My husband did two tours on the Board of Directors of the Marines Memorial Club. I spent the night there at least once every month for a few years. We are both life members. The ship's bell in the lobby is from the USS San Francisco. She was at Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941 and my uncle (Pearl Harbor survivor) was a crewman onboard ship that morning. The Club allowed me to "borrow" the lobby one year to promote Constitution Day for the Daughters of the American Revolution. The very best USMC Birthday Ball, bar none, is at the Club every year. That said, it was a very pleasant surprise and joy to see this production filmed at the Club as we haven't lived in the Bay Area for 16 years. Brought back some fantastic memories. Thanks for sharing!
My granddad was a balloonist in WWI. My parents both served in the Navy. They flew small engines as a hobby. It's how they met. My uncle was a test pilot just before the Space program got started. I loved the Top Gun movies. I have great admiration for our servicemen and women
In 1986 my son wasn’t born yet .. he was only born later.. n we aren’t American citizens… yet today he’s in Pensacola training to be a naval fighter aviator… his ambition was pushed by the ‘86 film … watched it when he was 8/9 years old
THIS MOVIE WAS THE BEST I HAVE SEEN IN DECADES!!! IT DESERVED AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE....... it was snubbed by Hollywood at no surprise. It has EARNED every penny of $1.5 Billion dollars. I have watched it 3 times in the theatre and it still gives me goosebumps.
These Pilots are the most talented people. I worked for F1 & met many drivers .... these pilots are awesome & I wish I could meet some of them & thank them for their service ( I'm in the UK, and I did meet the Red Arrows Team .. pretty cool. Such lovely people)
Thank you, gentlemen, for your service to America. Long before I was born, my dad was in the military. He wanted to be a pilot, but he could not because of his eyes and had to wear glasses. So in the army he was. Later, when he left the military, he worked for Delta Airlines loading and unloading cargo. I am thankful for his service, too.
The best movie ever. I am a pilot too and my best friend and crewmember Gerald died in the aircraft in 2019. We looked the first Topgun movie minimum 50 times and got connected with this movie. Now whenever i look this 2nd Edition i will be remembered to my best friend Gerald. The emotional level is so high when looking this movie that i always have to fight against tears. Thanks to all of you to make Gerald alive when looking this movie. Cheers Dirk
Awesome to meet the pilots who helped with Top Gun. I am addicted to all things about flying and war as well. All the men in my family were military. Thanks guys for all you do.
Ahh comfort for the soul Top Gun film 1 & 2 . I’m a Brit I think we have the SAS best in the world USA has the best fighter pilots. And the best air craft carrier ships . I’m glad we’re on the same side 👏👏👏👏👏👏
I was a crew chief on F4 Phantoms (& got to fly it) when Top Gun came out. It was about time a movie like it had come out. It looks really cool and glamorous, but damn, it's a lot of work to make those machines turn & burn. Most people have no idea how physically demanding it is to fly a jet fighter day in and day out....and not get killed in the process. It's real & very serious stuff, very humbling when folk never come back, you never forget those moments.
That’s one huge reason why I have grave concerns over the decision of allowing females to be fighter pilots, and I say that as a woman myself. There are so many differences between men and woman, even down to lung capacity and our hearts. It’s already well known that boot camp standards were lowered for women to make it possible for them to join the military, and I just feel like it was the wrong decision to allow us in combat roles, including becoming fighter pilots.
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 if a woman can pass the physical flight tests, mental demands, and aviation training on the same level as a man, I say let women be pilots and astronauts. Read up on W.A.S.P.
Great flying and watching the film was fantastic. Love so much that it was live action and not CGI....... This is really a plus for the movie industry and Hollywood
Just watched Top Gun Maverick yesterday. They did such an outstanding job. I really enjoyed the film. Wish my Dad could’ve seen it with me. Now I know why the scenes looked so authentic. Super how they coordinated all this together. 🇺🇸
It was said that Tom Cruise even at his age because of his physical fitness and his abilities he could actually have passed the fighter pilot school. This was said from a fighter pilot on set. I don't know his name but it can be referenced and verified. That's quite an amazing compliment.
Impossible. You need sharp reflexes which are only possible in your youth. Tom cruise is fit enough to sit in a supersonic fighter jet at the rear seat like how the movie was shot but flying at lower altitudes near terrain and mountains requires a professional fighter pilot with sharp reflexes.
