Sad "Top Gun" News

safariguy · 05-19-2010, 05:40 PM

If you were a teenage boy when Top Gun came out in 1986 like I was, you thought how great it would be to be a fighter pilot. Then you could fly cool jets, and get great women like Kelly McGillis.

How long ago was that movie? 24 years? Yikes! (perfectly safe for work)

http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/red-c...kheimer#photo0

Steve · 05-19-2010, 05:47 PM

We're getting old!

forgop · 05-19-2010, 05:49 PM

Plus she came out of the closet about a year ago.

Steve · 05-19-2010, 05:49 PM

I'm getting slower in my old age

05-19-2010, 05:57 PM

Was that really 24 years ago? Goodness gracious, great balls of fire! (

Someone had to say it...)

hotreds · 05-19-2010, 07:27 PM

Witness.....

M1903A1 · 05-19-2010, 08:42 PM

On top of that, the F-14 Tomcats were retired several years ago, and in the interest of national security (read: Iran) they were sent straightaway to Captain Crunch.

hotreds · 05-19-2010, 08:50 PM

God, I miss that plane!

M1903A1 · 05-19-2010, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by hotreds

God, I miss that plane!

Ironic that Iran is now the last user of F-14s (assuming they're even capable of anything beyond keeping tarmac from flying off into space).

OLS · 05-21-2010, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by hotreds

God, I miss that plane!

I do too, but spent NO time around it. I have said many times, though, I remember being at Wilber's BBQ in Goldsboro, NC and having one fly over the parking lot and I swear it looked like an aircraft carrier flying over that highway. Or at least a destroyer. GIANT. Biga$$ F-15 is about HALF that size. BUT THIS is what I worked on....

Neuromancer · 05-20-2010, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by mariogolbee

Was that really 24 years ago? Goodness gracious, great balls of fire! (

Someone had to say it...)

...and with that you really dated yourself...that has to go back at least 50 years...

Hmmm...wonder what it means that I recognized it...

kelmac07 · 05-19-2010, 09:02 PM

Last movie I saw before I joined the Army in '86.

Eleven · 05-21-2010, 08:57 PM

Guess which version I prefer?

JE3146 · 05-21-2010, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Eleven

Guess which version I prefer?

05-19-2010, 05:40 PM	#1
safariguy There's one. Set for stun Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Ryan Location: Michigan Posts: 336 Trading: (7)	Sad "Top Gun" News If you were a teenage boy when Top Gun came out in 1986 like I was, you thought how great it would be to be a fighter pilot. Then you could fly cool jets, and get great women like Kelly McGillis. How long ago was that movie? 24 years? Yikes! (perfectly safe for work) http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/red-c...kheimer#photo0

05-19-2010, 05:47 PM	#2
Steve Dad Jokester Supreme Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Steve Location: 17 R 435648 3354895 Posts: 7,715 Trading: (6)	Re: Sad "Top Gun" News We're getting old! __________________ ...So don't sit upon the shoreline and say you're satisfied, Choose to chance the rapids and dare to dance that tide

05-19-2010, 05:49 PM	#3
forgop Not a puffer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Duane Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 2,869 Trading: (40)	Re: Sad "Top Gun" News Plus she came out of the closet about a year ago.

05-19-2010, 05:49 PM	#4
Steve Dad Jokester Supreme Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Steve Location: 17 R 435648 3354895 Posts: 7,715 Trading: (6)	Re: Sad "Top Gun" News I'm getting slower in my old age __________________ ...So don't sit upon the shoreline and say you're satisfied, Choose to chance the rapids and dare to dance that tide

05-19-2010, 05:57 PM	#5
mariogolbee Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Sad "Top Gun" News Was that really 24 years ago? Goodness gracious, great balls of fire! (Someone had to say it...)

05-19-2010, 07:27 PM	#6
hotreds Ephesians 2:8 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5 miles past "Resume Speed" Posts: 11,662 Trading: (63)	Re: Sad "Top Gun" News Witness..... __________________ God loves you so much, that he made you read this, just to let you know.

05-19-2010, 08:42 PM	#7
M1903A1 Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 1060 W. Addison Posts: 1,573 Trading: (4)	Re: Sad "Top Gun" News On top of that, the F-14 Tomcats were retired several years ago, and in the interest of national security (read: Iran) they were sent straightaway to Captain Crunch. __________________ "It's the cigars that bring us together, but it's the people that cause us to stay."

05-19-2010, 08:50 PM	#8
hotreds Ephesians 2:8 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5 miles past "Resume Speed" Posts: 11,662 Trading: (63)	Re: Sad "Top Gun" News God, I miss that plane! __________________ God loves you so much, that he made you read this, just to let you know.

05-19-2010, 09:02 PM	#12
kelmac07 Resident Maduro Whore!! Join Date: Apr 2009 First Name: Mac Location: Newport News, VA Posts: 27,322 Trading: (218)	Re: Sad "Top Gun" News Last movie I saw before I joined the Army in '86. __________________ Dom in the MLB thread "I could probably get you to wear a Yankee hat for a Maduro!"

05-21-2010, 08:57 PM	#13
Eleven Solid As The Sun Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Scott Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,859 Trading: (23)	Re: Sad "Top Gun" News Guess which version I prefer? __________________ CA: putting the 'man' in bromance since 2008! --markem.