Sad "Top Gun" News

safariguy · 05-19-2010, 04:40 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, 04:47 PM

We're getting old!

forgop · 05-19-2010, 04:49 PM

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

Steve · 05-19-2010, 04:49 PM

I'm getting slower in my old age

05-19-2010, 04:57 PM

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

Someone had to say it...)

hotreds · 05-19-2010, 06:27 PM

Witness.....

M1903A1 · 05-19-2010, 07:42 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, 07:50 PM

God, I miss that plane!

kelmac07 · 05-19-2010, 08:02 PM

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

M1903A1 · 05-19-2010, 09:49 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).

Neuromancer · 05-20-2010, 10:30 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...

OLS · 05-21-2010, 07:20 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....

M1903A1 · 05-21-2010, 06:11 PM

I thought this was fitting, given the subject....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv6fo...rom=PL&index=7

I prefer this version (without the guitar)...somehow it always sent more of a tingle up my spine.

Eleven · 05-21-2010, 07:57 PM

Guess which version I prefer?

JE3146 · 05-21-2010, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Eleven

Guess which version I prefer?

safariguy · 05-21-2010, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M1903A1

I thought this was fitting, given the subject....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv6fo...rom=PL&index=7

I prefer this version (without the guitar)...somehow it always sent more of a tingle up my spine.

This is also fitting, especially since we know now that Ms McGillis has come out of the closet. (Rated R. Audio not safe for some places of work.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyN8V...eature=related

M1903A1 · 05-21-2010, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by safariguy

This is also fitting, especially since we know now that Ms McGillis has come out of the closet. (Rated R. Audio not safe for some places of work.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyN8V...eature=related

Maybe...but Lt. Mitchell still got the girl at the end of the movie!

Here's another kinda-sorta related (?) clip....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nKuo...eature=related

05-19-2010, 04:40 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, 04:47 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, 04:49 PM	#3
forgop Not a puffer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Duane Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 2,870 Trading: (40)	Re: Sad "Top Gun" News Plus she came out of the closet about a year ago.

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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, 04:57 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...)

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hotreds Ephesians 2:8 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5 miles past "Resume Speed" Posts: 11,674 Trading: (63)	Re: Sad "Top Gun" News Witness..... __________________ God loves you so much, that he made you read this, just to let you know.

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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, 07:50 PM	#8
hotreds Ephesians 2:8 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5 miles past "Resume Speed" Posts: 11,674 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.

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05-21-2010, 06:11 PM	#13
M1903A1 Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 1060 W. Addison Posts: 1,573 Trading: (4)	Re: Sad "Top Gun" News I thought this was fitting, given the subject.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv6fo...rom=PL&index=7 I prefer this version (without the guitar)...somehow it always sent more of a tingle up my spine. __________________ "It's the cigars that bring us together, but it's the people that cause us to stay."

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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.