What looks like a jittering boom mic in Viper's office above the window following his lecture is not actually a boom mic at all, but rather, the blade of a mounted fan. Maverick: My options, Sir. : Generally indicates that In the stairwell, Iceman puts on a watch twice. Only better and worse. That's because we're looking in a mirror. : See 6:00. Although the F-5 depicts the fictional Mig-28, it is shown firing a rotary cannon that is only visible in the close up shots with an obscure background. While riding the motorcycle along the runway, 'Maverick' uses his left hand to pull the clutch. Such weapons would not make the shot at a close range. This was an Egyptian-Israeli peacekeeping mission which never involved fighter aircraft. During the final dog fight scene Maverick fires a missile at a MIG jet (the missile is launched from behind the MIG jet) and successfully blows off the left wing of the plane (as viewed from behind the plane). During this time, you can see the wings change from extended and retracted from shot to shot. In several scenes of planes taking off, mirrored images are used. Upon pulling the ejection handles, the crew reported that the canopy seemed to "float" over their heads. 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. When Maverick is taxiing his F-14 on the aircraft carrier following the victory, Goose (long dead by this point), not Merlin, can be seen in the back seat. The plane they are working on is actually an A-6 Intruder, not an F-14. Jester Rank 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. In the training Hops, both Merlin and a blue-helmeted pilot can be seen in Maverick's RIO seat. Case I departure is when a fighter clears the catapult and a positive rate of climb is Later, they suggest it's Maverick's turn at the challenge of hooking up, as though it was Goose's turn previously. You knew it, you broke it. While Jester praises Maverick's flying, he tells him that he must never leave his wingman. The defensive capabilities of the F-14 are misrepresented. How ya doin'? Maverick : How come I never heard that before? The vehicle "Charlie" is driving was borrowed from her "older date" at the beginning of the movie hence the vehicle having a blue DOD decal. Wolfman Maverick: He was my R.I.O., my responsibility. Lieutenant Mitchell Top Gun rules of engagement exists for your safety and for that of your team. Position of the wine bottle at Charlie's place. I flew with your old man. Crazy Credits In subsequent shots, he's apparently been demoted back to lieutenant junior grade. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Duke Mitchell was a U.S. naval aviator who was killed-in-action during the Vietnam War. There is no rescue point on the engine nacelle of an F-14. He also tells him that he has earned enough points to graduate or that he could quit. The various RIOs such as Goose, Merlin and Slider use the F-14s own radar. (At around 1h 27m) "Ladies Room" sign on the window of the toilets isn't inverted when Maverick goes inside. By refusing to leave Iceman, Maverick overcomes his fear in order to act as part of a team. Jester, as an instructor at TOPGUN, makes evasive maneuver in the A-4 using an aileron roll - not exactly an effective move in terms of creating the sort of lateral displacement that might defeat an enemy's weapons solution. Had he done so, he would've put his crew and Iceman and Slider at risk. Maverick fires the same missile from the same wing station at least three times. He can't get back in the saddle, won't engage. Maverick argues that, ""We weren't below the hard deck for more than a few seconds. These senior officers would make such orders not just Stinger. Cougar transmits: "This bogey's all over me. Niall Gray is a features writer for Screen Rant covering just about every film- or TV-related topic he's loosed upon. 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. His fitness report says it all. Viper Jester He's gruff and blunt. That's our job. Viper | Maverick then faces off against TOPGUN instructor LCDR Rick "Jester" Heatherly in his first sortie, eventually defeating him, but violates two rules of engagement in the process: he shoots down Jester below the hard deck (IE "underground"), then shortly after his victory, he buzzes the tower in a fly-by. From his emotional state, it can be assumed that he returned home to his wife and children, leaving his dangerous military life behind him. During the first hop, Jester clearly states that the hard deck would be 10,000 feet. Vital information During Cougar and Merlin's approach to the carrier, the approach controller makes a call to their aircraft, "Cougar, you are well below glide path at 3 quarters of a mile. Live missiles would have a yellow band as a warning of the live high explosive warhead. Actor During some of the training hops, you can clearly see that Merlin, not Goose, is Maverick's RIO. That rank is too junior for a TOP GUN slot. The hard deck for this hop was 10,000 feet. Nick Bradshaw 'Goose'" in this scene. Yet, Merlin fails to warn him. In the elevator scene the officer that enters is wearing a garrison cap. He is impressed with his skills even after he broke Release Dates Too Gun was released in 1986, which would make Maverick 33 in that movie. Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, with RIO Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, manage to missile-lock one of the MiGs, and drives off the other who has moved in on the other plane in their element, flown by Lt. Bill "Cougar" Cortell and RIO LTJG Sam "Merlin" Wells. Throughout the earlier stages ofTop Gun, Maverick believes that his father was killed in action due to his own inability to follow orders. There were bogeys like fireflies all over the sky. "Top Gun Quotes." Maverick and Goose manage to eject, but Goose smashes into the fighter's canopy and is killed on impact. If Maverick's father passed away in 1965 while flying an F-4, then he presumably fought during the early stages of the Vietnam War. You know, he just might not make it back. At Charlie's first briefing in the hanger, Jester is giving her introduction. Maverick "goes for missile lock" by twisting a nob on the mid-compression by-pass selector. Do I have permission to fire?" First it would not have the speed to perform that stunt. Any aviator gets a wingman detailed by the operations officer, schedule officer or the Squadron Commanding Officer. At this point he either excels or decelerates to shift gears. When Maverick arrives at Top Gun, the subtitles read "Miramar, California". You'll pick up your RIO when you get to the ship, and if you don't, give me a call. Cougar appears in the opening scenes ofTop Gunas Maverick's fellow pilot who is shaken by an engagement with enemy aircraft. When Charlie gives Maverick a dinner invitation, she clearly writes it on a form, but on close up of the invitation, it is written on a blank sheet of paper. Goose questions Slider, "Slider, thought you wanted to be a pilot, man - what happened?" The interior is usually freezing to protect the electronics thus he would not sweat. That he died in disgrace That he died heroically That he didnt actually die Q.17 Who winds up winning All yours. First one dies, you die too. Maverick: He was my R.I.O., my responsibility. Iceman suddenly appears next to Wolfman in the locker. Here's whatTop Gun's ending really means. 104 and then moments later when they show Maverick in the "Ready 5" aircraft, he is shown in No. He finds out that Viper flew with his father. Maverick's "buzzing the tower" act results in him and Goose being verbally reprimanded by Viper. Hair color Moments later, in the very brief third camera shot after Goose says, "We're going ballistic Mav, go get him," the larger plane (Maverick's F-14) passes through the frame first, followed by Jester's smaller plane. In the very next shot, the sun is setting. As a result, Maverick and Goose get a special detachment which Cougar and Merlin were formerly assigned to: they are sent to Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, to participate in the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, better known as TOPGUN, where the best of the best get to learn to be even better. When Maverick destroys the first enemy fighter in the final battle, it plummets straight down. In reality, those two sounds would be completely different so as to give the pilot no doubt as to what's going on (as evidenced when Maverick appears confused when he hears a "lock on" tone when Jester "kills" him while Maverick's chasing Viper). Brown In the showers, Slider was sitting on the bench. Jester states," All right, gentlemen, we have a hop to take. Now hear me out. Maverick made three particular mistakes that would have disqualified him immediately. Free Download: Exploring the 12 Stages of the Heros Journey. This signal is given early in F-14 launch procedures, not right before launch. First date between Charlie and Maverick, level of wine in bottle goes down then up and down then up and then some before the first drop is poured. Plain and simple. In the navy, indoors, the officer would not have been covered. : Despite being cleared of any wrongdoing by the board of inquiry, Maverick feels guilty over Goose's death and his flying skill begins to diminish. Then, the Landing Signal Officer hears a reply, "Roger Ball," without ever hearing Cougar confirm that he had the Ball in sight. During the final dog fight, Iceman's F-14 is hit, resulting in him shutting down an engine. So you were there? Viper : I was there. The initial close ups of the Migs don't contain such a gun. : There's also an exploration of personal growth and the difficulty of conforming (especially when it's against one's nature). The squadron markings on both Iceman and Maverick's Tomcats change a few times. I was there. As Cougar is seen "handing in his wings," the chances are that he never flew for the Navy again. : 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. : However, in the "walking to the planes" sequence prior to Hop 19, we can see another person wearing the same helmet (presumably the pilot Sundown is the RIO to), however the RIO he is walking with is a Caucasian. He got you, didn't he? At 13:58. Therefore, it is highly unlikely that the dogfight scenes as shown would have occurred, as all five hostile aircraft during the final dogfight could have been eliminated before any of the friendly F-14's even made visual contact with the MiG's, which are all shown performing old-fashioned, World War II fighting tactics at close range. 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. That spin was hell it would've shook me up. His death is classified because it happened on the wrong side of some lines on a map. He also forms a rivalry with a fellow TOPGUN student, Tom "Iceman" Kazansky. A bogey is an unidentified aircraft. If Mav can travel 150 miles in 30 seconds (300 miles a minute) that's 18,000 miles per hour. Biographical information However, upon returning, Iceman elects to do a single engine high speed flyby with Maverick. He stayed in it, saved three planes before he bought it. In the flat spin sequence, Goose calls "Altitude 8,000, 7,000, 6,000", but when he calls "6,000" the altimeter is passing through 2,000 feet. American Affiliation Also, the catapult Maverick supposedly launched from is "stacked" with parked aircraft. When Maverick and Merlin are preparing to launch for the final dogfight, one of the shots of the plane on the carrier is Iceman and Slider's F-14. At 1:32:10, one F-14 launches in a aileron roll or a maneuver in which the airplane rotates 360 primarily about its longitudinal axis. Maverick's sunglasses are (not) on when Slider picks him up after they return to the carrier. Time jumped by at least an hour just to get that silhouette indoor shot. : When offered any assignment he chooses, Maverick tells Stinger that he's decided to become an instructor at TOPGUN. Charlie also objects to Maverick's tactics, but later admits to admiring his flying, omitting it from her reports to conceal