- Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos’ fiancée, praised Prince Harry and the opposite huge winners on the Living Legends of Aviation awards in Los Angeles on Friday evening
- She shared a photograph of herself, Bezos, John Travolta and Harry backstage
- Sánchez acquired an aviation award for her work as a helicopter pilot
Lauren Sanchez gushed over Prince Harry after assembly him at an awards ceremony – and mentioned he was a part of a bunch ‘who formed the historical past and way forward for flight.’
Sanchez, 54, lavished reward on the royal in an Instagram submit following the Living Legends of Aviation Gala, in a photograph the place she and Harry appeared alongside John Travolta and Sanchez’s finance Jeff Bezos.
Sanchez, a profitable helicopter pilot, wrote: ‘Honored to have been within the presence of aviation legends who’ve formed the historical past and way forward for flight,’
Harry beforehand served as a helicopter pilot within the British military in Afghanistan.
Despite not being behind the controls of an plane for nearly a decade, Harry was offered with an award that declared him to be a ‘residing legend of aviation’ by movie star and jumbo jet pilot John Travolta.
While she praised Harry within the caption, she additionally might have additionally been referring to her fiancée, Jeff Bezos, who’s value $174 billion and who owns an area exploration agency referred to as Blue Origin.
Sánchez’s praising of the prince got here after she was additionally amongst these named for having ‘considerably impacted’ each the historical past and way forward for flight on the twenty first Annual Living Legends of Aviation awards ceremony.
Prince Harry, left, is seen subsequent to John Travolta, Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos. ‘Honored to have been within the presence of aviation legends who’ve formed the historical past and way forward for flight’, she wrote
Lauren Sánchez runs her personal helicopter aerial filming enterprise, whereas John Travolta has been a pilot for a few years and has a runway hooked up to his house
Sánchez, who runs an aerial filming firm, was seen strolling the purple carpet alone earlier than becoming a member of billionaire Bezos backstage the place she posted a black-and-white photograph that includes herself along with her beau, Bezos, John Travolta and the Duke of Sussex all smiling through the awards present.
‘What an attractive night final evening. So grateful’, she later wrote.
Bezos was inducted into the group in 2019 after founding his Blue Origin spacecraft firm, which sends its occupants 65 miles straight as much as the sting of house.
Sánchez, herself, was hailed as a ‘residing legend’ for her work as a helicopter pilot and awarded the Elling Halvorson Vertical Flight Hall of Fame Award on the ceremony and aviation businesswoman.
She owns the aviation filming firm Black Ops Aviation, which she based in 2016.
Lauren Sanchez, 54, was additionally being hailed as a residing legend for her work as a helicopter pilot
Lauren Sanchez, who based an aerial filming firm in 2016, was additionally celebrated on Friday evening
Lauren Sánchez is seen on the controls of one in all her helicopters
Lauren Sánchez runs an aviation filming firm and is thought to pilot her personal plane
Sanchez is seen on the controls of one in all her choppers
‘The Living Legends of Aviation are happy to announce that Lauren Sánchez will obtain the Elling Halvorson Vertical Flight Hall of Fame Award on the twenty first Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards,’ the establishment wrote final month saying the accolade.
‘From Emmy Award-winning journalist to helicopter pilot and aviation businesswoman, Lauren Sánchez’s achievements in aviation and unwavering dedication to advancing girls within the business encourage us all.’
Trailed by her personal TV crew, Sánchez advised how she was ‘thrilled’ to obtain the award noting the way it was ‘solely time’ earlier than one other girl was inducted into the group.
Currently, there are fewer than 10 feminine members.
‘I simply cannot consider it!!!’ Sánchez mentioned. ‘What an enormous honor it’s to be acknowledged by the Living Legends of Aviation. Flying is my ardour and that is actually such an honor. You additionally don’t know how glad you made my dad who has been a pilot since I used to be somewhat woman.’
As for the prince, questions as as to whether the duke deserved to be referred to as a ‘residing legend of aviation’ had been raised earlier than the bash.
Harry’s award quotation described him as a ‘humanitarian, navy veteran, psychological wellness advocate and environmentalist,’ including: ‘He has devoted his life to causes he’s keen about and that result in everlasting change.’
Travolta, himself a pilot, was reportedly the driving drive behind Harry receiving the award after feeling an affinity for the prince after dancing with Diana – although the prince’s nomination angered some navy pilots who felt it was unearned.
e Jeff Bezos amongst these now acknowledged for his or her contribution to aviation
Hollywood celebrity John Travolta waves from the cockpit window of his Boeing 707
Travolta has a deep ardour for flying and is thought for proudly owning and piloting his personal plane
John Travolta’s house is seen collectively together with his Boeing 707 plane parked alongside
Jeff Bezos, founding father of Blue Origin, at New Shepard’s West Texas launch facility earlier than the rocket’s maiden voyage
Mark Bezos, proper, tosses ping pong balls with crewmate Oliver Daemen, left, through the July 2021, house flight about Blue Origin’s first crewed mission
Jeff Bezos is amongst these now acknowledged for his or her contribution to aviation
The billionaire reached the sting of house after taking off on Blue Origin’s first manned flight
Billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos is launched with three crew members aboard a New Shepard rocket on the world’s first unpiloted suborbital flight from Blue Origin’s Launch Site 1 close to Van Horn, Texas in July 2021
On stage, Travolta requested him of his time flying for the Army: ‘What are you able to keep in mind about your first flight?’
Harry quipped again: ‘It’s categorised.’
The Duke served within the navy for 10years – rising to the rank of captain, and finishing two excursions of Afghanistan as a ahead air controller and an Apache helicopter pilot.
Lord Alan West, a former head of the Royal Navy, had poured chilly water on the accolade.
‘He will not be a residing legend of aviation. To recommend he’s, is pathetic. It makes the entire thing appear a little bit of a nonsense.’
Colonel Richard Kemp, a retired British Army officer, mentioned the ceremony was extra about ‘celebrities massaging one another’s egos.’
Upon accepting his award, Harry spoke of his delight in his navy profession
Harry is seen in December 2012 working as a helicopter pilot in Afghanistan
Harry is pictured in March 2011 standing in entrance of an Apache Helicopter a couple of days after the royal handed the half-decade milestone to grow to be a Captain within the British Army
The prince is seen arriving for Friday’s occasion in Los Angeles
The 39-year-old attended with out his spouse, Meghan Markle, for the awards ceremony. She was reportedly at house taking care of their youngsters, one in all whom had taken unwell
Upon accepting his award, Harry spoke of his delight in his navy profession.
‘For me, flying has been a transcendent expertise. A detailed encounter with magic, an invite to each shield freedom… and to be happy; and, humorous sufficient, a possibility to floor oneself, with out really being grounded,’ Harry mentioned.
He spoke movingly of his former profession, saying: ‘I had respect for the Apache in a hover and was in awe of it flying at evening… so many moments as a pilot the place you are feeling such as you’re strolling on air.
‘And all through every flight throughout my navy profession, the one fixed was at all times belief. Trust within the plane, belief in my fellow comrades, belief in my many mentors and, above all else, belief in myself. Flying taught me the ability of self-discipline, the ability of endurance and, past that, the ability of trusting your intestine.’
His phrases noticed him obtain a standing ovation from the viewers.