in the 80's I was heavily into all things aviation, astronomy, computers and music. When Top Gun came out (and some other notable films like Iron Eagle), becoming a pilot was the goal. I was that same generation of kids that saw ourselves being heavily influence at becoming a naval pilot mostly due to TopGun. I went to August Martin H.S. in NY, under their aviation curriculum. Joined C.A.P civil air patrol and was actually trained flying cessna 152's and 172's. My instructors were ex naval pilots themselves, call-sign Die Hard and ( I cant remember the other instructors call sign :( As it so happens, i didn't know till years later that our flights over Grumman in long island were the very place that they created and tested the F14 and A4's. You just don't associate the military with NY. But, one of the highlights of my years in CAP, was a meet and greet with an F-18 that took off from Grumman airbase (now called Culverton airpark), and upon it lifting off from the runway, came right beside us in the cessna. An experience so surreal its even hard to believe it actually happened, except for the massive moment of fear i had moments prior. We actually crossed into restricted airspace as we were warned to stay clear, but our instructor seemed like it all was just routine play, and as we were passing over the runways at around 3000 feet, when myself one of my fellow classmates and the instructor witness the F-18 on the tarmac prepping to take off. we were all geeking out over seeing fighter jet on the runway, classmates immediately mistook the plane for an F-14, but as an avid Amiga user, and player of simulators, particularly F-A/18 Interceptor (an amazing sim at the time) i knew exactly what it was, a hornet!. God, talk about geeking out, Then as we slowly crept up the towards the runway length wise, A small truck pulled along side it as we were looking down slowly making our way up the runway. I then saw the jet making its run, down the runway and lifting off as its shadow split away from beneath the aircraft diagonally. Climbing, it slid beneath our Cessna and i could no longer see it, but knew it was climbing fast. At that moment, i understood the situation, and i fell into a moment of guttural terror, because i knew at any moment he could collide with us. Talk about ones life flashing before you in seconds. I could see it all unfolding, the moment of impact, the horror, death, the reporting on the evening news, my families grief, the love of aviation cut short in a horrible accident, Its was a truly horrible feeling. But then, out of nowhere, he popped up right in front of us!!! The Hornet pilot had saw us all along, and our instructor knew exactly who he was. He hung around us but for a few seconds which seemed like minutes before hitting his afterburners and rapidly shooting off to higher altitude towards the Atlantic. We could only see his contrail heading off into the distance. And our cessna's over fuselage wings didnt help any. Ironically it was that day and that moment that gave me a jolt of realism over the fantasy of it all. A real wakeup call. The amazing experience made me realize that the job of a naval pilot was serious, and not a movie, that one minute you can be up in the heavens and all is just fine and next minute blown out the skies in the blink of an eye. And it all just coming to and end, one pop, and game over. I still loved aviation but i respected that fear and that life and death reality. And respected those brave enough to also come to that reality and continue with it head on. but for me, my career choice switched to my other love computer animation, of which i figured i could do all which i loved on the safety of being firmly on the ground. Computer animation was all together a new thing barely seen in any film. now I'm a senior animator with years of feature films under my belt. And my Fellow CAP classmates really did become naval pilots, later commercial pilots, and now instructors themselves. And I'm currently making fighter combat shots for an up and coming film. Turns out, TopGun did make dreams come true for many, though i would say, many would only learn later on, the stark reality of what its all truly about. and that takes a ton of guts and sacrifice of the highest order.
I'd really love your story I mean like I said like it's being an aviator I mean I didn't fly the plane I was just the loadmaster but what you say is so true one minute you're flying and everything is great and then the next minute you give me a shout out of the sky that's no joke I'm really happy that someone else understands that
I also grew up in the 70s and 80s and I had a different, albeit similar experience. I watched a lot of porn and decided at an early age that I wanted to be an adult film actor. While many kids were playing baseball, football or soccer, I was training by hanging weights off my johnson. I also whacked off quite a bit and then graduated to controlled ejaculations while masturbating. After high school graduation, it was off to Hollywood I went...searching for my dream. After literally dozens (maybe hundreds) of auditions, I finally landed a small role in a porn film, entitled, "Hunter Biden and some Russian Whores". I played the role of a Ukrainian gas executive, and was told that I didn't quite "measure up". My dreams were crushed but I was in Hollywood, so...maybe I could still land some sort of acting job. So, I kept on plugging and worked the midnight window at Wendy's while I auditioned during the day. Ultimately, I got a few roles in cat food commercials and also as a "fluffer" in a gay porn film, but....that was about as close as I would come to "living the dream". I'm now a Senior Advisor for Joe Biden at the WH. I'm full of pride when he stumbles on stage, shakes his fists (just like I showed him how) when talking about "MAGA Republicans" and shaking hands with invisible people...all the while wearing a full pair of adult diapers. I was also behind the idea of outlawing gas stoves. You're welcome! It's been a wild ride.
After I found out Tom Cruise does fly I was more impressed with the movie. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE BOTH MOVIES!! Thank You to Everyone who helped in the filming!!!
Awesome video. Thanks for all that everyone did to make that movie. I totally love it. Thanks so much for your service to America. Tom Cruz and pilots are incredible.
Was lucky enough to have been in the Aviation field of The Navy and on The USS Constellation during the time of the first Top Gun. Love these Beautiful and incredibly powerful jets and @TomCruise 🥰 roaring through the skies and in my heart… 🥰🥰🥰
@Tom Cruise Of course, You’re Welcome. Since I fell for Tom while watching Top Gun. Surely he knows that already though. Feeling guilty for feeling love struck over Tom 🥰 because my fiancé was sitting next to me. Later found out he was cheating, so my guilt didn’t last too terribly long. I had a sheltered childhood, that was the most passionate movie I had ever seen!! I couldn’t look away. It touched a part of me, I couldn’t shake it. For days I replayed those scenes, like a love story before my eyes... 🌺🥰
I love this video and share this quote with you too, “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” -David Brinkley.
And thank you for the Engineers at Boeing, General Electric, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, and many others for creating such an amazing aircraft. You guys help pilots make these things looks so damn cool👏👏👏👏👏
Maverick, TG2 has several cheesy scenes, but anybody who loves flight and aerospace, you have got to love Top Gun and Tom Cruise for using real jets and real pilots. I am so glad this happened, because my dad loved this movie because we built every aircraft model you can think of (except, oddly enough, no F-14, just an F-111, F-16, and F-4). Unfortuantely, he passed away the year it came out, and I had waited two years for this movie to come out. I loved it. THANk you to everyone involved.
