Top Gun: Maverick: Is It Realistic?
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Top Gun: Maverick: Is It Realistic?
Top Gun is an iconic aviation film among movie fans and stunt pilots alike. But just how much of the film was realistic, and what parts of the movie are things pilots only dream about?
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in the movie, when you see maverick flying the old f-14, you can actually see that the ejection seat is unarmed, which is why rooster couldnt eject
The ghost of Goose did it.
@@01sevensix why would goose try to kill his own son?
@@jaaaaaaax Goose doesn't have a great track record of ejecting. And by staying in...hangman saved them.
@@01sevensix 😂😂😂😂😂
@@01sevensix Well, damn. Goose had a wife and a kid but apparently a F-14A canopy didn’t give a damn
This video only reinforced how badass this movie was. One of the all time best sequels ever made!!
One of the all time best movies ever made
Shot down Pilots getting on to an Enemy Airbase in time of war and trying to steal an aircraft to escape??? Actually been attempted three times to my Knowledge during WWII and all three of them made it on to film in some form!!!
1. Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, a LUftwaffe Me-109 pilot was shot down over the UK during the Battle of Britain. Escaped from a POW camp and got onto an RAF Airfield. He was caught in the Cockpit of a Hawker Hurricane while trying to start it. He later escaped from a POW camp in Canada and managed to get into the USA before they entered WWII and managed to get back to Germany. The British made a film about him in 1957 called "The one that got away"
2. Leutnant Heinz Schnabel and Oberleutnant Harry Wappler were German Luftwaffe bomber pilots also shot down over the UK during the Battle of Britain. in late 1941, both escaped from a POW camp in Cumbria, managed to get on to a RAF Training airfield and stole a Miles Magister trainer. Had the weather to the west not been bad, they would have flown to Neutral Ireland and got away. However they flew down to Norfolk with the intent to cross the North Sea over to Holland, only to find that they were running out of fuel and had to land 5 miles inland. Their attempts to get some more fuel saw them get recaptured.
3. Two RAF Pilots, Flight Lieutenant Walter Morison and Flight Lieutenant Lorne Welch escaped from the Infamous Stalag Luft III POW camp in Germany in June 1943 dressed as Luftwaffe Ground Crew. They managed to get on to a Luftwaffe airfield and made two attempts to steal a Luftwaffe aircraft (with them hiding on the base over night between the two attempts!!)The first they aborted after the real crew turned up and in the second, they were recaptured while trying to start the thing. They both ended up in Colditz. Both this and the story above were combined into one of the escapes shown in the Film "The Great Escape" that was a fictional account of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III which happened in March 1944.
The main problem for all of these attempts were the pilots didn't know the aircraft that they were trying to steal, so they didn't know how to start them. Not a problem that Maverick would have on this film, like the a number of ground crew who stole aircraft in the 1950's, 60's and 80's (One RAF Aircraftsman (crashed it) One Dutch Airman (forced landing), One USAF Sgt (Crashed it) , One USMC Cpl (flew a circuit and landed it).
Col. Bruce Carr was shot down and managed to steal a FW 190 and fly back to base.
@@duncanevy Didn't know about that one, Lucky for him that the Fw-190's engine control system was pretty much fully automatic once he had got the thing started.
@@richardvernon317 That is exactly what is said in the article I read. LOL
Who can forget the famous airshow pilot Bob Hoover? He escaped POW camp as well!
Actually it happened more than that bob Hoover (who I had the honor of meeting) was a ww2 fighter pilot who got shot down and captured and set to stalag 1 he then escaped with a couple other guys and stole a fw190 and bob flew it back to allied lines the other guys got back their own ways
1:04 - the script for the movie was first written in 2012, then rewritten after tony scott’s death later on in 2016 with the technical advisory help of navy top gun instructors, notably the guy featured in this video. Back in that period the F35C wasn’t operational in the USN. The movie was shot in 2018, and only released this year, but if you imagine the events actually taking place before 2020 it all makes sense (except that even last decade I’m pretty sure that the USAF would have been involved to at least provide ‘top cover’ via a long range flight of F22s if it was suspected that the strike team may encounter SU-57s).
Airforce assistance wasn't necessary... they already had Maverick and Hangman.
This is 1st movie for last 10 years which I was watching with tension! Then I got from store Top Gun #1 and it was nice, but ... #2 is the top of the best ones ever made!
