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LONDON - BRITIAN'S Prince Harry has begun a tough selection process in an attempt to become a helicopter pilot with the army, his official residence Clarence House said on Monday.
The 24-year-old, the youngest son of heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, will complete a four-week course before being assessed next month.
If he passes, he would start the full 16-month Army Air Corps programme in January.
The failure rate is high, however. Only about half of the soldiers who take the course - in which they must chalk up 13 hours of flying and prove their ability to learn and progress - make the grade.
If Prince Harry succeeds, he could fly one of three different types of helicopter - a Gazelle, Lynx or Apache.
The prince, whose mother Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997, joined the army's Household Cavalry Regiment in April 2006.
He spent 10 weeks in active service in Afghanistan from December 2007.
His older brother, Prince William, trained in a helicopter with the Royal Air Force and his father, Prince Charles, was a navy pilot.
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