My inspiration to be a pilot was, first of all my father - Pearl Harbor (Hickam) survivor, nose gunner in a B-24 with 47 combat missions (2nd Bombardment Squadron, 22nd Bombardment Group (H) - and then movies like "The Hunters" and "Bridges of Toko-Ri". I particularly wanted to be the pilot played by Robert Wagner in "The Hunters" ... arrogant, undisciplined ... and that's what got me chucked off my RAAF pilot's course. One of my examiners commented after a low level aggressive action said "That's the most dangerous thing I've seen a pilot do and live". No surprise the rest of my time until discharge was solo flying. I was assessed as having "Appalling" airmanship. Well, unfortunately, my instructor and his Army student pilot were killed a year later (1968) when a wing failed at 10G (pulling 10G in that aircraft said by investigators to be "impossible": and unexplainable). The maximum G loading for an F-16 or F-15E at sea level is +9G. Flight safety is everything - death defying flying does not always defy death. Even so, 56 years later, I still remember high G pullout from a spin recovery, just before "grey out" seeing the upper wing sheeting looking like a wet sheet over the wing frame, and vapor trails coming off the wing tips. Nothing like it anywhere else!
Wow - what a great talk. Thank you for this. All of you. Walleye, you can be my wingman anytime! Truth be told I would be honored to be your wingman anytime. You are a cool and accomplished dude. It just so comes out in how you guys relate.
I had the HUGE honor of flying the simulator at Miramar. I cannot remember if it was the F-18 or F14? She handled like a dream on take-off and in-flight. I was so looking forward to the landing but that was not to be. I was told to fire my rockets. While locating the button on the stick to fire the rockets I forgot about my airspeed. That plane became an elephant in the sky and I wallowed around trying to regain control of my aircraft. I augered her right into downtown San Diego. I was so mad at myself but what an incredible experience. I immediately called our eldest son (a CH53-echo USMC pilot at the time) to tell him what had just happened. That experience was the thrill of a lifetime!
i cried everytime i see goose's tribute and i cried so badly when i saw iceman and also his death. extreme nostalgia.... they were brothers and i'm a grown man.
Fact: Actors did sit in the F-18 but they didn't fly the thing. They were sitting in rear seat while real pilot doing all the maneuvers. They had to go through extreme G. Kudos to real fighter pilots for their skills
My bucket list includes to take off on a aircraft carrier. In the opening credits it states MARCH 3 1969 Was the birth of top gun. I knew I was going to like this movie. I was born MARCH 3 1960
Combat aviators are special people. I was rejected because I couldn’t make my eardrums move - I simply had to drop my jaw to equalize (still to this day). Ended up helping combat aviators in a more secure fashion.
Talking about being inspired by Top Gun to pursue aviation: I graduated high school in 1986. I was fortunate enough to be accepted to both MIT and Air Force Academy (USAFA). Knowing that Hollywood would have an undue influence on my decision, I communicated to my dad upon entering the theatre that I was choosing MIT. Well once we exited at the end of the movie, with the Top Gun theme reverberating in my head, I turned to him and said, I’m going to be Maverick. Fast forward 8 months, I have gone through USAFA boot camp and through most of my first term when I determined that I required glasses, the feedback was taking 21 credit hours and studying late at night was to blame. The Air Force Optomatrist announced to me that I was still navigator qualified. “But”, I responded, “Goose dies” and with that I transferred mid-year to MIT, graduating with a degree in Aeronautics in 1990. Interesting thing is the sharp increase in students in Aero/Astro, course 16 at MIT. Normally between 25 and 50, the 1990 class was 200. They had to build a whole new set of lecture halls to accommodate. Between the Challenger accident and Top Gun there was a lot of interest in going Mach 2 with their hair on fire!
Damn!!! That’s some serious sh-t!! Huge fan of the sequel . Thankful Tom has the courage to make a movie like this ! so interesting to hear the behind the scenes with the real American heroes
I have autism and listening to Walleye speak about sensory overload and how people cannot compute all the sensations is what an autistic meltdown feels like. Also he talked about how the training helped to fight that and he is right. For me I have to know all the possible variables so that when things do go sideways I know what to do and how to keep from having a meltdown. Thank you.
America, you listen to these people talk about briefings and simulators and training of actors. And you have to realize not only have these people been doing these things. But they have been doing it for a long time. Totally amazing. You don't see this kind of thing from other countries. Why. Because its expensive, dangerous, and has the potential to be catastrophic. I salute the greatest air warriors ever known to man. United States Navy... Go navy...
The RAF Dambuster Pilots flew their Lancaster four engine heavy bombers to their targets in Germany at NIGHT at 50 feet. Many brought parts of trees home in the airframe. Mosquito pilots routinely flew 50 foot levels to attack targets such as the destruction of the SS prison in France that enabled the escape of hundreds of resistance members who were about to be executed. An American P51 Mustang pilot followed a Luftwaffe BF 109 that he was dogfighting over Paris UNDER the Eiffel Tower. So my point is 450 Knots over dead flat desert sort of pales in comparison. The same can't be said for the awesome lowlevel canyon sequence.
Body and mind to be the best of the best no stop. To bring forward films like top gun and produce a incredible film what it is like in such cotpit of F-18 was a wonderful moments. Please keep going. Amazing movie and wonderful to see this get together of explaining on how all put this together for us all to understand😅❤
I am glad I served with honor in us navy. I was deck ape in my two navy ships Afs4 and bb62 my six years total active duty I did 4 years was at sea. I am glad I served under awesome President Reagan during 1 st Lebanon war.
