It is against federal law to wear unearned badges and insignia on a military installation. : However, at this point they had not graduated yet. A good pilot is compelled to evaluate what's happened, so he can apply what he's learned. Status Yeah. So he's saying he's crashed and still had the shot which is nonsense. As they intercept the "bogeys" it is high noon. They are not flexible, nor am I. He also tells him that he has earned enough points to graduate or that he could quit. When Maverick pulls him upright, Goose's mask is unhooked from the right side of his helmet. Then a launch from the number 1 bow cat. : Maverick is sent with a stern warning not to screw up: unlike in Real Life, callsigns are not Ironic Names in this movie, and besides Maverick seems to have a chip on his shoulder, being the son of the legendary Duke Mitchell, who died in the air above The Vietnam War in unusual circumstances. Throwing Goose's dog tags into the ocean signifies that Maverick wants to move on with his life, and it's his way of letting go of the guilt he felt over his friend's death. The interior is usually freezing to protect the electronics thus he would not sweat. Maverick (Can be Gender Flipped, but usually is the father.) He stayed in it, saved three planes before he bought it. Later, they suggest it's Maverick's turn at the challenge of hooking up, as though it was Goose's turn previously. : First one dies you die too, but there will be others. During the final sequence of the volleyball scene, stunt doubles are playing in place of Goose, Iceman, and Slider. At the end of the discussion, others lift Maverick up in the air on their shoulders. You followed Commander Heatherly below after he lost sight of you and called no joy. (At around 48m) When Charlie chases down Maverick on his motorcycle her car has a blue DOD decal on its windshield. In Viper's office, Viper starts questioning the boys, asking them why they followed Jester below the hard deck. Hollywood's plane is in front of Maverick's but when Maverick breaks away to go after Viper, it is the F-14 in front that pulls away. Maverick: He was my R.I.O., my responsibility. Viper then reveals then-classified details surrounding Duke's Here's whatTop Gun's ending really means. : Top Gun There are no points for second place. During the recovery of Goose and Maverick, you can see the safety cable attached to Tom Cruise. Many errors are made when describing maneuvers that various aircraft have made. Viper tells Maverick that Duke Mitchell did nothing wrong. Flies by the seat of his pants. However, upon returning, Iceman elects to do a single engine high speed flyby with Maverick. That way, the LSO knows how to properly sort the approaching aircraft by amount of fuel remaining, should the aircraft miss the wires, and be forced to make another landing attempt, divert to a land base, or join on the tanker for more fuel. Stockdale would have been Pete Mitchells and Vipers CAG for the beginning of the bombing campaign against North Vietnam. The correct word in this case is "ensure" as in 'to guarantee.'. For Maverick it is just a matter of returning "home" (Stinger's presence shows it is the same squadron as in the first act of the movie) but it makes no sense that Iceman and the others would be reassigned during a brewing crisis. During the first hop, the sky is clear with minimal cloud cover most of the time, but in the shot near the end of the hop where we see the F-14 chasing the A-4 from above, the sky is extremely cloudy. It is not distinctly possible for the aircraft carrier's radar to indicate that. Damn, this kid is good! Slider's vb double has thicker/darker colored hair. His sunglasses are already on. In reality, such an unauthorized act is a violation of Federal Aviation Regulations and he would have lost his wings. You gotta let him go. The canopy strike leading to Goose's death was, in fact, based around a real life incident, involving a test crew. Career information Viper's past history with the Mitchell family means he knows how to get through to Maverick, which is why Maverick ultimately decides to not quit Top Gun, and the Navy. Instead, they could have ordered Maverick to refuel from an airborne tanker like the KA-6D which would be always airborne for approaching aircraft. He is impressed with his skills even after he broke WebViper and Jester emerge, and tell Maverick and Goose to follow them. Goose is depicted as a Lt (jg) and wears the proper insignia: on a white uniform, shoulder boards with one thick gold bar and one thin, and in khakis, a single silver bar (a full lieutenant wears double silver bars). Commander Mike "Viper " Metcalf is a naval aviator and an instructor at TOPGUN. Thus the seat is not armed and in any inverted maneuvers, seats would slide off ejection gun rails. During the graduation party, Viper calls Maverick, Iceman (and his RIO Slider), and Hollywood (and his RIO Wolfman) to deal with a crisis situation, in which the SS Layton had become disabled and lost in hostile territory. He's in a flat spin and headed out to sea." It would not be head out to sea but rather straight down. In all shots showing the "Tomcat" radar screen, you see the sweep bar rotating in a 360 degree arc. Top Gun may have beeninspired by thereal Naval Air Station Miramar and its pilots, but its story depicted in the movie is fictional. But could Maverick be the surrogate father to Viper That spin was hell, it would've shook me up. What's on your mind? One, the aircraft