A Top Gun for the newer generation!!!

**Swoop** · 10th August 2006, 11:31

About damn time.

Just a shame it may be some of the final footage of the venerable F-14 Tomcat.

http://www.speedandangels.com/

**Indiana_Jones** · 10th August 2006, 11:39

It just needs that pumping 80's soundtrack man

-Indy

**Big Dave** · 10th August 2006, 13:50

I didn't watch the clip - is it another story with wooden acting and bogus Yank hype then?

**ManDownUnder** · 10th August 2006, 14:04

Originally Posted by Big Dave

I didn't watch the clip - is it another story with wooden acting and bogus Yank hype then?

More doco drama... not too unbearable...

**Indiana_Jones** · 10th August 2006, 14:39

Originally Posted by Big Dave

I didn't watch the clip - is it another story with wooden acting and bogus Yank hype then?

Dude the acting was gold! as was the dialouge

And it's not about USA etc. It's about the music, the boys and being the best

-Indy

**Indiana_Jones** · 10th August 2006, 14:56

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Originally Posted by Indiana_Jones

Commander Heatherly (Jester): Now, I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our Commanding Officer at Top Gun -- very first man to win the Top Gun trophy. You will not find a finer fighter pilot anywhere in the world: Commander Mike Metcalf -- callsign "Viper."

Metcalf: Gentlemen, you are the top 1% of all naval aviators -- the elite, the BEST of the best. We'll make you better. Fly at least two combat missions a day, attend classes in between, and evaluations of your performance. Now in each combat sequence you're going to meet a different challenge. Every encounter is going to be much more difficult. We're going to teach you to fly the F-14 right to the edge of the envelop, faster than you've ever flown before -- and more dangerous. Now, we don't make policy here, gentlemen. Elected officials, civilians, do that. We are the instruments of that policy. And although we're not at war, we must always act as though we are at war.

Goose: [to Maverick] What are you doing?

Metcalf: ...We're the tip of the spear.

Maverick: I'm just wondering --

Metcalf: And you best be sharp.

Maverick: -- who's the best?

Metcalf: In case some of you wonder who the best is, they're up here on this plaque on the wall. The best driver and his RIO from each class has his name on it. And they have the option to come back here to be Top Gun instructors. You think you're name's going to be on that plaque? [to Maverick].

Maverick: Yes, sir.

Metcalf: That's pretty arrogant considering the company you're in.

Maverick: Yes, sir.

Metcalf: I like that in a pilot. Just remember when it's over out there, we're all on the same team. Gentlemen, this school is about combat. There are no points for second place. Dismissed.

-Indy

**gav** · 10th August 2006, 20:12

Theres two "o"s in Goose.....

**pyrocam** · 10th August 2006, 20:13

trust indy to be first to reply lol

**marty** · 10th August 2006, 20:41

i played top gun today. feeling a bit shattered now though. worse thing was the asians in the ardmore circuit wondering why i was weaving all over the centreline on finals......

**marty** · 10th August 2006, 20:44

actually the worst thing was falling into an inverted spin after falling off the top of a stall turn.

after that, flying upside down from the ardmore circuit to mercer is worth a mention....