At about 35:50 Walleye talks about Google Earth and if you're not familiar Google Earth has a flight simulator available. You have two aircraft to choose from. A small slow flying or a fighter jet. You can control them just with keys or whatever on your device but I'm 69 and grew up with joysticks so finally found one under a shelf at Walmart. It was like perfectly designed for this. In fact it can do more things than needed....set flaps, fuel and controls for like a real plane. Neh, i wanted up, down, turn and throttle. I live in a beautiful valley named Sequatchie in SE Tennessee and i got whereci could fly at bout a 100 feet at over 500mph. I learned more about the valley and surrounding areas than i had ever imagined. In fact i learned that i was wrong about many things. I got to where i was about to ask my wife if she had heard me buzz the house it seemed so real. To do it justice you really need a laptop or desktop with decent size screen and lots of memory. Higher memory the smoother the graphics and earth images. It's addictive to a non gamer like me. Only thing better would be if Google would add sound to the planes.....engines, wind, etc. Maybe radio traffic. Come to think of it if you could talk to other folks flying the simulator, even fly in the same area that woukd be fantastic and probly make money. Hint, hint.... Neway, now I'm inspired to did out my laptop. Fly happy. Visit my valley. The Sequatchie Valley in Tennessee. rick. Dying of cancer as of Sept 16, 2023. The pilot of a Corvette and a Plymouth Prowler and a Harley Badboy Springer Softtail for a bit longer then hopefully, but doubtfully, i get my wings..... Yeah, corny.
@@man4YAWEH454 Thanks very much for that and obviously I've made it so far. Had kidney cancer surgery Nov 30, 2023. Had to take part of my only remaining kidney to get all the cancer. BTW: That was because another surgeon, Dr House, in Chattanooga, did surgery in 2021, did not get all the cancer and lied to me about it. Knowingly left a cyst on my kidney, after sticking a needle in it, and it was also renal cell carcinoma. So far my kidney is doin a great job after a slow start. My kidney function got down to a 4 but about 8th day it suddenly jumped up to 39..... Nuther undeserved miracle. Right before surgery I went to a new back surgeon, in the same group as the kidney surgeon, and he located the source of my new back pain since car crash in 2021. I was hit mostly head on by a lady that supposedly went to sleep. The new doctor pointed out to me that I had a ruptured disc and a fractured vertebra. So as of today, Thursday, Feb, 29, 2024, I'm at home in the Hurt Locker after the back surgery on Feb 21, 2024. Not telling ANY of this to complain, just to explain my situation. PTSD and me....I write too much in texts, comments or the occasional email. After over 40yrs of law enforcement, medic, personal protection for members of Congress and the rich and famous, and working as private military contractor in several countries it may be time to give all that up at 69yrs old. I do not look like I have been thru 36 surgeries, 22 that required general anaesthesia, or lived thru some rough trauma, including a shattered pelvis. Many, many undeserved miracles have kept me here. Starting from before I was born. So, thanks again for your reply. rick in Tennessee.
Fantastic. For the love of flying, for the love of fighters and the amazing people who fly them. Also: waht are you EVER gonna do as an actor that will top that?
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Simply put, Top Gun: Maverick is one of the best movies of the last ten years
Which movie did you like more Top Gun or T.G. Maverick?
@@man4YAWEH454 Top Gun imo but as a female I enjoyed the storyline more in the first one.
And very few will ever do it again.
In this, talking absolute excellence, and you can keep sound strange correct.
Jennifer Connolly was one of the finest bits of move casting that I have ever seen. A high five to Tom Cruse.
My husband did two tours on the Board of Directors of the Marines Memorial Club. I spent the night there at least once every month for a few years. We are both life members. The ship's bell in the lobby is from the USS San Francisco. She was at Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941 and my uncle (Pearl Harbor survivor) was a crewman onboard ship that morning. The Club allowed me to "borrow" the lobby one year to promote Constitution Day for the Daughters of the American Revolution. The very best USMC Birthday Ball, bar none, is at the Club every year. That said, it was a very pleasant surprise and joy to see this production filmed at the Club as we haven't lived in the Bay Area for 16 years. Brought back some fantastic memories. Thanks for sharing!
What a pair of incredible guys. Devoted to aviation and their country. Fly Navy!
My granddad was a balloonist in WWI. My parents both served in the Navy. They flew small engines as a hobby. It's how they met. My uncle was a test pilot just before the Space program got started. I loved the Top Gun movies. I have great admiration for our servicemen and women
In 1986 my son wasn’t born yet .. he was only born later.. n we aren’t American citizens… yet today he’s in Pensacola training to be a naval fighter aviator… his ambition was pushed by the ‘86 film … watched it when he was 8/9 years old
Huh? How is your son training to become a Navy fighter pilot when he’s not even an American citizen???
@@anti-ethniccleansing465cheez, I'm Antipodean and even I know hoe. Stop opening your mouth to change feet and do some real research. FFS
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 It was back then when they still weren't American citizens, 1986 was years ago
These are the greatest interviews available on RUclips covering all things Top Gun.
The Tomcat might be the single most beautiful jet ever built.
Agreed!
Sorry to kill your dream dud...That is just another shit Aircraft over payed by the US ppl - no wonder is not on show today
@@JohnSmith-cy9tt cool story bro
Absolutely agree. It is such a sick machine especially for its time.
Absolutely wrong...NOT might...it IS...she's gorgeous and what a beautiful cameo
THIS MOVIE WAS THE BEST I HAVE SEEN IN DECADES!!! IT DESERVED AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE....... it was snubbed by Hollywood at no surprise. It has EARNED every penny of $1.5 Billion dollars. I have watched it 3 times in the theatre and it still gives me goosebumps.
Are you 14 years old?
@@dareisnogod5711 Are you a Communist?
@@glocktown21😂😂😂 love it. The fact that they didn’t reply says it all. Some people eh.
Top Gun: Maverick surely made a mark in filming indusrty and on a personal level, loving the first "Top Gun"..
These Pilots are the most talented people. I worked for F1 & met many drivers .... these pilots are awesome & I wish I could meet some of them & thank them for their service ( I'm in the UK, and I did meet the Red Arrows Team .. pretty cool. Such lovely people)
Thank you, gentlemen, for your service to America. Long before I was born, my dad was in the military. He wanted to be a pilot, but he could not because of his eyes and had to wear glasses. So in the army he was. Later, when he left the military, he worked for Delta Airlines loading and unloading cargo. I am thankful for his service, too.
