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Offline Frank N. O.

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Re: >>>TOP GUN<<<
« Reply #30 on: March 14, 2006, 04:52:16 AM »
Quote from: fireflyr on March 14, 2006, 03:13:04 AM
Quote from: Frank N. O. on March 13, 2006, 05:48:18 AM


What makes me sad is the fact that a great pilot was killed while filming the flap-spin scenes, the same pilot that flew the Aerobat in the stunning start-scenes in Iron Eagle the year before. RIP



Frank

We taliking about Art Scholl ?
Yes, as I read it he flew his Pitt S-2 with a movie-camera on around to film the falt-spin, which I gather was then actually his plane that spun around a steady flying Tomcat, but when he had to recover from the spin he couldn't, estimated because of the offset weight of the heavy camera equipment :( RIP

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Re: >>>TOP GUN<<<
« Reply #31 on: March 14, 2006, 11:26:18 AM »
Ah, I loved the movie! True, my brother an me were watching it I don't know how many times... Unlike Callisto I rather fast forwarded the romantic scenes, because I was to young to appreciate it! Hm, but when I think about it, I might fast forward them nowadays as well. ;D

Oh, and I lOVE the soundtrack! I think we had in on tape somewhere. I think I fast forwarded "Take My Breath Away" too though... hehe. I actually have a Steve Stevens model Washburn E-guitar. Steve Stevens is the guy who plays the guitar in the Top Gun Anthem. But that is just coincidence, I admit.
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Re: >>>TOP GUN<<<
« Reply #32 on: March 14, 2006, 02:56:12 PM »
And repeating !
FLYYYYYYYYINNNG TOOO THEEE DANGER ZONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BOOYAH!
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« Reply #33 on: March 14, 2006, 03:30:40 PM »
Sorry about stealing your quote mike...  :P

I had to go home and watch it last night... So what's the deal with all the air conditioners in the Navy being broke??  Man, people sweat alot in that movie.  ;D
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« Reply #34 on: March 14, 2006, 03:59:13 PM »
Ok... so who's seen... Brokeback Squadron? Along the same lines as Brokeback to the Future, not as good, but with editing, Maverick and Iceman are "pretty close".
Go to Google Video and search "brokeback squadron".

Now talk about fast forwarding past the romantic scenes!!!
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« Reply #35 on: March 14, 2006, 09:40:32 PM »
Quote from: Callisto on March 14, 2006, 03:59:13 PM
Ok... so who's seen... Brokeback Squadron? Along the same lines as Brokeback to the Future, not as good, but with editing, Maverick and Iceman are "pretty close".
Go to Google Video and search "brokeback squadron".

Now talk about fast forwarding past the romantic scenes!!!

HAHA! This is great!!!  ;D ;D
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« Reply #36 on: March 14, 2006, 10:02:25 PM »
Top Gun is the most awesome modern aviation movie. :)
It's also completely silly, since a pilot acting like that wouldn't be given control of a lawnmower let alone an F-14, but hey. ;)
I've seen it several dozen times when I was a kid, and there was a time when I could recite it beginning to end... sadly, I have forgotten most of it since.
If I were able to become a pilot, that movie would be the single biggest reason for it... well, maybe after the Spitfire. :)

"Bogies like fireflies, all over the sky..."
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« Reply #37 on: March 14, 2006, 10:17:53 PM »
Man have I seen that movie!!! I must've seen it about 50 times... and still I love it when they play it in the TV... my sister bugs me about it, as I've seen it so much I know most of the lines jaja. I love the flying scenes, definetly one of the reasons I'm so crazy about airplanes. also made me really like the F-14... too bad it's going out of bussiness.

BTW I also carry some music when I go flying solo, and I put on only one earpiece and have the volume low so I can hear ATC...

"I feel the need... the need for speed!!!"
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Re: >>>TOP GUN<<<
« Reply #38 on: March 15, 2006, 12:23:39 AM »
Quote from: Sleek-Jet on March 14, 2006, 03:30:40 PM
I had to go home and watch it last night... So what's the deal with all the air conditioners in the Navy being broke??  Man, people sweat alot in that movie.  ;D

True... Good thing you can't smell the TV.
I've heard that "Slider" stinks ! ;) :D
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« Reply #39 on: March 15, 2006, 03:38:49 AM »
TOP GUN . . . .

How many times have you seen it?  Probably around 2 dozen (hey, I'm 25!  I'll catch up!)

Did you like it?  It's great!  Not totally realistic (like loading inert missiles for battle, etc) but fun!

