: It's only been a few days. The radar signal can be backtracked to its source; it's like lighting a match or a flashlight in the dark. That is disrespectful. During the scene, the cigar becomes significantly longer. During the "I lost him in the sun" dialogue during the opening carrier flight, the line of dialogue comes from the Cougar/Merlin plane. See 6:00. The revolver cannon only has a revolving chamber and fits better in small airframes. Why? There, he reunites with Charlie at a bar. At 30:01, Maverick's F-14 is very low near the ground which exactly would be the 'hard deck' or below thus in reality, he would have been classified as crashed. Before graduating Maverick wears the American flag on his right sleeve, however this is removed and the "Fighter Weapons school" patch has taken the flags original place. Family : No F-4 squadrons ever deployed in Oriskany. At the end of the movie when Maverick and Ice come in to land on the aircraft carrier, the first shot of Maverick's F-14 still has Goose's name written below the canopy. At this point he either excels or decelerates to shift gears. : [after the first hop with Jester ends with Maverick shooting down Jester at the hard deck and Maverick doing a fly-by near a tower] So he's saying he's crashed and still had the shot which is nonsense. The RIO contacted the canopy as he was being propelled above and away from the stricken aircraft, breaking his leg in the process, though he nearly hit the canopy head first. During some of the training hops, you can clearly see that Merlin, not Goose, is Maverick's RIO. Maverick fires the same missile from the same wing station at least three times. His fitness report says it all. One of the most infamous is the gay subtext inTop Gun,which forms an interesting (if unproven) deeper meaning behind Maverick's grief. Viper In the elevator, Charlie's ear alternates between being tucked under her cap and being untucked between shots. However, despite being the reason that Maverick - a good pilot but reckless operator - is sent to the titular flight school, Cougar's ultimate fate isn't made clear by the film. Male In the opening scene when all planes take off, it is sunrise. He should have been already briefed on the rules of engagement and take evasion action at the same time. In the elevator scene, Maverick walks through a "closed" elevator door. WebViper, one of his instructors, tells Maverick that he flew with Maverick's father in Vietnam, and that his father's plane disappeared when he was acting heroically on behalf of his fellow pilots. Viper is a Vietnam War vet who flew a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II along side Duke. Why would there be? Profession Yet both of them appear to land without incident. The RIO or an E-2C controller would be in a better position to state what is happening. Top Gun (photo; mentioned-only)Top Gun: Maverick (photo). | When Maverick visits Viper to discuss his options about graduation after the death of Goose, the color of the sky changes drastically as the two of them exit and start walking away from the house. They are not flexible, nor am I. On hop 31, the planes clearly take off early in the morning, but once they're off the ground, it's high noon. : Further, the F-14s would not turn their radars on either; they'd get all of their interception instructions from the airborne Hawkeyes. What's on your mind? He is forced to take closer stock of himself, and after Goose's tragic death, he seems to have lost both his confidence and his edge. He's the head honcho at Top Gun, and he was the first guy to win the coveted Top Gun trophy. At many points during the briefing prior to the first hop, you can clearly see men reflected forward in the actor's glasses, presumably crew members. He then proceeded below the hard deck. Controller says at 1:34:47, ""Maverick's re-engaging, sir." The simple fact is you feel responsible for Goose and you have a confidence problem. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. The squadron markings on both Iceman and Maverick's Tomcats change a few times. : Maverick and Iceman seem to change planes during the final fight scene. This is especially noticeable during the briefing before the first hop. There will be no engagements below that." That spin was hell it would've shook me up. In the very next shot, he has no cigarette, and both of his hands are clasped together just under his knee. You know, he just might not make it back. (At around 48m) See 1:07:13. Charlie gains her folder when she exits the ladies room. When Maverick pulls him upright, Goose's mask is unhooked from the right side of his helmet. In aviation training the "hard deck" is the simulated ground (for an added layer of safety). VA-25 never operated F-14s. Eye color The first, is the Antarctica Service Medal, which, while authorized for all branches of service, is typically only awarded to USAF transport crews who Antarctica support airlift missions. : Go get him." Upon pulling the ejection handles, the crew reported that the canopy seemed to "float" over their heads. He pressures Iceman to break off so he can take the shot, but Maverick flies through Iceman's jet wash, causing his fighter's engines to fail. On run up to mil power and AB, it's a shore based launch. He is impressed with his skills even after he broke away from LT Rick "Hollywood" Neven in training. : In the stairwell, Iceman puts on a watch twice. When the movie was made the AM-39 Exocet was the in service missile and is only capable of a range of approximately 38Nm. Viper When Maverick is launching from the carrier before the final battle, he goes directly into a roll when leaving ship. VF-51 never served aboard the Oriskany, and they flew F-8 Crusaders in 1965, the year Maverick's father was shot down. 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. Viper risked his own career to share this with Maverick, because he knew that Maverick needed to hear it. During this time, you can see the wings change from extended and retracted from shot to shot. The 1st hop shows Maverick's F14 armed with AIM-9 Sidewinders. In many of the third-person aerial scenes, you can see sunlight reflecting on the window of the airplane through which these scenes were filmed. However, Top Gun neglects to answer a handful of burning questions. This, in addition to any ground targets within range of the appropriate weapons, had the F-14's been equipped with The AIM-7M Sparrow, for example, developed in 1982 which the F-14 carried, has an effective range of up to 31 miles. Viper Finally, departure from a waist cat with aircraft parked on both bow cats. He'd have a regular "intel" camera, and if he didn't get good photos of an airplane that nobody had ever been that close to before (as Goose says) then he would have failed in his part of the mission, big time. Instead, they could have ordered Maverick to refuel from an airborne tanker like the KA-6D which would be always airborne for approaching aircraft. Viper, his mustached face collapsing on itself, says, I like that in a pilot. Now Maverick and Goose grin like buffoons. During Charlie's first briefing, Chipper's sunglasses alternate between being on and off. I'll fly with you. There would be a bunch of sand on Charlie's floor, the chair. Also, the catapult Maverick supposedly launched from is "stacked" with parked aircraft. Maverick's sunglasses are (not) on when Slider picks him up after they return to the carrier. No problem. : Viper. When Goose is playing "Great Balls of Fire" in the bar, the movement of his hands does not match the music. 