My father wanted to be a pilot, too, but could not because of his vision. He did retire from the USAF.
The best movie ever. I am a pilot too and my best friend and crewmember Gerald died in the aircraft in 2019. We looked the first Topgun movie minimum 50 times and got connected with this movie. Now whenever i look this 2nd Edition i will be remembered to my best friend Gerald. The emotional level is so high when looking this movie that i always have to fight against tears. Thanks to all of you to make Gerald alive when looking this movie. Cheers Dirk
3:34 Top gun + Tom Cruise = Tom Gun
Just like Tim Apple.
Awesome to meet the pilots who helped with Top Gun. I am addicted to all things about flying and war as well. All the men in my family were military. Thanks guys for all you do.
Both movies were beyond amazing!!
Top Gun most definitely inspired me to become a pilot.
Top Gun and Maverick have probably been the two most successful recruiting campaigns for the US Navy.
Talk about an addictive interview and reflection. Thank you
Ahh comfort for the soul Top Gun film 1 & 2 . I’m a Brit I think we have the SAS best in the world USA has the best fighter pilots. And the best air craft carrier ships .
I’m glad we’re on the same side
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Don't forget the most destructive aircraft that would put the fear of God to any enemy.
The A - 10 Hog , they are the best and have balls of steal.
Crazy, "Ferg" was my assistant Air Ops Officer on the Constellation. I had no idea he was one of the main dudes behind this film.
I was a crew chief on F4 Phantoms (& got to fly it) when Top Gun came out. It was about time a movie like it had come out.
It looks really cool and glamorous, but damn, it's a lot of work to make those machines turn & burn.
Most people have no idea how physically demanding it is to fly a jet fighter day in and day out....and not get killed in the process.
It's real & very serious stuff, very humbling when folk never come back, you never forget those moments.
SP AB Es and Gs 85-91 loved it!!
That’s one huge reason why I have grave concerns over the decision of allowing females to be fighter pilots, and I say that as a woman myself. There are so many differences between men and woman, even down to lung capacity and our hearts. It’s already well known that boot camp standards were lowered for women to make it possible for them to join the military, and I just feel like it was the wrong decision to allow us in combat roles, including becoming fighter pilots.
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 if a woman can pass the physical flight tests, mental demands, and aviation training on the same level as a man, I say let women be pilots and astronauts. Read up on W.A.S.P.
Great flying and watching the film was fantastic. Love so much that it was live action and not CGI....... This is really a plus for the movie industry and Hollywood
and then you woke up and all was a dream - just Donalndo Drumph
@@JohnSmith-cy9tt HUH?
Let's go. Love you guys. Amazing stuff here
Just watched Top Gun Maverick yesterday. They did such an outstanding job. I really enjoyed the film. Wish my Dad could’ve seen it with me. Now I know why the scenes looked so authentic. Super how they coordinated all this together. 🇺🇸
My military WW Il vet Dad passed in 1983. Never got to see the Top Gun movie. He watched Combat and 12 0'clock high on TV.
It was said that Tom Cruise even at his age because of his physical fitness and his abilities he could actually have passed the fighter pilot school. This was said from a fighter pilot on set. I don't know his name but it can be referenced and verified. That's quite an amazing compliment.
...Rah. Take U anywhere..!
Semper Fi
USMC 🇺🇸🦅
Air Wing..
Do a psychological test on him and he'd be out in a flash!
He should more time on mental fitness
Impossible. You need sharp reflexes which are only possible in your youth. Tom cruise is fit enough to sit in a supersonic fighter jet at the rear seat like how the movie was shot but flying at lower altitudes near terrain and mountains requires a professional fighter pilot with sharp reflexes.
in the 80's I was heavily into all things aviation, astronomy, computers and music. When Top Gun came out (and some other notable films like Iron Eagle), becoming a pilot was the goal. I was that same generation of kids that saw ourselves being heavily influence at becoming a naval pilot mostly due to TopGun. I went to August Martin H.S. in NY, under their aviation curriculum. Joined C.A.P civil air patrol and was actually trained flying cessna 152's and 172's. My instructors were ex naval pilots themselves, call-sign Die Hard and ( I cant remember the other instructors call sign :( As it so happens, i didn't know till years later that our flights over Grumman in long island were the very place that they created and tested the F14 and A4's. You just don't associate the military with NY. But, one of the highlights of my years in CAP, was a meet and greet with an F-18 that took off from Grumman airbase (now called Culverton airpark), and upon it lifting off from the runway, came right beside us in the cessna. An experience so surreal its even hard to believe it actually happened, except for the massive moment of fear i had moments prior. We actually crossed into restricted airspace as we were warned to stay clear, but our instructor seemed like it all was just routine play, and as we were passing over the runways at around 3000 feet, when myself one of my fellow classmates and the instructor witness the F-18 on the tarmac prepping to take off. we were all geeking out over seeing fighter jet on the runway, classmates immediately mistook the plane for an F-14, but as an avid Amiga user, and player of simulators, particularly F-A/18 Interceptor (an amazing sim at the time) i knew exactly what it was, a hornet!. God, talk about geeking out, Then as we slowly crept up the towards the runway length wise, A small truck pulled along side it as we were looking down slowly making our way up the runway. I then saw the jet making its run, down the runway and lifting off as its shadow split away from beneath the aircraft diagonally. Climbing, it slid beneath our Cessna and i could no longer see it, but knew it was climbing fast. At that moment, i understood the situation, and i fell into a moment of guttural terror, because i knew at any moment he could collide with us. Talk about ones life flashing before you in seconds. I could see it all unfolding, the moment of impact, the horror, death, the reporting on the evening news, my families grief, the love of aviation cut short in a horrible accident, Its was a truly horrible feeling. But then, out of nowhere, he popped up right in front of us!!! The Hornet pilot had saw us all along, and our instructor knew exactly who he was. He hung around us but for a few seconds which seemed like minutes before hitting his afterburners and rapidly shooting off to higher altitude towards the Atlantic. We could only see his contrail heading off into the distance. And our cessna's over fuselage wings didnt help any. Ironically it was that day and that moment that gave me a jolt of realism over the fantasy of it all. A real wakeup call. The amazing experience made me realize that the job of a naval pilot was serious, and not a movie, that one minute you can be up in the heavens and all is just fine and next minute blown out the skies in the blink of an eye. And it all just coming to and end, one pop, and game over. I still loved aviation but i respected that fear and that life and death reality. And respected those brave enough to also come to that reality and continue with it head on. but for me, my career choice switched to my other love computer animation, of which i figured i could do all which i loved on the safety of being firmly on the ground. Computer animation was all together a new thing barely seen in any film. now I'm a senior animator with years of feature films under my belt. And my Fellow CAP classmates really did become naval pilots, later commercial pilots, and now instructors themselves. And I'm currently making fighter combat shots for an up and coming film. Turns out, TopGun did make dreams come true for many, though i would say, many would only learn later on, the stark reality of what its all truly about. and that takes a ton of guts and sacrifice of the highest order.
