That kinda reminds me of our childhood. I think we watched Top Gun at least a dozen times back then, and when we were playing outside with the other kids from the block, we used to ride our bicycles and pretend they were fighter jets. We even drew an aircraft carrier deck on a backstreet with chalk, where we would take off and land… Good times!
Did you use arrestor hooks, or just used your brakes and prayed?
you young whippersnappers! In MY Day we rode our bikes and wore mirror aviator sunglasses so we could be just like CHiPS ! (Even though we were in suburban Manchester, England.) Of course we had the cards clothespinned (“pegged”) to the fork to make that motorbike sound!