The Tomcat is done. No, I'm not speaking of the relationship between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes (though I think everyone wishes that was over), but of the plane Tom flew in his best movie, Top Gun. This was of course of the F-14 Tomcat. This week marks the end for the notorious fighter planes. They're being replaced with F-18 Hornets, which are probably awesome but will never replace the F-14 in the hearts of the many young men who watched Maverick and Goose over and over again throughout their adolescence. Here's to you, Tomcat. You won't be forgotten.
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So depressing.... I used to draw pictures of this beauty. Some of the pictures were with the wings out and some were with the wings in.. Its so sad. The F-18 is an awesome jet but my heart will always be with the ole Tomcat.
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so sad
For Joe...
Top Gun Lerbil
The F-16 flown by Chappie and Doug could destroy the F-14 that Maverick and Goose flew.
Chappie and Doug from Iron Eagle that is.
There is no way in hell that Chappie and Dougy could ever take the F-14.
Iron Eagle is for pussies
Are you kidding??? Chappie may have been shot down, but at least he survived, unlike that pussy, Goose. Besides, could you ever make a tape that was in perfect sequence with what enemy positions Dougy was facing at that moment, after being shot down?
All right, let's get serious. Doug bit the dust in Iron Eagle II b/c he was jacking off to "We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore" in the cockpit. You fly into Russian territory doing that and you're just asking to get shot down.
If he ever went head to head with Maverick, he would get his ass kicked. When Charlie said, "I see some real genius in your flying Maverick, but I can't say that in there" it was b/c he IS the best of the best.
And if Chappy Sinclair tried to come to save Doug's ass, guess who would take him out? Hell yeah -- mother fuckin VIPER, bitches. Quote: "Call me...I'll fly with you."
Maverick is combat tested. Maverick's been ejected and lost his RIO. Maverick was invited back to be a Top Gun instructor b/c was "a hell of an instinct of pilot...maybe too good." Maverick is quite possibly the best fighter pilot to ever live even though he's technically "fictional."
The F-16 is a fine example of a single engine fighter. However, there's only one wing-sweeping, twin-turbine, ass-kicking Tomcat. And there's only one man who flies it at "Mach 2 with his hair on fire" right to the edge of the envelope: Maverick. So, I salute you, F-14. Your days of service have honorable and we shall miss you.
[Cue "Top Gun" theme by Harold Faltermeyer]
True, Doug did bit the dust in Iron Eagle II, but we are talking about Iron Eagle I. Maverick is combat tested, but at what age did he see his first combat??? I believe Doug faced combat while in high school.
If Maverick was so good, then why wasn't there a Top Gun 2? There wasn't a Top Gun 2 because Maverick caught the AIDS on a two week shore-leave in the Dominican.
I salute JT for his attention to detail...
The argument can only teeter so far because when all thing are put to equal Maverick wins.
At the end of Top Gun Maverick and the United States Navy finds it self in the midst of a fictional Cold War between Tomcat's and Migs (which are actually F-5's painted black).
Maverick enters the fight and shoots down 6 enemy migs. 5 kills recorded by any pilot constitutes Ace status. Technically Maverick is an Ace. Dougy on the other hand was out doing loopty loops listening to the Temptations when he was shot down by a mig. Probably still pissed that all of his buddies were killed by one guy. Being a Russian he sniped off a young and week pilot for redemption.
Dougy was killed by a Russian whereas Maverick killed six Russians and flipped them the bird in doing so.
Maverick is an Ace. The supreme predator a Killing machine. Dougy is the equivalent to a baby deer playing in a field. He could have been a good DJ or male dancer th
I must agree. Dougy is a huge puss. Maverick nailed Patty Benjamin's daughter and Dougy nailed one of Chappie's maps to a wall and peed himself.
You guys love Scientology.
Maverick drove a Harley and banged a CIA agent. Dougy drove a dirt bike and still had a driver's permit. He loved Chappie like only two men who have been out wrangling cattle can understand...
God, I wish I knew how to quit you Chappy Sinclair.
I'm a long way from home
Oh so all alone
Homesick like I never thought I could be....
I'm a long way from home
Oh so all eh hmmm.....
Well hay there Dougy I didn't see you come in here. Take off your boots and get comfortable. We drinking tonight. OH hello look who's happy you came over....
buuhhhhhhh uhhhhhhhhh
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