Are you in aviation because of the movie?  Not quite, but combine all the aviation movies I've seen and love (The Right Stuff, Memphis Belle, Apollo 13, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Flight of the Intruder, Tuskegee Airmen, etc etc etc) and there's a strong possibility in there!

Can you recite every scene from the movie?  You betcha!  Who in aviation (who likes the movie anyway) can't?

Is "Top Gun" for aviators what "Backdraft" is for firefighters and "Star Wars" for everybody else?  Okay, I'm not a Star Wars fan...sorry, everyone else in the world!  But Top Gun is at least one of the movies for/about pilots.  It may have its flaws and not be totally realistic but the same goes for Backdraft.  I know--my dad was a firefighter all my childhood and then I was a firefighter for a couple years and I've been a pilot since HS (as well as a licensed air traffic controller and dispatcher).

You can't totally discredit Top Gun even if you pick out all the imperfections.  It's about the feeling of the movie and isn't that what all movies are about?  :D
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Re: >>>TOP GUN<<<
« Reply #40 on: March 15, 2006, 03:41:33 AM »
Hey, Mike, I think we found your controller.
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Re: >>>TOP GUN<<<
« Reply #41 on: March 15, 2006, 03:53:54 AM »

Ha! ha! ha! Nice catch, Gulf! I´ve read that post twice and didn't realized he was also an Controller...

There you go, Mike, an ATC guy at last!
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« Reply #42 on: March 15, 2006, 06:16:02 AM »
Yay! Finally!! :)
So, do you wanna join up and join us and give us a little insight into the world of ATC there Jay??


Back to Top Gun:
Thanks to you guys I had to watch it again myself. Jay is right, it's all about the feeling of the movie!
I love the movie! When I was a kid I wanted to be a fighter pilot and just like they were in the movie.
And now, watching it again, it still makes me think that it depicts a way aviation is "supposed" to be (as I said before: in my little world where I am king and everybody loves me). Too bad you couldn't get away with any of what Maverick is doing in real life. But don't we all wish we could? I just had an FAA checkride today on two(!) aircraft at the same time...

Plus, let's mention this as well while I am at it: The love scene eveybody forwards through...wouldn't it be nice if it would work out like that in real life? ;) (keep in mind I am a cartoon guy and there is a reason for this...he he)

Another thing I see different now after being in aviation for a while. Have any of you guys ever worked for the movies or flown a camera? Do you have any idea how difficult it is to keep three or four aircraft in frame???...not to mention fast movers like that...
THE FLYING SCENES ARE AWESOME !!
And I would like to agree with my brother on the music. Well done! I love it.
I also love the cheesy pick up lines Maverick uses. He is as good as Chuck only with a better track record. (I guess if you fly F-14's it doesn't matter how bad the lines are, hehe ..."Oh, so you are a pilot?" "That's right, a Naval Aviator!".....amazing)

but here I go rambling on... look at me!

"So, you're flying with Iceman?"
"That's MISTER Iceman for you!"

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"OK Mav, let's turn and burn!"
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« Reply #43 on: March 15, 2006, 10:21:10 AM »
Interesting to see the huge reaction on this thread. Lovely. ;D

Of course I’ve seen this movie several times. And it had inflicted my life in aviation a little. It came out as I joined the army to become an engineer. Deep inside me I was dreaming to become a pilot, but with glasses on my nose the army simply said “no”. :'( So I kept on dreaming and this movie was a great help to do so. I met friends at this time and they had been very deep into this movie. One tried to become a jet-fighter pilot in the army but they again said “no”. Sounds sad but isn’t. He became a pilot with an airline here in Austria. I became a helicopter engineer and Top Gun is a fine entertainment now. :D

I like the flying scenes very much. As stated before from one of you guys: no need to see it to realistic. It is entertainment, no training video. ;) At the army I got hold of a documentation of the REAL Top Gun aviators. THIS IS SOMETHING COMPLEETELY DIFFERENT! In this video they showed a deck landing at night and high sea. Breathtaking! And this guys go out to kill …
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Re: >>>TOP GUN<<<
« Reply #44 on: March 15, 2006, 03:43:52 PM »
Quote from: Callisto on March 14, 2006, 03:59:13 PM
Ok... so who's seen... Brokeback Squadron? Along the same lines as Brokeback to the Future, not as good, but with editing, Maverick and Iceman are "pretty close".
Go to Google Video and search "brokeback squadron".

Now talk about fast forwarding past the romantic scenes!!!

Good one :D
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