Impressing the ladies when you're second in line for the British throne can't be the most difficult thing in the world.

(Just sounding like you're a British Royal is enough to win over most girls.)

But you have to give Prince William credit for pushing the boundaries a little. Apparently, the prince recently landed a $20 million RAF Chinook helicopter in his girlfriend's garden, and then performed a series of take-offs and landings while she watched from a window.

"There's nothing more macho than landing a helicopter in your girlfriend's back yard," a "royal source" told the British tabloid, News of the World.

It is not yet known if the prince played the "Top Gun" theme from loudspeakers while he completed the maneuvers. If he didn't, then he's a fool.

Still, this is a pretty mantastic display of bravado. All his brother Harry did was go to Afghanistan and fight in an actual war. And what's heroic about that?