat subject fatigues, showed an aerial of 'confidence' by the aboriginal heir to the throne. 

But arsenic the Prince of Wales posed for pictures, subtle assemblage connection cues hinted astatine a  'burst of adrenaline', she claimed - suggesting the William looked 'cautious'.

While during the Duke of Sussex's clip flying the Apache successful Afghanistan, the young prince had a 'clear tendency to look manly and heroic', Ms James said. 

'William's chopper enactment was successful air/sea rescue wherever a consciousness of calm and reassurance was vital,' she added. 

'His locomotion suggests assurance though arsenic helium poses for the cameras his lip-licking and accelerated blinks hint astatine a burst of adrenaline. 

'He looks cautious, cautious and helium is calmly absorbing much acquisition (even appearing to person immoderate benignant of manual connected his lap) arsenic helium is astir to instrumentality off.'

Comparing it to Prince Harry's demeanor, she continued: 'Harry's locomotion has a small much Top Gun swagger. He looks much progressive and adjacent excited present arsenic helium splays 1 genu arsenic helium inspects the cockpit.

'Like William helium performs a imaginable 'tell' of interior anxiousness with a look oregon beard interaction but wide helium seems to beryllium enjoying the escapade facet of it portion William seems to beryllium much acrophobic astir getting everything right.'

Harry served arsenic an Apache commandant and co-pilot gunner during his 2013 operational circuit of Afghanistan. 

The Duke started his Army Air Corps aviator grooming successful January 2009, and was awarded the prize for champion co-pilot gunner erstwhile helium qualified successful February 2012.

He was aboriginal filmed during his clip successful five-month deployment to Afghanistan, which saw him sharing flying duties and taking power of the weapons of the two-man helicopter. 

While Prince William's skills arsenic a aviator were archetypal honed during his clip successful the RAF, wherever helium flew hunt and rescue missions from a basal successful Anglesey, Wales for 3 years. 

He aboriginal worked arsenic an aerial ambulance aviator with East Anglian Air Ambulance service, completing a two-year stint flying life-saving exigency missions. 

Opening up astir his circuit of duty, the Harry went connected to picture his termination number successful Afghanistan - which prompted fury from subject veterans who accused him of boasting astir his combat.

Writing successful his memoir, the Duke of Sussex describes the 25 Taliban fighters helium gunned down arsenic 'chess pieces taken disconnected the board'.

'It wasn't a statistic that filled maine with pridefulness but nor did it marque maine ashamed,' helium wrote.

'When I was plunged into the vigor and disorder of battle, I didn't deliberation astir those arsenic 25 people. You can't termination radical if you spot them arsenic people.

'In truth, you can't wounded radical if you spot them arsenic people. They were chess pieces taken disconnected the board, atrocious guys eliminated earlier they termination bully guys.

'They trained maine to 'other' them and they trained maine well.'

During his clip arsenic a hunt and rescue pilot, Prince William - known arsenic Flight Lieutenant Wales - carried retired 156 rescue missions, saving 149 radical successful the Sea King helicopter. 

He aboriginal served 2 years arsenic an aerial ambulance pilot, flying exigency missions across 

He aboriginal revealed helium faced a 'cliff fall' that near him feeling 'quite lonely' aft helium retired from his occupation arsenic an aerial ambulance pilot, with the traumatic aspects of the rotation taking a toll connected his intelligence health. 

The Prince of Wales said helium 'misses' his clip successful the occupation which helium held from 2015 to 2017, adding that helium felt 'isolated' aft taking a measurement back. 

The candid chat astir the lasting interaction the exigency work relation took connected the royal came arsenic helium spoke with exigency responders during a sojourn to the Blue Light Hub successful Milton Keynes past year.

William spoke astir having to 'armour up' portion moving for East Anglian Air Ambulances arsenic helium expressed concerns astir managing the semipermanent intelligence wellness of front-line exigency responders. 

He said: 'I was holding everything and doing it all. There were a fewer times I had an armour up. I took it location with maine and it went from there.'

The Prince added that he did not admit the 'cliff fall' of stepping down until it really happened. 

'Life catches up with you' aft you person left, helium said. 'That tin consciousness rather lonely and isolating.

'At the clip I didn't announcement it happen. Afterwards, you realise it's not normal. I bash interest astir radical retiring. We person to beryllium amended astatine managing semipermanent health.'

The erstwhile helicopters helium has flown were vastly antithetic to the heavily-armed Apache. 

Boasting a Rolls Royce engine, the onslaught helicopters person a apical velocity of 186mph and tin observe 256 imaginable targets astatine erstwhile up to 10 miles distant and prioritise threats successful seconds.

It carries a premix of weapons including a 30mm concatenation gun, 70mm rockets and Hellfire missiles to supply prime for the commandant and flexibility during the mission.

They were built by Boeing and diagnostic caller rotor blades and drivetrain to amended flying show arsenic good arsenic improved sights, sensors and communications systems to stock information with different helicopters.

The latest variant of the aircraft, the Apache AH-64E, is designed to find and destruct aerial defence units, tanks and armoured vehicles.

However, it is besides susceptible of a wide scope of battlefield tasks that see intelligence, surveillance, people acquisition and reconnaissance, arsenic good arsenic unit extortion and bid and control.

With its hi-tech sensors and blase kit, the helicopters tin run successful each weathers, time oregon night.