Most of those tight shots of the pilots grunting and straining in the cockpit

Jun 25, 2022
8:48:02pm

StantonMac Monkey see monkey do

are real. They weren’t up in F-18s, but they were up in 2-seater jets so they could get genuine shots of the actors pulling Gs.

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We saw Maverick Top Gun today

Xenon

6/25/22 8:36pm

“The enemy” flies Russian 5th Gen fighters, according to one guy who was explaining everything to his wife/GF in the row

Mike Honcho

6/25/22 8:43pm

It's an SU-57. Russian "alleged" 5th Gen Fighter....

carcoug

6/25/22 8:50pm

Yeah I guess at this point any military claims from Russia should have that *alleged disclaimer

Mike Honcho

6/25/22 9:35pm

Most of those tight shots of the pilots grunting and straining in the cockpit

StantonMac

6/25/22 8:48pm

This is actually incorrect

MojosDojo

6/25/22 11:17pm

Yep

TNT

6/25/22 11:20pm

Thanks. I Thought I read what I wrote somewhere, and it sounded more

StantonMac

6/26/22 7:31am

Ok, question...1 seater and 2 seaters? {SPOILERS}

Xenon

6/26/22 5:46am

There are 2 versions of the f-18, a single seater and a 2 seater.

StantonMac

6/26/22 7:36am

Yeah the Navy flies their 1 and 2 seaters largely interchangeably

MojosDojo

6/26/22 8:02am

According to Ward Carroll

mtnbiker

6/25/22 9:01pm

Depends on the aviator lol

MojosDojo

6/25/22 11:18pm

RE: Depends on the aviator lol

carcoug

6/26/22 12:58am

Reality is that at 9 Gs your face weighs 9 times more than normal

MojosDojo

6/26/22 1:40am

Cruise looked old because this was filmed in 2018/19. Kelly McGinnis couldn’t be in it because she looks so bad now:

RdF3

6/25/22 9:13pm

interesting too that the phony set they made of the little guardhouse had such a

BYUFBDAD

6/25/22 9:14pm

The country was Iran. The F14 was the dead give away. They're the only

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