Maverick is the Top GunThe global box office hit is hugely successful with this film and one of the reasons that is being given credit for the film’s runaway success is that rather than relying on CGI, Maverick used real fighter jets for the film’ action. This action is quite amazing, but Tom Cruise was told by a professional fighter pilot that he wouldn’t do it again.
All Actual flying scenes MaverickAn actor was paired up with a fighter pilot.Who did the flying while the actor performed the scenes for the camera. One of Maverick is the Top Gun’s biggest moments comes when Tom Cruise’s character flies his jet only about 50 feet above the ground, this obviously puts the jet close to crashing. According to The New York TimesThe jet was so close that it kicked up dirt and caused cameras to shake. It was enough to shake the professional fighter pilot.
Both Top GunMovies often make reference to the “hard deck,”Pilots must maintain an altitude of at least 3,000 feet during training. I’ll admit that as a kid, I never understood what the hard deck was for, as obviously during actual combat no pilot would hold themselves to an arbitrary altitude limit. However, Maverick is the Top GunThe limit was established to ensure safety of both pilots and expensive jets.
So flying so close to the ground is something most pilots don’t have a lot of experience doing, and the margin for error is very slim, making the possibility for accidents only greater. It is hard to believe that the film could have done things that were not allowed in normal training. Maverick is the Top GunTimes reporter Joseph Kosinski, director of the Navy explained that it came down to the fact the Navy had a lot of people making decisions. Top Gun fanboys. Kosinski says…
All of the admirals in charge today were either 21 or close to that age when they joined. They were supportive and allowed us to do crazy things.
It’s an often repeated story that Navy recruitment went through the roof following the release of the original film, even though apparently Navy pilots are sometimes a bit too passionate about their love of the sea. Top Gun. It’s pretty wild to consider that some of the people who were inspired by the first film to join up have now been promoted to positions in the last 35 years that puts them in charge of making decisions when The long awaited Top GunFollowingIt is finally possible.