I don't think this has been discussed before...couldn't find anything.
It doesn't take an expert to recognize that Tony Scott's 1986 masterpiece Top Gun is full of garbage regarding naval aviation.
For example, I was watching it earlier and at the beginning Maverick lands on the wires with the tailhook down, but then decides at the last minute to take off again and go save Cougar. This seems very shady to me.
What else in the movie is pure and utter rubbish?
It doesn't take an expert to recognize that Tony Scott's 1986 masterpiece Top Gun is full of garbage regarding naval aviation.
For example, I was watching it earlier and at the beginning Maverick lands on the wires with the tailhook down, but then decides at the last minute to take off again and go save Cougar. This seems very shady to me.
What else in the movie is pure and utter rubbish?