"Top Gun" has been a tradition since the Navy Fighter Weapon School started, no matter what branch or job held. I was in the FDC for an artillery unit in the army and we conducted our own "tests" within the post/division for "top gun" (for the cannon crew) and top FDC (for us). A tradition that is never going to go away. Side note: we won top FDC every time.
i have never watched a movie 3 times. I watched this in the theatre 3 times. I have now seen some flaws but I think I might do it again in some weeks if it's still around.
Navy/USMC pilots are some of the most competent people I've ever met - definitely not that many walking talking egos. More like strong minded, decisive nerds who just happen to be able to bench 300lb. Most were highly intelligent and considerate individuals, very good leaders. The assholes were rare (they did exist) and did stand out as exceptions - they were also not around long.
The teams (team building exercises) with the pilots always won, (SOS-AF) because they were positive, team players and wouldn't quit. They could push just enough, without going over the rules in place.
Any pilot that can land on an airfield which is trying to run away from you has to be good. Add to that the fact that to refuel in the air you have a situation which is like trying to push a rope rather than pulling it.
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A bird strike actually penetrated the canopy of a Hawk T1 jet in the UK just two days ago, almost causing a loss of aircraft.
I think Dave Burk is being really generous. The final scene would never ever happen in real life. What Dave is doing is selling a movie.
I agree
The F14 is actually active in the Iran Air Force I think
@kpnmn99 that’s not what they were talking about
Yes they are
They do have them but not sure if they are still flying. There are no parts left for them
Iranians are doing to their F-14's what the Cubans have been doing to old cars from the 40's and 50's. Probably several squadrons of "hangar queens".
The IRIAF has ~40 airworthy Tomcats.
You're correct in saying that the F-14 is not flown by any country in the West. However, it is still active in Iran's air force, even if rarely flown. Ironically and probably inline with the movie, Iran is actively pursuing nuclear weapons of which the West does not agree with. The storyline, however implausible, is not illogical nor impossible. The movie works.😊....and is actually pretty damn good 👍
IIRC They still have 6 F-14 in total.
@@daedalron ~40 that are still airworthy.
No issues with an ejection seat not working? In the US Navy maybe.
Ejection seats require manteinance and have an expiration date. Third world countries in many cases will miss those, specially if there is an embargo.
Not to mention the possibility that personnel at the enemy base may have been mucking around with it and messed up the ejection system. After all, the radar and radio weren't working initially.
The reason it didn’t is because it was not readied, you have to remove the safety pins and prep them on the ground on the ground otherwise they won’t fire
It's putting your hat ON the bar. The bartop is often custom created at unit style bars. We had a similar rule where there was no hat on the bar. You don't wear your hat indoors in the military and every branch knows this whether enlisted or an especially an officer.
PENNY BENJAMIN looks pretty good for approaching 60 LOL
The enemy air defence system was deliberately shown to be inadequate to make this movie possible. In the real world there would be sensitive microphones in the valleys to detect intrusion below radar levels
Or even observation posts
An F-14 vs SU-57 🤣🤣
@@leonscott3541 That's why they are heroes. They can do the impossible. Thank heavens it was a Tomcat. It could just be a P51
Or what Korea did, and have wires hung throughout the valley.
@@zach11241 Wow. Balloons is another option
It's not meant to be realistic... its a movie... its entertainment!!
True but the more realistic It is the better. Also, when a chunk of your audience is knowledgeable it makes it good to them too.
No shit sherlock but the movie was advertised to be realistic and its on cartoon level realistic. Doesn't change the fact that it's cool
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just a couple of things, I doubt anyone could survive a mach 10 ejection., and no mater how many friends you have you would never fly again if you take an unauthorized flight. The Navy does not tolerate rule breakers, especially at the top levels, or really anyone that risks equipment. But it was a good movie I saw it 2 times.
The movie does not claim that Maverick ejected at Mach 10+, only that the engines overheated and self-destructed. I would imagine that Maverick rode the plane down to a MUCH slower and lower position before ejecting. The plane could even have had an ejection capsule for the pilot like the F-111. If the plane had not been destroyed, it could have been checked after landing to prove there was nothing wrong with the radio. The test flight was approved when Maverick took off but the admiral had ordered him by radio to abort the test and return to base. Regardless, a piloted mach-10+ R&D aircraft would have belonged to the US Air Force - NOT Navy. The idea is stupid.
we the argentineans did things far more difficults on Malvinas war. We have reasons to believe that the movie has been inspired on our pilots manouvers and missions.
Iran still flies F-14’s
The most realistic thing about this movie is the plan of flying into 30 SAM sites 😂
I know we talked about this film a great deal, but I just love the practical effects
Aviator sunglasses and jackets are issued to all Naval Aviators, not only fighter pilots
F-14 ejection seats only work if their crew is good. Navy had great ground crews, other countries who knows.
Also the safeties need to be removed so if they didn’t pull the pin the rockets won’t fire
Low flight?...Argentinians A-4 pilots set the bar so high...
Bird strike took out a potential moon Walker in his T38… it happens.
On edit, I thought it was CC Williams, but his was mechanical failure. Ted Freeman was hit by a snow goose.
Top Gun: Maverick: Is It Realistic? Who gives a shit..it was entertaining 👍
Interestingly, Darkstar is the generic callsign presently given to the AWACS aircraft!
Darkstar is actually a callsign from the Aurora project in the 90s
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While watching this movie, I saw a remake of Star Wars. The jet fighters sequences were a carbon copy of the climatic ending scene to destroy the death star with the Millenium Falcon and Imperial TIE Fighters of which Darth Vader was at the helm of one.
Yeah?
Well that Star Wars a carbon copy of the Dam Buster operation back in WW2
What's next? You gonna call Area 88, Afterburners and Ace Combat a cheap copycats??
I don’t really understand the point you’re making. Fast ingress and egress using mountains (or trenches and tunnels in Star Wars) would be pretty common. We even do it with helicopters.
F-14 Tomcats are still very much in service in Iranian Airforce
Great , now get me a SU-57 pilot to talk about the scenes with their planes . :P
Awesome
Realistic or not This movie is Awesome a real blockbuster movie
Naval Aviators are not issued RayBan 'Aviator' shades. It used to be AO FG-58s, but I'm not sure what they are issued now.
Iran uses the f14, the seat didn’t work because they didn’t arm it and pull the safety pins
Iran currently flies the F-14 despite the long running US embargo.
Hey, it's a movie. All sorts of sh*t happens in the movies . . .
Realistic in those high morale fighter pilots
1. GPS jamming is the reason that they can't use F-35? Not plausible: First, F-35 can still drop laser or other method guided projectiles; secondly, if GPS jamming is so effective, the US won't be able to use most of its modern precision guided arsenal against any stronger nations
So, if GPS jamming is a false excuse, US can actually bomb the factory by cruise missiles, dropped by stealth planes e.g F-35 or B-2
Even for some unexplainable reason they really can't use GPS guided missiles for this mission, why not using cruise missiles which used terrain following guidance? Just need to ask LM restore the capability for certain units.
But back to first, I don't believe at all GPS jamming is so effective that US won't be able to use GPS guided weapons, otherwise US won't have almost all surface strike projectiles guided by mainly GPS
2. The air defense setup is ridiculous, highly guarded by S-125 Neva (SA-3), which is even elder than F-14? Paramount should make this part more plausible by putting some S-300 or S-400 in the valley, with 9K33 Osa (SA-8) for short range protection
3. There is absolutely no emergency to bomb an enrichment factory, which takes years to produce enough weapon grade U235 for a nuke warhead, and you don't really need to bomb the factory, just take out its electricity while in operation is even more effective than bomb the factory and much easier. Claiming "not to pollute the area" is the reason to bomb the factory before its operation is super ridiculous, US military never cares about "collateral damage" especially about environment, so many nuke tests in Pacific Ocean, so much agent orange dumped in Vietnamn, so many depleted Uranium shells all over the world (from M-1 main gun).....
I think the reason for using the f-18's and I could be wrong here is that, this was possibly a covert mission. Would have been easier to point out the USA was to blame for attacking that bunker if they used a missile from afar. And possibly for the F-35's not being used, maybe it would have been too obvious as to who attacked their stronghold.
@@PhilipCamps You are not serious, right? In the ridiculous mission they got shot down, twice! And knowingly when they design the mission that they are more likely to loose some units then all come home safely.
And, no Growler covering even if for any ridiculous reason you can't use F-35?
Lastly, all other F/A-18E/F operators are absolutely not possible to be an attacker
Isn't Aurora one of those ' I can neither confirm or deny ' MOD projects??
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Thought the helicopter scene was unrealistic. Kill a valuable asset like a downed American pilot?
Miss you Goose!