her true feelings for Maverick. : The film crew forgot to clean them off the pavement. That said, the U.S. Navy did assist in the production ofTop Gun (which then impacted Navy recruiting in real life), making much of its action and story as realistic as possible. When Maverick pulls him upright, Goose's mask is unhooked from the right side of his helmet. When Maverick pulls Goose from the water and into the life raft, the glove on Goose's his left hand is rolled down exposing the skin on his wrist. : Later on again towards the end of the movie when they receive orders on the carrier to provide air support to the disabled ship SS Leighton, you see that very same video shot of the red & white 515 plane. Charlie gains her folder when she exits the ladies room. Go get him." Just later on, he reveals the whole encounter to all the others who may not have security clearance to hear the story. Maverick At the same time the altimeter, which shows he's at 31, 500 feet, is set to standby with the barometric pressure dialed to 28.32 when it should be at 29.92. See 37:10. Good morning, gentlemen, the temperature is 110 degrees. And worse. Before an ejection, crews are taught to fasten their oxygen masks securely to not only provide oxygen at high altitudes, but also to prevent it from causing injuries. Iceman and Hollywood are confronted by a squadron of six MiGs. Tom Cruise played Maverick in "Top Gun." 104, but in his catapult launch the aircraft shown is No. Yes, sir, replies Maverick. Instead, they could have ordered Maverick to refuel from an airborne tanker like the KA-6D which would be always airborne for approaching aircraft. Despite Maverick and Iceman's feud, Maverick refuses to leave Iceman behind, saving his former rival by sticking with his new wingman. At top speed, Mav would have arrived in about 10 minutes.. or around 8 minutes after Iceman was shot down. The investigation itself would take months. Several times you can see missiles that are supposed to be live for combat hanging from aircraft wings. Maverick 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". While the F-14 has air brakes and can be used for this, Maverick did not used them and instead pulled the nose straight up. Originally thought to have been a deserter, Viper tells Maverick that he in fact saved three other planes in combat before dying himself. During the final dogfight, Slider tells Iceman that there is a MiG "on your left, 3 o'clock." The real flight school has never had that trophy or anything like it, as the training is designed to encourage cooperation amongst the pilots. 114. During the final sequence of the volleyball scene, stunt doubles are playing in place of Goose, Iceman, and Slider. recovery course (BRC). [discussing Maverick] 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. I know. Viper A good pilot is compelled to evaluate what's happened, so he can apply what he's learned. May 27, 2022, 10:00 AM. : Top Gun may have beeninspired by thereal Naval Air Station Miramar and its pilots, but its story depicted in the movie is fictional. "Bullseye" is a fixed point on a map, by which navigation instructions can be relayed over the radio, without giving any vital information away to possible enemies in the area. When Cougar is in missile lock from the Mig, he calls in "Mustang this is ghost rider 117". When reviewing the telemetry data, Charlie is wearing a gray skirt and a white polo shirt, but when she then chases after Maverick outside the building, she is wearing a black skirt and a white button-up shirt. American Viper is a Vietnam War vet who flew a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II along side Duke. When the movie was made the AM-39 Exocet was the in service missile and is only capable of a range of approximately 38Nm. See at 33:34. Viper #PrepareForTakeoff, Press J to jump to the feed. Viper confirms what Maverick had been imagining his whole life about his father. 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. When he follows Charlie out to the toilet it has changed to PETE MITCHELL.. During the elevator scene, the position of the hair on Maverick's forehead changes multiple times between shots. When Maverick is sitting on his motorcycle watching an F-14 land, the tailhook is in the down position. Viper : Simple. WebViper or Madame Hydra may refer to: Madame Hydra. This happens at 10:12. However, when he is sat having lunch with her it is clearly much earlier in the day (indicative of it being lighter and the sun casting shorter shadows). The story narrative tells us that Maverick's father, flying an F-4 off the USS Oriskany, vanishes/was shot down. When Maverick comes over and leans on it, Slider isn't shown. The distance between the aircraft after Goose takes the picture. Maverick shoots a Sparrow missile in the rear quarter at short range, which wouldn't work because the AIM-7 Sparrow needs a lot of closure to guide. If you had to go into battle, would you want him with you? WebViper reveals that he had served with his father. The 'RIOs as second-class citizens' vibe left the community with the F-4. : In reality, the Martin Baker GRU-7A ejection seat, along will all modern ejection seats, has an additional ejection handle located between the pilot's legs for exactly this situation, so the pilot can eject no matter how he is positioned in the seat. It is more likely that they have the F-5 type revolver cannon without multiple revolving barrels. This would be unwise in a hop as the F-14 would run out of fuel. Jester and Viper read Maverick's report card which says, 'He's a wildcard. If you look closely to the left and rear of Charlie's car after she stops there is a set of skid marks already on the pavement from the first time they did this scene. Okay, knock it off, gentlemen. Physical description My options, sir. Naval aviator Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. [to Maverick] Top Gun Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. 10 men. 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