Prince Harry was spotted last week in his military training garb at RAF Barkston Heath in Lincolnshire beginning his initial training sessions to become a pilot in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces … here are a few photos of Harry getting himself familiarized with the controls of a Slingsby Firefly plane:

I must admit, Harry looks a might better as Top Gun-like airman than Prince William does as an In the Navy seaman. I’m not sure if the British Armed Forces have the same sort of training practices that we have here in the US (at least in movies) but I’m hoping that Harry will, one day soon, get himself a kickass pilot nickname … like Condor or Velociraptor or something like that. I doubt he’ll get saddled with a nickname like Maverick, Goose or Ice Man but at least we can hope for something cool. After all, look what having a fun Top Gun nickname did for Tom Cruise.

[Photo credit: Bauer-Griffin]