We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. Stockdale would have been Pete Mitchells and Vipers CAG for the beginning of the bombing campaign against North Vietnam. That way, the LSO knows how to properly sort the approaching aircraft by amount of fuel remaining, should the aircraft miss the wires, and be forced to make another landing attempt, divert to a land base, or join on the tanker for more fuel. 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. He could not have forgotten to sweep his wings back because the wing geometry of the F-14 is not pilot-controlled; it is controlled automatically by the flight computer. But could Maverick be the surrogate father to A Tomcat radar, and all TACAIR (TACtical AIRcraft) radars, progressively scan from side to side, changing elevation in set increments, so the correct radar screen would show a vertical bar moving from side to side. Neither of them are talking anything factual. Viper tells him about his father (which could get Viper in a lot of trouble as what he tells him is classified), and he knows that this is what Maverick needs to hear. Viper. Maverick: He was my R.I.O., my responsibility. It could end my career. First it would not have the speed to perform that stunt. At 13:58. Viper: My squadron we lost 8 : The center of the story at the pilot training school is a series of competitions that lead to the awarding of the "Top Gun" trophy. My squadron, we lost 8 of 18 aircraft. Duke Mitchell was a U.S. naval aviator who was killed-in-action during the Vietnam War. Vital information So I took it." 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. Toward the end of the movie, when Maverick is waiting on "Alert Five," the camera cuts between Maverick in the cockpit and outside, where carrier crew are working on "his" plane. During this time, you can see the wings change from extended and retracted from shot to shot. WhileTop Gunreceived mixed reviews upon its initial release, it remains one of the most beloved movies of a generation, with its sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, finallybeing made after several decades. The F-14 crews were filmed in a discarded Navy cockpit that was not attached to the rest of the plane. : At the start where the F-14s encounter the Mig-28s and at the final dogfight, Stinger relies on one radar operator or air traffic controller to receive news. 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. What's on your mind? He's a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO), for slamming a fellow RIO? WebViper: Goose is dead. The simple fact is you feel responsible for Goose and you have a confidence problem. When Maverick is driving his motorcycle along the runway with the planes taking off, you can see the bed of the truck he's atop at the bottom of the screen. He stayed in it, saved three planes before he bought it. It has since been transferred to the US Marine Corps and is now known as Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar. As the F-14s turn, the wings are swept fully aft. Viper Stay up to date on the latest scripts & screenwriting articles. See 1:06:56. Viper: Simple. This is now an emergency aircraft needing priority handling and landing ASAP. Viper When Maverick leaves Charlie's house after he has dinner with her, there is a For Rent sign in her yard (as there is when he drives by her house later in the movie), but there wasn't one when he arrived. WebMaverick visits Viper (who flew with Maverick's father in Vietnam), and Viper tells him the truth about his fatherand that he can graduate with his Top Gun class if he wants. He was my R.I.O., my responsibility. 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. | Maverick: He was my R.I.O., my responsibility. In Hop 19, Maverick abandons his wingman Hollywood to pursue Viper. Goose has a mustache, whereas his vb double does not have a mustache, his hair is thicker and not the same color, and the shape of his face is visibly different than Goose. He arrives at Charlie's house with one on. WebViper tells Maverick that Viper served with Duke while both were assigned with VF-51 aboard the USS Oriskany. That's the way to get through the Navy pilots. However, Maverick throwing Goose's dog tags away is actually far more significant than it may appear. Trying to prove something? There was no danger. Callsign We were in the worst dogfight I ever dreamed of. Now Viper knows what it takes to be an A-list fighter pilot, and he knows just which buttons to push, especially when it comes to Maverick. That is not what the US Navy should encourage. Affiliation During a Tactical Aircrew Combat Training System (TACTS) briefing, Maverick tells Charlie, ""If I reversed on a hard cross I could immediately go to guns on him." Yeah, your old man did it right. Charlie hands Maverick the dinner invitation and the closeup of the invitation is a completely different piece of paper than the full shot. However, with the whole SS Layton crisis going on, and the hangar only having recently received news of Goose's passing, it isn't unlikely that it they would have put off cleaning out his locker. During the graduation party, Viper calls Maverick, Iceman (and his RIO Slider), and Hollywood (and his RIO Wolfman) to deal with a crisis situation, in which the SS Layton had become disabled and lost in hostile territory. When the discussion starts Maverick takes off his sunglasses. 