1986 minus 33 means Maverick was born in 1953, which means Duke and his wife last got dirty as early as 1952, which was when the Oriskany was supporting the war in Korea. Real Navy/Marine Corps pilots break this rule all the time as well. After spending his formative years soaking in as much pop culture trivia as possible, Niall started writing about film online in 2020, and contributes to numerous websites. As a civilian employee she would have had a green DOD decal for her car. Niall is also a certified boxing coach, which goes hand-in-hand with his encyclopedic knowledge of the Rocky franchise, and considers himself something of an expert on Batman. Over the course of the film, he's seen learning to let go of his ego and of his fear, and the final scene sees him let go of his grief, too. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. Maverick made three particular mistakes that would have disqualified him immediately. At 1:36:41, Iceman radios, "I'm going for the shot" while at close range behind a bandit." Do I have permission to fire?" He has repeatedly struggled with this throughout the film, and his choice to risk his life to save another brings him full circle from his former self-interested attitude. Nick Bradshaw 'Goose'" in this scene. TOPGUN graduates or naval aviators on any course do not immediately receive new orders as a group or individually at the end of the course. As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom. Interestingly, these latter two feed almost directly intoTop Gun's pro-military ideology, causing many to believe the film to be little more than propaganda. An aircraft carrier never turns on its own radar, nor do any of its escorting surface ships. Deceased After Charlie hands out the dinner invitation to Maverick, Slider tells him "Crash and burn, huh, Mav?" By refusing to leave Iceman, Maverick overcomes his fear in order to act as part of a team. These shots and plane livery were originally made for the final flight. Two, the fact that the pilot sees the Ball, so that the LSO can take over control, and guide the crew down to a safe landing. 104, but in his catapult launch the aircraft shown is No. : He's a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO), for slamming a fellow RIO? The F-14 is capable of locking on to up to six targets over thirty miles away and firing on all six targets simultaneously. Yeah, he did it right Is that why you fly the way you do? For an F-14 to be traveling at supersonic speeds, the wings would have to in the swept back position. At 1:28:56, a pilot salutes the catapult officer with his oxygen mask off, a safety error. I know. 104 and then moments later when they show Maverick in the "Ready 5" aircraft, he is shown in No. WebViper and Jester emerge, and tell Maverick and Goose to follow them. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TopGun. 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. Maverick claims to have been in an "inverted" dive w/ the MiG-28. A few days later the Black Clan rescues There are no such things as inverted flight tanks. : : The AIM-9 Sidewinder, also shown, which is still used to this day, is a short range air-to-air intercept missile that can be launched at targets up to 22 miles away. In the navy, indoors, the officer would not have been covered. Iceman suddenly appears next to Wolfman in the locker. How come I never heard that before? The F-14's Heads-Up Display (HUD) is fictional shown at 58:42. Brown Our flying services do this routinely; we have air-to-surface missiles that can backtrack a radar signal to its source and take out the radar set (and probably a number of members of the crew as well.) : WebThat night she reunites with Black Clan ninja Harada who is forced to chase Wolverine and Mariko after Viper uses her powers on him. 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. That's the way to get through the Navy pilots. Quotes.net. During the final dogfight, we several shot of Goose in the co-pilot seat when obviously he is dead and Merlin is Maverick's "RIO". The shot of the inverted F-14 cockpit (close to the cockpit of the MiG-28) is flipped (lettering is reversed). Throughout the earlier stages of Top Gun, Maverick believes that his father was killed in action due to his own inability to follow orders. Naval aviatorCommander of TOPGUN In the mission when Maverick has Sundown as his RIO, Jester's plane alternates between a plain gray paint job, and a camoflauge one. This is due to sustained major damage to the hydraulic system that powers the flight controls. Jester There were bogeys like fireflies all over the sky. Medal of Honor recipient James Stockdale commanded VF51 in 1964 flying off the USS Ticonderoga. Not only do the Navy and Marines have their own equivalent medal, the Navy variant is typically only awarded to submarine crews, not aviators based on an aircraft carrier. His exact words are the same that Viper shared with him 36 years earlier when Goose was lost. Generally indicates that The Oriskany was a WWII Essex Class carrier modernized to operate jets. Cougar appears in the opening scenes ofTop Gunas Maverick's fellow pilot who is shaken by an engagement with enemy aircraft. It is against federal law to wear unearned badges and insignia on a military installation. While talking to Maverick, Nick "Goose" Bradshaw indicates that because of the circumstances surrounding Duke's death in Vietnam, Maverick was denied admission to the U.S. One day as Maverick pays a visit to Viper's house he tells him about knowing his father and the truth about what really happened to him despite the information about the incident being classified. Given Cougar status, the Landing Signal Operator (LSO) should have waved him off yet that does not occur. WebViper tells Maverick, "that's not something the State Department tells dependents when the battle occurred over the wrong line on some map," in reference to the death of Maverick's father. Every so often something comes along to challenge your expectations of what to expect from a particular form of entertainment. Navy rules state on tactical jets, oxygen shall be worn from takeoff until landing, a rule broken throughout the movie. In the very next shot the plane disappears. Viper : I didn't say that. 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