So excited for you!
I'd really love your story I mean like I said like it's being an aviator I mean I didn't fly the plane I was just the loadmaster but what you say is so true one minute you're flying and everything is great and then the next minute you give me a shout out of the sky that's no joke I'm really happy that someone else understands that
I also grew up in the 70s and 80s and I had a different, albeit similar experience. I watched a lot of porn and decided at an early age that I wanted to be an adult film actor. While many kids were playing baseball, football or soccer, I was training by hanging weights off my johnson. I also whacked off quite a bit and then graduated to controlled ejaculations while masturbating.
After high school graduation, it was off to Hollywood I went...searching for my dream.
After literally dozens (maybe hundreds) of auditions, I finally landed a small role in a porn film, entitled, "Hunter Biden and some Russian Whores". I played the role of a Ukrainian gas executive, and was told that I didn't quite "measure up". My dreams were crushed but I was in Hollywood, so...maybe I could still land some sort of acting job.
So, I kept on plugging and worked the midnight window at Wendy's while I auditioned during the day. Ultimately, I got a few roles in cat food commercials and also as a "fluffer" in a gay porn film, but....that was about as close as I would come to "living the dream".
I'm now a Senior Advisor for Joe Biden at the WH. I'm full of pride when he stumbles on stage, shakes his fists (just like I showed him how) when talking about "MAGA Republicans" and shaking hands with invisible people...all the while wearing a full pair of adult diapers. I was also behind the idea of outlawing gas stoves. You're welcome!
It's been a wild ride.
Respect
Thank you for sharing your story, inspiring tale.
That was absolutely awesome!!! Thank for your service as Naval Aviators! You go Walleye! Coming from Pine Mountain Georgia!
After I found out Tom Cruise does fly I was more impressed with the movie. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE BOTH MOVIES!! Thank You to Everyone who helped in the filming!!!
Awesome video. Thanks for all that everyone did to make that movie. I totally love it. Thanks so much for your service to America. Tom Cruz and pilots are incredible.
Was lucky enough to have been in the Aviation field of The Navy and on The USS Constellation during the time of the first Top Gun. Love these Beautiful and incredibly powerful jets and @TomCruise 🥰 roaring through the skies and in my heart… 🥰🥰🥰
@Tom Cruise Of course, You’re Welcome. Since I fell for Tom while watching Top Gun. Surely he knows that already though. Feeling guilty for feeling love struck over Tom 🥰 because my fiancé was sitting next to me. Later found out he was cheating, so my guilt didn’t last too terribly long. I had a sheltered childhood, that was the most passionate movie I had ever seen!! I couldn’t look away. It touched a part of me, I couldn’t shake it. For days I replayed those scenes, like a love story before my eyes... 🌺🥰
I love this video and share this quote with you too, “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” -David Brinkley.
Then it’s a foundation laid on Bulsht😂
And thank you for the Engineers at Boeing, General Electric, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, and many others for creating such an amazing aircraft. You guys help pilots make these things looks so damn cool👏👏👏👏👏
Maverick, TG2 has several cheesy scenes, but anybody who loves flight and aerospace, you have got to love Top Gun and Tom Cruise for using real jets and real pilots. I am so glad this happened, because my dad loved this movie because we built every aircraft model you can think of (except, oddly enough, no F-14, just an F-111, F-16, and F-4). Unfortuantely, he passed away the year it came out, and I had waited two years for this movie to come out. I loved it. THANk you to everyone involved.
It makes me happy to see people doing what they love I've always wanted to fly I even used to have dreams that I was flying
My late dad, was on the USS Texas, 1944-1946. I’m a very proud American and son of him. I miss him so very much. God bless America ❤
My inspiration to be a pilot was, first of all my father - Pearl Harbor (Hickam) survivor, nose gunner in a B-24 with 47 combat missions (2nd Bombardment Squadron, 22nd Bombardment Group (H) - and then movies like "The Hunters" and "Bridges of Toko-Ri". I particularly wanted to be the pilot played by Robert Wagner in "The Hunters" ... arrogant, undisciplined ... and that's what got me chucked off my RAAF pilot's course. One of my examiners commented after a low level aggressive action said "That's the most dangerous thing I've seen a pilot do and live". No surprise the rest of my time until discharge was solo flying. I was assessed as having "Appalling" airmanship. Well, unfortunately, my instructor and his Army student pilot were killed a year later (1968) when a wing failed at 10G (pulling 10G in that aircraft said by investigators to be "impossible": and unexplainable). The maximum G loading for an F-16 or F-15E at sea level is +9G. Flight safety is everything - death defying flying does not always defy death. Even so, 56 years later, I still remember high G pullout from a spin recovery, just before "grey out" seeing the upper wing sheeting looking like a wet sheet over the wing frame, and vapor trails coming off the wing tips. Nothing like it anywhere else!
