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Emmett Fitz-Hume
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One irrefutable truth about Top Gun (MAJOR SPOILERS!!!)
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POLL: Watching Top Gun. Who was the better aviator: Maverick or Iceman and why.
Shore10
9/9/20 8:53pm
Ice won the trophy- Mav did get the girl though
rerunc
9/9/20 8:56pm
RE: Ice won the trophy- Mav did get the girl though
No touching
9/9/20 9:12pm
Doesn't mean he had to keep her. This is Tom Cruise, after all- he keeps them until they turn 30, right?
thaws
9/10/20 8:01am
Neither: that film is beyond unrealistic
PickleButton
9/9/20 8:56pm
Seemed so real though.
Shore10
9/9/20 9:03pm
RE: Neither: that film is beyond unrealistic
BYUheaven
9/9/20 9:05pm
No, not at all: flew jets in the USAF and
PickleButton
9/9/20 9:06pm
That’s awesome!
BYUheaven
9/9/20 9:15pm
Ok i'm jealous.
Shore10
9/9/20 9:16pm
yeah, but it was fun
tjngirlz
9/9/20 9:30pm
What, USAF jets don’t have a brake pedal?
valleus
9/9/20 11:44pm
What is your perspective of the second one based on what’s in the trailers?
kcca
9/9/20 9:22pm
Wait, you can’t flip a jet upside down to keep up international relations?
2FarGone
9/9/20 9:24pm
Flipping a jet upside down, no big deal. Canopies 3 feet apart... rudders would literally be hitting each other. But the
mvtoro
9/10/20 10:16am
First of all, the F14 has two vertical stabilizers, the MiG only has 1 so it
DeekLyfter
9/10/20 10:29am
True. The Mig29 was a strange and abrupt derivation from typical mig development in every respect. An inverted -4g dive
mvtoro
9/10/20 10:35am
It's a Mig28 in the movie
DeekLyfter
9/10/20 10:42am
Typo. Of course it was a mig28.
mvtoro
9/10/20 10:45am
It's an F-5.
Shore10
9/10/20 12:13pm
As aside, my favorite jet as a kid was the F-20 Tigershark II (basically a newer F-5)
2FarGone
9/10/20 12:17pm
Blasphemy! Jester tells us that the aggressors they fly against at Miramar are A-4s ams F-5s! I didn’t see that shiney
mvtoro
9/10/20 12:18pm
I'm curious where the mountains came from. Are there desert mtns in Florida?
Shore10
9/10/20 12:22pm
Miramar is by San Diego.
mvtoro
9/10/20 12:31pm
Ah, you've settled my mind again.
Shore10
9/10/20 12:42pm
Good. You need to maintain as much “Willing suspension of disbelief” as possible while watching this classic.
mvtoro
9/10/20 12:49pm
Oh. My. Gosh. Have you even seen the movie?
DeekLyfter
9/10/20 2:28pm
RE: Oh. My. Gosh. Have you even seen the movie?
Emmett Fitz-Hume
9/10/20 2:45pm
Yeah i've seen the movie. But I also know a Mig-28 doesn't exist.
Shore10
9/10/20 3:12pm
You know it's not a documentary, right?
DeekLyfter
9/10/20 6:48pm
Ah interesting. Can you show me a real Mig-28?
Shore10
9/10/20 7:34pm
It's a real simple Google search, but since you're lazy, here ya go
DeekLyfter
9/10/20 7:38pm
Weird. Looks just like an F-5.
Shore10
9/10/20 7:55pm
Apparently China shot down a mig28 in one of their training exercises (Link)
mvtoro
9/10/20 8:39pm
Yeah, that's what I said, superstar! But it's not an F-5 it's a MiG-28!
DeekLyfter
9/10/20 8:43pm
RE: Weird. Looks just like an F-5.
Emmett Fitz-Hume
9/11/20 4:31am
That's it. This settles it. Maverick was Incredible.
Shore10
9/10/20 12:46pm
Ok, first of all, IT'S NOT AN F-5. Does it look like one? Yes. But it's a
DeekLyfter
9/10/20 2:43pm
Does it look like an F-5? Yes. Because it is an F-5.
Shore10
9/10/20 3:14pm
RE: Does it look like an F-5? Yes. Because it is an F-5.
DeekLyfter
9/10/20 6:48pm
Except the "I'm gonna hit the brakes and he'll fly right by", that part is real
DeekLyfter
9/9/20 9:40pm
Maverick was just ahead of his time with the Cobra maneuver. A true innovator. You’d never see Ice man even attempt it
mvtoro
9/10/20 12:39pm
Duh... It was Cougar. He was #1, but turned in his wings.
tjngirlz
9/9/20 9:04pm
He was playing Utah that day.
Shore10
9/9/20 9:05pm
Iceman. Every time Maverick went up there he was dangerous.
Brutus216
9/9/20 9:25pm
You *should* be dangerous up there. Ice was dangerous in the locker room. Nearly bit someone!
mvtoro
9/10/20 10:08am
Maverick never was the same without his goose
MajorZeus
9/9/20 9:26pm
Their names are perfect for them. Iceman is a better pilot, easy
Jericho
9/9/20 10:06pm
Maverick got three migs at the end. Ice one got one.
Shore10
9/9/20 10:27pm
Iceman. Maverick wasn't even best in his own squadron until Cougar gave up. Maverick got into Top Gun on a technicality
byujag
9/10/20 7:55am
He had the intangibles when it mattered!
Shore10
9/10/20 8:01am
That was based 100% on politics! You try getting recognized when you’re Duke Mitchell’s son! The fly by Penny Benjamin
mvtoro
9/10/20 10:07am
that's an interesting point about his dad, they mention one time in the movie his family doesn't have the best history
byujag
9/10/20 11:24am
It is brought up later in Top Gun when he is at Tom Skerrit's house after Goose dies. He confirmed to Maverick
thaws
9/10/20 11:45am
And the cover story was that Duke “screwed up”. Mav tells Charlie later that “The stink of it was, he screwed up.”
mvtoro
9/10/20 12:12pm
Yes, and apparently the State Department does notifications of death for the
Emmett Fitz-Hume
9/10/20 2:24pm
One irrefutable truth about Top Gun (MAJOR SPOILERS!!!)
Emmett Fitz-Hume
9/10/20 2:42pm
Nevermind, I lied. He's good just changed professions - not truck driving
Emmett Fitz-Hume
9/10/20 2:43pm
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