I'm down.

I've barely ever touched an F-18 and I can see he's in the back seat.  Not that it takes away from the ride I'm guessing.  

I was blown away as a 15 year old seeing the first one at the theater ... this one looks just as fun.

he may want to tighten up them belts a bit

That also looks like the same helmet Maverick was wearing in Top Gun.

Dislocate a shoulder if he punched. Also, clearly in the back seat in this scene.

That’s not a big deal really since there are indeed female fighter pilots.

It’s the other bullshit they’ll try to put in there. I’m sure the new Goose will be a trans person of color with a disability.

I'm erect

Nope.  I'm pretty sure it's a combat edge (or whatever the Navy calls their version) helmet.  The didn't exist back then.

So the Tomcat scene at the end got me thinking......

The film crew came out to IKE last year and one of the crew said the plot was Maverick steals an Iranian F-14. I thought it was bullshit to throw us off the real plot but if an F-14 is in the movie.....who knows.

Edit: Lincoln not IKE

Should be  "Old Midget Flys a Jet" not holding any hope... sorry Tom.

Music in the trailer reminds me of the Blade Runner 2049 and Terminator Dark Fate trailers.  Will watch.

It is Goose's transgender son.

like to save his Dad

Absolutely no mothafuckin' way he is soloing in a real F/A-18.

I’ll wait for Netflix.

So Firefox, but without the whole CIA plot to make it actually somewhat believable?

I want to know what he's flying here.

No shit...He May be bat-shit insane but there’s not a guy here that wouldn’t trade shoes with him. I personally think he’s a good actor and has for the exception of a couple flicks, always made good movies.

I don’t hate on him, I hope he insists the realism and epic ness be there. Otherwise why would you do it and blackened the original, it’s not like he needs the money or can’t get any other role. This could live up to the hype and if done right, surpass the original.

Needs more equal opportunity.

So he is disrespecting the very people he is pretending to be?

Wow

That second Jack Reacher was ass...

Impressive, is he to old to be a reserve fighter pilot?

Pffft. How would you know that?

Col. Chappy, is that you?

My nipples are hard.

So he gets shot down over Iran and steals a F-14 to get back. I wonder if the space suit is suppose to be super modern, or an old tech suit he steals when he takes the F-14?

CWatson

In the Air Force you have to be in pilot training by 28.5 years old.  So....probably.  

The F-18F has provisions for dual controls.
The aft stick is mechanically linked to the front stick.

2.10.9 Flight Controls.
2.10.9.1 Stick. A traditional center mounted control stick is used to provide pitch and roll inputs to
the FCS. Since there is no mechanical linkage between the stick and the FCCs or the flight control
surfaces, stick feel is provided by two feel-spring assemblies and two eddy current dampers. The feel
spring assemblies provide a linear stick force versus stick displacement gradient in each axis. Two
4-channel position sensors, one in each axis, measure stick displacement and send longitudinal and
lateral stick commands to the FCCs proportional to stick displacement. Stick force and displacement
are listed in figure 2-23 for full stick travel. The eddy current dampers provide stick motion damping
in each axis. Additionally, the control stick is mass balanced to minimize longitudinal stick movement
resulting from accelerations normally experienced during catapult launch.

In the F/A-18F (trainer configuration), a control stick is also fitted in the rear cockpit and is
mechanically linked to the one in the front cockpit.

2.10.9.2 Rudder Pedals. Two rudder pedals (left and right) are used to provide directional inputs to
the FCS for yaw/roll control inflight or NWS control with WonW. Since there is no mechanical linkage
between the rudder pedals and the FCCs or the flight control surfaces, rudder pedal feel is provided
by two feel-spring assemblies. The feel spring assemblies provide a linear pedal force versus
displacement gradient. Two 4-channel position sensors, one on each pedal, measure pedal displacement
and send directional commands to the FCCs proportional to pedal displacement. Rudder force
and displacement are listed in figure 2-23 for full pedal travel. The rudder pedals are also used to
provide NWS commands and to actuate toe-operated wheel brakes.

In the F/A-18F (trainer configuration), two rudder pedals are also fitted in the rear cockpit but are
not mechanically linked to the rudder pedals in the front cockpit. Pedal inputs from either cockpit are
summed together and transmitted to the FCCs. A half pedal input from the front cockpit and a half
pedal input from the rear cockpit results in a full rudder pedal command to the FCCs. Similarly,
opposing rudder pedal inputs in each cockpit cancel each other.

The EA-18G is the same as the F-18F except that for most of the time it is not configured as a trainer.
The aft throttle has no button for the chaff dispenser.

The aft stick trigger and A/G weapon release button are not functional.
The rear cockpit A/A weapon select switch does not automatically select A/A
master mode. From the rear cockpit, A/A master mode must be entered by actuation of the A/A master.

They made Tom Cruise fly the aircraft through movie magic.

Both the pilot and TC were dressed in the same flight gear.
Both the forward and aft cockpit had camera placements in the same place.

Both the pilot and TC made the same movements in the plane with their heads, hands and body placement.

The movie magic came in with CGI, for certain scenes they would CGI swap the forward cockpit with the aft one.

They filmed aircraft movements over and over, selected the ones that "looked right" and used them.

My bet?  He is the last Tomcat pilot left in the Navy and they need someone to fly an F-14 OPFOR as they work up to attack Iran.

Lets hope Charlie does not make an appearance.............

They have a PC chick pilot, where's the tranny or non binary ones too?

The original was a great movie for the time, so I'll have to see this one also. The wifey will be all, well.......you know......! Mac
ETA: Does "goose" survive in this one??

I take it you didn't see the 14 posts by FlyNavy75 lol

Not on a CGI plane.

Guessing he’s a test pilot, when he’s talking to Ed Harris you can see his collar and it looks like the same one that hooks up to this helmet. That’d be fun if he was flying a tic tax ufo....

Speaking of punching...

the original Top Gun was on last night.

I started thinking about the ejection scene with Goose slamming into the canopy, so I had to do a bing image search on "F-14 ejection seat"



When Goose pulled those black and yellow "cords" or "ropes" up top, I thought those were like connected to a "curtain" of sorts that got pulled down over the pilot's or RIO's face and upper body???

It also looks like the top of the ejection seat is designed to punch through a canopy if it has to all the while protecting the head/neck/spine???

@FlyNavy75

I'm sure it has nothing to do with our country having shit tons of female pilots these days...

I had a friend who was a private pilot looking to get into a corporate job when the original came out. He loved the movie and enlisted in Navy Navcad program. Got his wings, eventually became a top-gun instructor and retired from the USN. Part of this movie was filmed in my backyard at Lemoore NAS. I will pay the $$ to watch it on the big screen.

All seat will have little spikes on top to help bust the canopy in case it failed to blow for some reason. That’s also why you don’t want to sit so high that your helmet is above the seat.

https://info.publicintelligence.net/F18-EF-000.pdf
4.2 EXTERNAL STORES LIMITATIONS ............................. I-4-13
This will give you an idea - This is for LOT 21 Aircraft.

just under 5%

I added more detail, that's all.  

Two GBU-24s.....gross.

Worst weapon to plan for an employ and it’s not close. Carrying one is rare, two is unheard of.

You know how we can tell you didn’t watch the trailer?

Upper handle is the face curtain handle.
The lower between the legs handle is for non-curtain rocket ride.

When I did the ejection seat training we did both.

Given my choice I would take the face curtain handle every time.