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. 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. VF-51, the Oriskany. Viper : I flew with your old man. Top Gun Viper In reality, an AWACs such as an E-2C would be first guiding the F-14s towards their targets, allowing the F-14s to use passive intercept. The RIO or an E-2C controller would be in a better position to state what is happening. No F-4 squadrons ever deployed in Oriskany. WebViper tells Maverick, "that's not something the State Department tells dependents when the battle occurred over the wrong line on some map," in reference to the death of Maverick's father. When the F-14 engines flame out before the flat spin, Goose says, "Engine one is out," and the next shot shows the number two (right) engine "flaming out." When the crew sings You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling, they omit the second verse, and change the line "But baby, baby I know it" to "But baby, believe me, I know it." Commander Mike "Viper " Metcalf is a naval aviator and an instructor at TOPGUN. Jester states," All right, gentlemen, we have a hop to take. A good pilot is compelled to evaluate what's happened, so he can apply what he's learned. The correct word in this case is "ensure" as in 'to guarantee.'. The interior is usually freezing to protect the electronics thus he would not sweat. Viper Goose 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. Following the flat spin and ejection sequence, Goose was wearing an MBU-14/P oxygen mask. : Their radar signals can be backtracked to their source as well, but all they do is give the enemy a general idea of where the carrier is, and by the time they worked out the exact location, F-14s would be in position to intercept any hostile aircraft. Viper Iceman radios "I need another 20 seconds then I've got him" yet he is flying extremely close to the bandit. 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. I flew with your old man. Maverick and Goose wear random patches on their flight suits which is incorrect in reality. VF-51 never served aboard the Oriskany, and they flew F-8 Crusaders in 1965, the year Maverick's father was shot down. He's your typical, no nonsense, high-ranking naval aviator. (1) Failure to obey instructor's directions: making a kill below the hard deck (Maverick vs. Jester). This is a a large mistake as one, Maverick and Goose have encountered an enemy aircraft close for the first time, two, other staff like intelligence officers would like to know what they saw. Viper You gotta let him go. Corsairs were on the Oriskany then. Maverick claims to have been in an "inverted" dive w/ the MiG-28. He was a natural heroic son of a bitch that one. 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. : (At around 48m) His fate is important, as it shows what Maverick could become if he allows fear and loss to affect him - something which comes into play more than once inTop Gun. Viper Biographical information Viper is a Vietnam War vet who flew a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II along side Duke. This is easily identifiable because the red light that is supposed to be on the port side of the plane is on the starboard side. Stockdale was shot down in 1965 and spent the rest of the war as a POW. And worse. : In the showers, Slider was sitting on the bench. First one dies you die too, but there will be others. : There'll be no disgrace. : He had the shot, and took it. That is disrespectful. Viper. There'd be no disgrace. [Jester and Viper watch a frustrated Maverick walk off after having a falling out with Sundown]. There are no such things as inverted flight tanks. Maverick launches in an F-14 bearing a 104 on the nose. In the training Hops, both Merlin and a blue-helmeted pilot can be seen in Maverick's RIO seat. : : Once identified, it is referred to as a "friendly" (for friendly aircraft), "bandit" (for non-friendly aircraft) or "hostile" (for non-friendly aircraft that may be fired at). In the very first flight, some of the shots show Maverick and Merlin together instead of Goose. The serial number, which is unique and does not change, is painted in much smaller characters on the side of the fuselage below the tail. Starting 26:29. Here's whatTop Gun's ending really means. : Good luck. while holding a plane model in front of his face. 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