callsign and type of aircraft approaching, so the sailors working the carrier arresting gear know the proper tension to set on the wires for a safe landing. Their radar signals can be backtracked to their source as well, but all they do is give the enemy a general idea of where the carrier is, and by the time they worked out the exact location, F-14s would be in position to intercept any hostile aircraft. Viper tells him about his father (which could get Viper in a lot of trouble as what he tells him is classified), and he knows that this is what Maverick needs to hear. I'm all right. There will be no engagements below that." When he first meets Maverick he is not impressed about him being below the hard deck nor him buzzing the tower which got Air Boss Johnson upset. Both Iceman and Slider are wearing the TOPGUN patch on their flightsuits as they watch the Maverick/Sundown "We could have had him" confrontation. When Stinger says "The communication ship SS Layton has become disabled, and has wandered into foreign territory" the movement of his lips clearly doesn't match what he is saying. Now I'm not gonna sit here and blow sunshine up your ass, Lieutenant. The fuel gauge for the RIO in the F-14 Tomcat is only a digital read-out showing total fuel on board. When Maverick arrives at Charlie's house for their dinner date it is evidently late evening. The term "bogey" is misused throughout the movie. Time jumped by at least an hour just to get that silhouette indoor shot. Also, the catapult Maverick supposedly launched from is "stacked" with parked aircraft. Viper's up here, great oh shit Maverick The 1st hop shows Maverick's F14 armed with AIM-9 Sidewinders. He even visits Maverick in the hospital after LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw's death and tells him the story about how many pilots were lost during the war. So you think I should quit? Completely unpredictable. In the elevator scene, Maverick walks through a "closed" elevator door. The initial close ups of the Migs don't contain such a gun. This is easily identifiable because the red light that is supposed to be on the port side of the plane is on the starboard side. In the classroom, most of the textbooks on the desk have nothing to do with aviation, such as an astronomy book on Maverick's desk. : Viper Company Credits Iceman and Hollywood are confronted by a squadron of six MiGs. : They can't be characters since Charlie is the only character standing in front of the men briefing them at this time. Upcoming sequelTop Gun: Maverickcontinues the original movie's storylinesand will see Cruise return to TOPGUN as an instructor. Iceman and Slider wear patches and insignia from then Attack Squadron 25 (VA-25) now Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA-25) the "Fist of the Fleet." Viper Despite Maverick and Iceman's feud, Maverick refuses to leave Iceman behind, saving his former rival by sticking with his new wingman. Third, is a Multinational Force and Observers Medal. : You can see while filming this (rear mounted camera), the plane that does the roll comes from a low-level flyby over side of the carrier. There would be a bunch of sand on Charlie's floor, the chair. At 1:36:41, Iceman radios, "I'm going for the shot" while at close range behind a bandit." In case some of you are wondering who the best is, they are up here on this plaque. [pauses] Maverick helps Cougar safely land his plane after disobeying orders to land his plane, and Cougar later turns in his wings, unwilling to go to his grave without actually meeting his own newborn child. Viper gets a couple near the end: First, when Maverick visits him, he finally discloses the details of how Maverick's father died, and reassures Mav that his old man died honorably in combat. When he's not writing for Screen Rant, Niall also writes for Corner of Film (where he also hosts a podcast) and sporadically dabbles in fiction with a focus on dark comedy and horror. There were bogeys like fireflies all over the sky. : Even if he used his guns, the debris would be sucked up into his engines and his plane would be damaged. And worse. They are armed with Aim-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles and fuel tanks. Also, F-14 crews were trained to, time and conditions permitting, actually pull the canopy jettison handle before pulling the ejection handles, thus giving the canopy even further time to safely clear the aircraft. Of all the photos the set designers could have chosen for this scene, it seems strange they would choose one of an "enemy" aircraft. I had the shot, there was no danger, so I took it. You took it AND BROKE A MAJOR RULE OF ENGAGEMENT. Additionally, the radar apparatus of the F14 is located in the nose of the aircraft, and therefore only scans in a 60 degree arc, not the 360 degree sweep shown, which would pose a radiation hazard to the crew sitting only a few feet behind it. In reality, he would report to the Commander Air Wing, ranked as a Captain. The large numbers on the front of Navy aircraft are used for rapid identification and are routinely reused when an aircraft is replaced. That is disrespectful. Brown At 1:07:23, Goose radios, "We're at six" while the he altimeter shows 2,200 feet. No F-4 squadrons ever deployed in Oriskany. The next scene shows the same MIG in a descending flat spin, however it is clearly the right wing that is missing from the plane. VA-25 never operated F-14s. Is that clear? 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