Elvis
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That reminds me, where does the nick name "Spad" come from, in reference to the Skyraider? (and yes, I already know it was French fighter plane duiring WWI).
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That reminds me, where does the nick name "Spad" come from, in reference to the Skyraider? (and yes, I already know it was French fighter plane duiring WWI).
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Elvis
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Zippythehog
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Thanks!
I was searching the connection for Frau Blücher in Young Frankenstein and stumbled upon the Cruiser of the same name. That lead to wikipedia and the battle of Drøbak Sound.
Viking1066
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Watched my son's team win in Buffalo. It should be an interesting AFC Championship game.
J.A.W.
Banned
Yeah, I concur, after finally getting around to watching it. Dumb, but all the tropes in the right places, so fun it is.
I guess the Navy fliers who watched it likely knew the P-51 Maverick keeps as a pet was Cruise's own plane?
Maybe he'd blown the CGI budget on close-up facial 'deep fake' imagery to lose the wrinkles in the bed scene,
but c'mon an F8F Bearcat in Blue Angels livery ought to have been there - rather than his Mustang, an Airforce bird.
Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
Next thing you know, you'll be telling us about his rock star girlfriend.
Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
I thought the Blue Angels flew F6F's.
J.A.W.
Banned
Was that after the wing-tip explosive-bolt departure stunt in the F8F went horribly wrong?
Elvis
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AFAIK, The F6F's were the original Blue Angel planes.
Zippythehog
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SPOILER ALERT
My wife and I saw the movie together. She maintains that everything after the test plane break up is Maverick's death dream. He reconciles with Goose's son, and Penny. He gets to fly the F-14 one more time.
The mission they go on, they call the AAA firing convergence, "coffin corner." Coffin corner is where an airplane flies at a high altitude and can't slow-because of low speed, rarified air stall, but can't accelerate because the aircraft is at Max mach. That is where the experimental airplane comes apart. He gets to literally ride into the sunset with the girl and leaves the Naval aviators with his wisdom, his legacy.
So, yes a little corn in the plot but perhaps a little depth.
My wife and I saw the movie together. She maintains that everything after the test plane break up is Maverick's death dream. He reconciles with Goose's son, and Penny. He gets to fly the F-14 one more time.
The mission they go on, they call the AAA firing convergence, "coffin corner." Coffin corner is where an airplane flies at a high altitude and can't slow-because of low speed, rarified air stall, but can't accelerate because the aircraft is at Max mach. That is where the experimental airplane comes apart. He gets to literally ride into the sunset with the girl and leaves the Naval aviators with his wisdom, his legacy.
So, yes a little corn in the plot but perhaps a little depth.
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J.A.W.
Banned
Ok, but the F8F is way more 'Maverick' than a 'monkey barrel F6F' that barely escaped target-drone duty, surely?
Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
Regardless, either one would be more "correct" than a P-51, for a USN flying stunt team.
J.A.W.
Banned
Clever, & plausible filler for the gaping plot-hole, but what about the pending sequel?
Ghost rider in the sky?
Or will he emulate Hunter S. Thompson & ride his OG Kawasaki H2, (yeah the 750 triple), across the city at midnight, high on LSD?
J.A.W.
Banned
Dunno 'bout Cloris in Y-F, but damn, Madeline sure put on a hot, sexy turn, trying to get Peter to ah, monster her...
Lucky13
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F6F? F8F?
Heck, had I been Maverick I'd have kept a F4U-4 Corsair as a pet, possibly even a Skyraider as well!
Heck, had I been Maverick I'd have kept a F4U-4 Corsair as a pet, possibly even a Skyraider as well!
J.A.W.
Banned
Grumman!F6F? F8F?
Heck, had I been Maverick I'd have kept a F4U-4 Corsair as a pet, possibly even a Skyraider as well!
(Although, you'd maybe think Cruise could afford an A4K...
What is the US/NZ $ exchange rate? Usually 'bout 1/2 a buck for a Kiwi?)
Escuadrilla Azul
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drgondog
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Turned the clock back - way back. We watched South Pacific. Enjoyed it.