Wow - what a great talk.
Thank you for this. All of you.
Walleye, you can be my wingman anytime!
Truth be told I would be honored to be your wingman anytime.
You are a cool and accomplished dude.
It just so comes out in how you guys relate.
I did. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Thank you for telling the stories and I'm sure there is more detail where that came from.
Huge respect for ‘em
I had the HUGE honor of flying the simulator at Miramar. I cannot remember if it was the F-18 or F14? She handled like a dream on take-off and in-flight. I was so looking forward to the landing but that was not to be. I was told to fire my rockets. While locating the button on the stick to fire the rockets I forgot about my airspeed. That plane became an elephant in the sky and I wallowed around trying to regain control of my aircraft. I augered her right into downtown San Diego. I was so mad at myself but what an incredible experience. I immediately called our eldest son (a CH53-echo USMC pilot at the time) to tell him what had just happened. That experience was the thrill of a lifetime!
This is awesome to hear them talk about the 🎥 ❤
You guys are rockstars. Couldnt be more badass. You couldnt make your families more proud they can always brag on you.
i cried everytime i see goose's tribute and i cried so badly when i saw iceman and also his death. extreme nostalgia.... they were brothers and i'm a grown man.
Fact: Actors did sit in the F-18 but they didn't fly the thing. They were sitting in rear seat while real pilot doing all the maneuvers. They had to go through extreme G. Kudos to real fighter pilots for their skills
My bucket list includes to take off on a aircraft carrier. In the opening credits it states MARCH 3 1969 Was the birth of top gun. I knew I was going to like this movie. I was born MARCH 3 1960
Thank you Tom Gun and pilots I salute you
Combat aviators are special people. I was rejected because I couldn’t make my eardrums move - I simply had to drop my jaw to equalize (still to this day). Ended up
helping combat aviators in a more secure fashion.
Thank you all and for being an uber driver and air boss for this movie!!!
U better better stay in you car dud - 3 stars is good in a old car
It’s not often a sequel betters the first movie, this one didn’t better TG1 it smashed it😂😂😂😂😎
I thought I was alone in this respect; I couldn't agree more.
Just a outstanding film on every level.
Talking about being inspired by Top Gun to pursue aviation: I graduated high school in 1986. I was fortunate enough to be accepted to both MIT and Air Force Academy (USAFA). Knowing that Hollywood would have an undue influence on my decision, I communicated to my dad upon entering the theatre that I was choosing MIT. Well once we exited at the end of the movie, with the Top Gun theme reverberating in my head, I turned to him and said, I’m going to be Maverick. Fast forward 8 months, I have gone through USAFA boot camp and through most of my first term when I determined that I required glasses, the feedback was taking 21 credit hours and studying late at night was to blame. The Air Force Optomatrist announced to me that I was still navigator qualified. “But”, I responded, “Goose dies” and with that I transferred mid-year to MIT, graduating with a degree in Aeronautics in 1990. Interesting thing is the sharp increase in students in Aero/Astro, course 16 at MIT. Normally between 25 and 50, the 1990 class was 200. They had to build a whole new set of lecture halls to accommodate. Between the Challenger accident and Top Gun there was a lot of interest in going Mach 2 with their hair on fire!
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Thank you sir for your service.
Tom, I have two men in my heart, Tom, and Maverick. Muuuaaa
Damn!!! That’s some serious sh-t!! Huge fan of the sequel . Thankful Tom has the courage to make a movie like this !
so interesting to hear the behind the scenes with the real American heroes
I have autism and listening to Walleye speak about sensory overload and how people cannot compute all the sensations is what an autistic meltdown feels like. Also he talked about how the training helped to fight that and he is right. For me I have to know all the possible variables so that when things do go sideways I know what to do and how to keep from having a meltdown.
Thank you.
I’m so glad I’ve seen the guys who worked on top gun ❤️
Thank you. My first time seeing a Star Trek gams like this. Look forward to the continuation
America, you listen to these people talk about briefings and simulators and training of actors. And you have to realize not only have these people been doing these things. But they have been doing it for a long time. Totally amazing. You don't see this kind of thing from other countries. Why. Because its expensive, dangerous, and has the potential to be catastrophic. I salute the greatest air warriors ever known to man. United States Navy...
Go navy...
Outstanding!
THAT'S FIRE! THAT'S BADASS! You go NAVY AVIATORS!🇺🇸🤙
Tom Gun is one of the greatest actors
The RAF Dambuster Pilots flew their Lancaster four engine heavy bombers to their targets in Germany at NIGHT at 50 feet. Many brought parts of trees home in the airframe. Mosquito pilots routinely flew 50 foot levels to attack targets such as the destruction of the SS prison in France that enabled the escape of hundreds of resistance members who were about to be executed. An American P51 Mustang pilot followed a Luftwaffe BF 109 that he was dogfighting over Paris UNDER the Eiffel Tower. So my point is 450 Knots over dead flat desert sort of pales in comparison. The same can't be said for the awesome lowlevel canyon sequence.
The first time I saw Top Gun Maverick I was flying from Monteral to Los Angeles. I had to see Top Gun Maverick on the big screen.
Thank you for your Service
Body and mind to be the best of the best no stop. To bring forward films like top gun and produce a incredible film what it is like in such cotpit of F-18 was a wonderful moments.