We all do!
Another fact check... surviving a breakup at Mach 10 is not possible.
Whaddaya mean ? Tom Cruise did it and got away with it . . .
Movie did not say he ejected at Mach 10
it is quite likely the cockpit stayed intact and rapidly slowed during its decent towards the ground.
Please make me understand why those tomcats weren't destroyed by those sams when they were flying above 100 feet towards the enemy airstrip
The reason is simple. You don’t show your best cards to the Chinese when they are obviously looking. Let them see old tech. Maybe they’ll catch up if the democrats sell our new tech to them.
Anyhow in any atmosphere there was no field to say that a old F14 can kill a Su57.
what about the vertical orientation freeze frame stall move by the enemy plane? the "what the fuck was that" move...
Amazed
Awesome movie.
What abou the scene where they fly under the bridge?
What I want to know would be true or just Hollywood- original top gun, the graduation scene where Iceman is given the trophy and he seems to be close with an older officer- dad/family perhaps. So straight laced Iceman perhaps with family legacy behind him becomes the pacific commander. Can fighter pilots even be admirals? Also, maverick- would a lone wolf, un promotable captain even last in the navy - given his accomplishments but also his blunders? Would someone like iceman (admiral)even be in a position to place/help maverick as depicted, seeing how everyone outranking maverick seemed to hold a grudge. Could an admiral be best bros with a captain like this?
Fighter Pilots become Admirals & CNOs. Iceman as an Admiral had a lot of pull in the Navy. That might explain as to how he was able to save Maverick from getting fired / grounded.
Quite many inaccuracies in the movie...but the way they craft the story, is enjoyable.
The hondo(?) Guy comes to mind...i mean... what's his actual role in the navy?
Cheif warrant officer, it's in the credits
@@brianburkhard5209 so...he works in the flight test center control room as controller, in the field as smt like a drill sergeant or smt, then go up an aircraft carrier to work as...um...what does the green vest guys do on the carrier?
Top gun was using real jets but not the other jets thow but yea
Dude, Iran has F-14s…
I specifically stated “in the west”.
Realistic? Do test pilots go beyond the test plan, wreck multibillion dollar test aircraft and walk away without consequence? I've seen less bullsh*t on a cow pasture. Nice action scenes for all that
Need to do some better research, Iran still has some old F14s flying.
Correct. I stated “In the West”
they said that all of the flying was real but I want to know if they really flew under the bridge when they were filming this. Does anybody know?
the country in this movie has to be iran as that is the only country currently flying f-14 tomcats.
makes sense why the flying was realistic because they did go through training and fly planes but the darkstar isnt a thing yet but its close to the american spy plane know as the SR-17 Blackbird cool plane doesnt exist anymore fastest plane to ever be in the air yeah you get the point
SR-71*
Why will there be a SR 72?
Plus they had just been bombed and there was chaos all over the air Strip
My thought as well.
Ok when I say the movie you know it was realistic except for Maverick going between 2 planes if that happened in real life the fighter jets would and you would be dead
Bell is very real. Found out when picking up the husband from the club, (before cell phones) and the bartender wouldn't make eye contact with me, when trying to order. So- I rang the bell, much cheering erupted followed by a soon to be emptied wallet. Never did that again!
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There is no 2 seats F35?
No
7:23 Tom "shorty" Cruise.
5th generation fighters in the hands of rogue nations is not realistic (if not Saudi Arabia or the USA included in this list of nations).
Videos like this are nothing more than people trying to get the spotlight onto them so they can feel cool. I don't care if its completely unrealistic or not. The fact either way is no one will ever be Maverick, Goose, or Ice Man. LOL
What are you talking about lol a lot of ppl cared.
Making the move as realistic as possible if actually a big deal. There are millions of people who are knowledgeable about military and aircraft and they appreciate when things are done well and accurate. Just Bc you are not knowledgeable about any of it doesn’t mean others are the same. If they did it like so many other movies that don’t care about details then you lose the interest of a big chunk of the audience. You sound pretty ignorant
@@enginepy I'd love for you to point to where in my comment I stated my level of knowledge or lack of knowledge about Navy aircraft.
Also, you are literally the type of person my comment was describing LOL
@@jasonroberts9788 The main purpose of the communication of people from similar backgrounds is to put the spotlight on yourself so you can feel cool, got it.
