I feel like the F-14 is pretty easy jet to fly. In fact, I think you could go about 30 years without flying it, run up on an old one, say in a hangar somewhere, hop in and pick up right where you left off, max perf takeoff and fly with extreme precision in life or death situations. I just get that feeling.
Maybe. But only if you had an unqualified RIO who knew where all the circuit breakers were.
Same. I was always "of course racism and any kind of discrimination is wrong" from 0-age 23. At age 23 I was stricken with physical maladies out of the blue that completely re-worked the course of my life - against my wishes. One of the things I was able to be introduced to is WHY discrimination is so bad (and potentially soul killing). 0-23 was rote, age 23 on was a deeply personal knowledge. I would never appropriate MLK Jr day or tell anyone I understood what integrating Little Rock Central or sitting at a lunch counter while rednecks beat you was - but I have tasted discrimination and it is personal.
There is scuttlebutt about Top Gun 3. If I had a choice it would have nothing to do with Rooster or any of the other protagonists in the last movie. It could be a prequel that explains the entire thing that led up to Mavericks father being shot down with Viper as his wingman in Phantoms in SE Asia. Star Wars did prequels why can't Top Gun? I know there aren't enough period correct airplanes flying to make this work but DCS is getting pretty realistic and the production could punch up the footage to make it even better for a film. If it doesn't actually have to fly you can build almost anything to film on the ground. Look at the SR-72 in the last movie. The Oriskany is a reef now so some CGI would be required.
There's a large percentage of people who think Flight of the Intruder is a better movie than Top Gun, I like both equally.
Whew.
It could also be Maverick finally hangs it up and walks into Delta/Fedex/UPS or any other large/legacy airline as a wide body street captain and his trials and tribulations that follow. But that would be a horrible movie.
He better get to it. Less than 4 years before retirement….plot twist. Signs with Envoy to get the signing bonus. Leaves after 2 years.
Maybe he goes private flying the absolute latest jet large cabin jet available for an evil billionaire and spends a month in class every time a new jet comes out. It could happen.
In reverse. Some people thrive on chaos, I prefer to avoid it. Barry Seal is a legend for a reason, that's why they made a movie about him.
