A CH-53 helicopter is dispatched to rescue the unfortunate F-14 crew who were shot down. Now, one of the points that was driven home during the dogfight is that once Iceman’s wingman (Hollywood and Wolfman) has been shot down, Maverick’s is the only other plane in the air, and “both catapults” are broken (on a ship with three catapults IRL…) so no other fighters can launch. The response is, “Negative, Ghostrider, the pattern is full…” so they buzz the ship anyway. Maybe someone can suggest a logical reason for the following, which has become the one flaw in the movie that annoys me more than any other.Īfter the “climactic” dogfight (the one where Tom Cruise fires the same AIM-9 Sidewinder five times - don’t even get me started about that…) against the “MiG 32’s”:rolleyes:, Maverick and Iceman (who is flying on one engine, BTW) request permission for a high-speed flyby of the carrier. This has been bugging me since I re-watched Top Gun out of sheer boredom while the Starz channels were showing it every two hours for the last month.
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