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What I want to know is if Russian 5th generation fighters outclass a F-18 as much as the movie shows and if that flying close to the ground scene really screws with targeting. I know F-35's dramatically outclass F-15's, but our fighter tech is best in the world. I would like to see some science showing the ground messing up targeting.
Goggle Multipath Reflection or Multipath propagation. Radar or Laser beam hits target aircraft and is reflected. Aircraft is not a perfect reflector. Some energy is reflected back to the emitter, but most of it is not. If the photons reflected off the target (at low level) outside of the field of view of the sensors on the emitter hit something like water they can be reflected again into the sensor's field of view. The sensor will now see multiple target returns due to the same energy its looking for coming into it from different angles at almost the same range. IR heat off the engines will do the same thing. A Radar Guided Missile I worked on suffered from this very problem. Over Land it was capable of shooting down targets down to 200 feet AGL no problem. Fire it at a low level target over a clam sea and 9 times out of ten, the missile would lock on to the target's reflection off the sea and the missile would dive into the sea in front of the target.
@@richardvernon317 Richard, thank you for taking the time to write up this explanation. It was extremely interesting, and I'm glad you had the chance to work on those systems; sounds like a hell of a job!
Also, typically is an aircraft is moving at high speed and very low altitude, flying perpendicular to the pursuer, the radar may have trouble. Not as much as they showed in the movie, but it does happen
Actually hiding in ground clutter is a realistic and utilized strategy though it isn’t perfect
More like they wouldn't let actors even touch an F35
No
Wait so they actually filmed the actors in the actual planes? That's really cool but seems unnecessary.
Actors were all filmed flying in the back seat of a Rialto equipped F/A-18F then through the magic of CGI placed in other aircraft.
I was hoping it would mention the crazy move the SU done to get behind the American fighter. I would like to know if that move is possible.
It is absolutely possible with trust vector control which the SU-57 shown in the film and few other jets like the F-22 and SU-27 poses.
Yep it's a real thing, I forget the term for it. Essentially a controlled stall/spin. Impossible without thrust vectoring.
@@wallywest2360 Super-maneuverability
I doubt Iranians could do it.
Weren't the pilots training for the mission all the top graduates of the Top gun Course themselves. So Maverick should not be that much better.
No. They were the best in their classes, but this was the first top gun course they have been apart of. Everyone was a newbie except maverick, and the guy played by John Hamm.
Even the graduates of Too Gun are nowhere near as good as the instructors in real life. Some will go on to become instructors in the future but total flight hours is what makes you good. It’s like a fresh college graduate vs a senior VP at a company. Same education but the VP has experience and knows much more about everything (but don’t tell the millennials that!)
Maverick had 30 years of real life experiences - which beats ANY school.
Gooses death wasn’t realistic because the canopy would have been launched backwards not up
Actually that isn't true. There was a timing issue between canopy being blown off and then ejection of a crew member. There actually was a death like Goose's. A video with an older Top Gun pilot confirmed this.
Its a real propaganda movie ?
How bout ejecting at 10.2 mach? Can you survive?
It is virtually impossible! The video we just posted breaks it down!
The Darkstar was likely equipped with an ejection pod/capsule like the F-111, B-58 and the original B-1A.
Top Gun Maverick is a Rerun of the Original PLUS the FIRST STAR WARS film released - Luke Skywalker vs the Death Star!! It's like they watch that StarWars and just Copied it, right down to the X Wing Fighters Training, Planning the Attack, Flying through the Death Star Cavern, having to drop the "Bomb" into the Small Square "spot", the Anti Aircraft Guns (lasers in the case of SW's) and the Dog Fights with the H Wings!! What a BLATANT RIP-OFF!! Go watch that StarWars and then TP Maverick and tell me it isn't a RIP-OFF!!
Wait till you find out the Trench run in Star Wars was based on an even earlier movie about the British airforce during WW2
Flying in using ground and terrain as cover, hitting a precise target, and getting out fast, is kind of a standard thing in combat. Whole planes are designed just for that purpose (B-1 for instance). We also do it with helicopters all the time. I love Star Wars but they didn’t invent any strategies
My ass its propaganda
Realism 0/10
Nice propaganda video
I really wonder. Top gun maverick. From the point of view of military fighter pilots like US Air Force F-15 F-16 pilots, what do they think ? with the maverick's bizarre flight posture against enemy enemy fighter jets and flying test Darkstrar SR-72 maverick's
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What an intelligent comment. Thank you for sharing.