Please keep going.
Amazing movie and wonderful to see this get together of explaining on how all put this together for us all to understand😅❤
3:33 He said Tom Gun
Yes i heard that. I wondered if they caught it and just didn’t correct him
That was a fantastic movie. It was fun to watch.
Thanks you for sharing this video's
I am glad I served with honor in us navy. I was deck ape in my two navy ships
Afs4 and bb62 my six years total active duty I did 4 years was at sea.
I am glad I served under awesome
President Reagan during 1 st Lebanon war.
Do you really think you were serving “we the people,” bro? I missed the part where Lebanon attacked us.
HOOORRAAAAHHHHHH to all my Sister Squadrons. Former Plane captain at VFA-131
At about 35:50 Walleye talks about Google Earth and if you're not familiar Google Earth has a flight simulator available. You have two aircraft to choose from. A small slow flying or a fighter jet. You can control them just with keys or whatever on your device but I'm 69 and grew up with joysticks so finally found one under a shelf at Walmart. It was like perfectly designed for this. In fact it can do more things than needed....set flaps, fuel and controls for like a real plane. Neh, i wanted up, down, turn and throttle. I live in a beautiful valley named Sequatchie in SE Tennessee and i got whereci could fly at bout a 100 feet at over 500mph. I learned more about the valley and surrounding areas than i had ever imagined. In fact i learned that i was wrong about many things. I got to where i was about to ask my wife if she had heard me buzz the house it seemed so real. To do it justice you really need a laptop or desktop with decent size screen and lots of memory. Higher memory the smoother the graphics and earth images. It's addictive to a non gamer like me. Only thing better would be if Google would add sound to the planes.....engines, wind, etc. Maybe radio traffic.
Come to think of it if you could talk to other folks flying the simulator, even fly in the same area that woukd be fantastic and probly make money. Hint, hint....
Neway, now I'm inspired to did out my laptop.
Fly happy. Visit my valley. The Sequatchie Valley in Tennessee.
rick.
Dying of cancer as of Sept 16, 2023. The pilot of a Corvette and a Plymouth Prowler and a Harley Badboy Springer Softtail for a bit longer then hopefully, but doubtfully, i get my wings.....
Yeah, corny.
Godspeed
🙏❤ God bless you buddy.
@@man4YAWEH454 Thanks very much for that and obviously I've made it so far. Had kidney cancer surgery Nov 30, 2023. Had to take part of my only remaining kidney to get all the cancer. BTW: That was because another surgeon, Dr House, in Chattanooga, did surgery in 2021, did not get all the cancer and lied to me about it. Knowingly left a cyst on my kidney, after sticking a needle in it, and it was also renal cell carcinoma.
So far my kidney is doin a great job after a slow start. My kidney function got down to a 4 but about 8th day it suddenly jumped up to 39.....
Nuther undeserved miracle. Right before surgery I went to a new back surgeon, in the same group as the kidney surgeon, and he located the source of my new back pain since car crash in 2021. I was hit mostly head on by a lady that supposedly went to sleep. The new doctor pointed out to me that I had a ruptured disc and a fractured vertebra. So as of today, Thursday, Feb, 29, 2024, I'm at home in the Hurt Locker after the back surgery on Feb 21, 2024.
Not telling ANY of this to complain, just to explain my situation. PTSD and me....I write too much in texts, comments or the occasional email.
After over 40yrs of law enforcement, medic, personal protection for members of Congress and the rich and famous, and working as private military contractor in several countries it may be time to give all that up at 69yrs old. I do not look like I have been thru 36 surgeries, 22 that required general anaesthesia, or lived thru some rough trauma, including a shattered pelvis.
Many, many undeserved miracles have kept me here. Starting from before I was born.
So, thanks again for your reply.
rick in Tennessee.
Thanks
39:43 Thank you sir. Well said.
Very very good video
Fantastic. For the love of flying, for the love of fighters and the amazing people who fly them. Also: waht are you EVER gonna do as an actor that will top that?
fly into outer space?
Great team wish we could get along in the world
Inspirada en los vuelos rasantes de los pilotos Argentinos en Malvinas .
What’s up it’s maverick hope your having a great night sorry watching me in my old videos
Unbelievable!👍👍👍
RESPECT GUYS!! 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👍
The F-14 is THE badass fighter. The F-4 Phantom is a close #2.
Hollywood has destroyed the movie industry but Tom Cruise brought back good ole American a.. whoopin back on screen!
Good luck gentlemen
I've seen this movie so so many times.....
The original was probably the best NAVY recruitment movie ever made.
I had the same surgery in Canada...
Courageous! Real Mavericks🎉
How do they Land when not going under 100ft?
Love this doc. How all briefd to TC. Do Salute !
Sunday finally finished with the new King Jesus Christ Amen 🙏💞🙏
Great interview 🎉
This was 1 "bad-ass" video!
In 20+ years I'd never once regretted quitting acting until I saw these actors getting paid to fly in an F-18. lol
Air Boss is the actual director.
I have to say I think some older fighters like the tomcat,eagle, tornado etc are sexier than most newer fighters
FYI that Air Force F-35 commercial also had a F-22 in it ;)
00:31 Camera between exhaust?
Jennifer Connolly was one of the finest bits of movie casting that I have ever seen. A high five to Tom Cruse.
The next best is “The Right Stuff”. Hands down
Yes. Updated!🤭💕🥰 Honor to all!🙏🏾💕🥰
@Tom Cruise Awe...!🥰 Welcome! Since the 90's. Great actor sir!👍🏾💯
@Tom Cruise Welcome. Indiana, sir.👍🏾💯
3.38 - who’s Tom Gun