<P> Air transport for the British Royal Family and the Government of the United Kingdom is provided, depending on circumstances and availability, by a variety of military and civilian operators . This includes the RAF VIP Voyager of the Royal Air Force (No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron) and The Queen's Helicopter Flight which forms part of the Royal Household . In past years chartered civil aircraft and scheduled commercial flights, mainly with British Airways, the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, have been utilised . </P> <P> The first aircraft ordered specifically for transportation of the Royal Family, two Westland Wapitis, were delivered to No. 24 Squadron at RAF Northolt in April 1928 . Between 1929 and 1935 the Prince of Wales purchased thirteen aircraft . Although the RAF maintained at least one of these aircraft for a time the Prince of Wales eventually became solely responsible for the aircraft . When the Prince ascended to the throne in 1936 as Edward VIII, The King's Flight was formed as the world's first head of state aircraft unit . In contrast the first flight of a sitting U.S. president was in January 1943 . This unit initially used the King's own de Havilland DH. 89 Dragon Rapide; however this was replaced in May 1937 by an Airspeed AS. 6J Envoy III . </P>

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