On 2007-05-06 10:50:02 -0700, Bugs66 said:

http://www.airventure.org/2007/news/070503_movie.html

Something is very wrong when the cheesy movie Top Gun wins over 12
O'clock High, Waldo Pepper, and Spirit of St. Louis. It shouldn't
even be on the list among the other great movies. I think the vote
was rigged!

In my opinion Top Gun is one of the dumbest aviation movies I have
ever seen. I remember seeing it in the theater when it opened, I was
only 17. I had just earned my pilots license and even then I thought
the movie was dumb. The only reason I went to see it was the late
great Art Scholl was killed making it and I wanted to pay my
respect.

For you guys who voted for Top Gun, maybe you should spend a rainy
afternoon watching the classics and you might learn something.

End of rant.

Top Gun. Isn't that the movie about a brittle Navy pilot who screws up
and gets his best friend killed, goes bonkers, sleeps with the
psychiatrist who is supposed to be evaluating him, single-handedly
becomes an ace in only one dogfight, then displays his anti-authority
attitude by buzzing his commander?

"You can be my wing man anytime." "No, you can be MY wing man."

Great dialog. Makes my list as one of the worst aviation movies of all time.

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Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor