"You're a helluva instinct of pilot, maybe too good. I still can't believe it, I'm gonna give you your dream shot. You two characters are going to TOP GUN! For the next five weeks your gonna fly against the best pilots in the Navy. Cougar was no.1, you guys were no.2. Cougar couldn't hack it, turned in his wings."
Great stuff ! Gotta go dig out the DVD and watch it again.
Service to my Country 9/61 - 2/03 US Navy - HS-3, VX-1, HS-7 (USS Intrepid, USS Wasp, USS Yorktown) Va National Guard - 229th Cbt Avn Co US Coast Guard - E City CGAS, CGC Morro Bay, RTC Yorktown NOAA - Co-op Observer 1983 - present
If you pop on to Youtube and search for "The making of Topgun" there's a 2 part documentary (about 2 hrs 30mins) that's a really interesting, behind the scenes look at the movie etc.
Stew
"There is an art … to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."