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10 unusual facts about Top Gun


2013–14 Ottawa Senators season

Ryan, who had been the subject of many trade rumours, tweeted "I'm coming in hot, Ottawa", a reference to the Top Gun movie.

Best Guy

Seen by movie critics as a copy of Top Gun, Best Guy was a box-office failure in Japan.

Bionic Commando Rearmed

In redesigning the game's protagonist, Nathan Spencer, Grin cited the characters Iceman from the movie Top Gun and Marty McFly from the Back to the Future series as visual influences in the update.

James A. Winnefeld, Jr.

While an instructor at TOPGUN, he worked with crew from Paramount Pictures on the production of the movie Top Gun.

Landing Signal Officer

LSO's can be seen aiding in the launch and recovery process of F-14's in the beginning of the movie Top Gun.

Open matte

Many films over the years have used this technique, the most prominent of which include Schindler's List and Top Gun.

Ready Five

Ready Five, also referred to as Alert Five in the film Top Gun, is a condition of high alert for aircraft crews on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier, in which they are ready to launch within five minutes.

Super 35

It also received much early publicity for making the cockpit shots in Top Gun possible, since it was otherwise impossible to fit 35 mm cameras with large anamorphic lenses into the small free space in the cockpit.

VF-1

In Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise, during any flight scenes one can clearly see "GOOSE VF-1" on LTJG Nick Bradshaw's (Anthony Edwards') flight helmet, as well as when they are on the USS Enterprise in the opening scenes of the movie, where the tail flash of the VF-1 is clearly visible in some of the shots.

VF-51

In 1985, VF-51 was one of several NAS Miramar based squadrons to participate in the filming of Top Gun.


Andrew J. Kuehn

Mr. Kuehn developed trailers for films including the original Jaws, the Indiana Jones trilogy, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler's List, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The French Connection, The Sting, Funny Girl, Aliens, Top Gun, Back to the Future, JFK, and Witness.

Christine Fox

She previously gained notability during her work at Naval Air Station Miramar, where she was the inspiration for the Top Gun character "Charlie", played by Kelly McGillis in the movie.

Duke Stroud

He also appeared in several films which include The Long Riders, Zoot Suit, Top Gun and most recently Beautiful Dreamer.

G-1 military flight jacket

The G-1 remains a current uniform-issue item in naval aviation for officer and enlisted aviation personnel on flying status in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard (i.e., Naval Aviator, Naval Flight Officer, Naval Flight Surgeon, Naval Aircrewman, etc.) and is arguably best known as the leather flight jacket worn by Tom Cruise in the film Top Gun.

Heaven in Your Eyes

"Heaven in Your Eyes" was a single released in 1986 by the Canadian rock band Loverboy, for the Top Gun soundtrack.

Irving Gertz

Amongst his most recognized works are the music for the western Top Gun in 1955 and many horror films such as The Leech Woman, The Alligator People and Curse of the Undead.

Mighty Wings

In the film Top Gun, the music (without the lyrics) is played in the first training session at Miramar, while the full version with the lyrics played as the credits rolled over the sunset at the end of the film.