Are Top Gun pilots real?

Each day, pilots push their aircraft to the limit, just to see what's possible. Based in the remote, high-desert of Fallon, NV, TOPGUN draws the best of the best—experienced pilots from the Navy fleet who demonstrate the smart, skilled flying that make them the world's most elite.
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Do they actually fly planes in Top Gun?

Audiences coming out of “Top Gun: Maverick” this weekend want to know one thing, are the actors really flying those fighter jets? The answer in short is, yes.
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Who did the flying in Top Gun?

The movie's aerial coordinator, Kevin LaRosa II, and its aerial unit director of photography, Michael FitzMaurice, filmed from above using three aircraft: two types of jets with exterior cameras mounted on wind-resistant gimbals, and a helicopter, which proved best at capturing the speed of actors whizzing by.
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Did Tom Cruise fly f18?

The US Navy lent Tom Cruise F/A-18 Super Hornets for the new "Top Gun" movie. The only catches: The studio paid as much as $11,374 an hour to use the advanced fighter planes -- and Cruise couldn't touch the controls.
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Does Tom Cruise fly real jets in Top Gun?

Tom Cruise insisted that his costars be filmed in actual flying jets.
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Does Tom Cruise knows how to fly a jet?

Cruise is well known for his quest to do all of his own stunts, unconcerned if it will result in a broken bone or two, and the actor has had a pilot's licence since 1994. And, he even owns the P-51 that is shown in Top Gun: Maverick.
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How much was Tom Cruise paid for Top Gun: Maverick?

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Variety estimated Cruise earned a base salary of $12 million to $14 million for his role in “Top Gun: Maverick.”
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Is there a real MiG 28?

MiG-28: a fictional aircraft flown by the antagonist in the 1986 film Top Gun. The real aircraft used to portray the MiG-28 was a Northrop F-5.
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Is there a Top Gun school?

If you haven't seen it, the movie follows actor Tom Cruise as he competes through the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program--often called TOPGUN. The school is actually real and was set up in 1969 as the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School at Naval Air Station Miramar.
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Does Tom Cruise have his own plane?

Tom Cruise's HondaJet makes a cameo appearance in viral Top Gun promo. A HondaJet Elite similar to the one owned by actor Tom Cruise. Honda Aircraft Co. Top Gun:Maverick star Tom Cruise takes James Corden, host of CBS' The Late Late Show, for a ride on his HondaJet Elite.
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What disease does Kelly McGillis have?

Kelly Mcgillis, who has been in a number of action films, has departed the business. When she makes infrequent public appearances, she is almost indistinguishable. The 64-year-old actress is currently focusing on self-care after being diagnosed with alpha one antitrypsin disorder over eight years ago.
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Who was penny in Top Gun 1?

And, as the film critic Alison Wilmore noted, Maverick's love interest, Penny Benjamin (Jennifer Connelly), while not seen in the first film, was mentioned in an early scene. Who's noticeably absent?
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Is Top Gun Based on a true story?

Inspired by an article called “Top Guns,” written by Ehud Yonay for the May 1983 issue of California magazine, the film detailed the lives of pilots at the Navy's elite Fighter Weapons School (known as Topgun) in Miramar, California.
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Which is better f/16 or MiG 29?

Below 200 knots, the MiG-29 has incredible nose-pointing capability down to below 100 knots. The F-16, however, enjoys an advantage in the 200 knot-plus regime. At higher speeds, we can power above them to go to the vertical. And our turn rate is significantly better.
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What does MiG stand for Top Gun?

MiG, any member of a family of Soviet military fighter aircraft produced by a design bureau founded in 1939 by Artem Mikoyan (M) and Mikhail Gurevich (G). (The i in MiG is the Russian word meaning “and.”)
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Was Top Gun filmed with real jets?

The “Mission Impossible” star, famous for performing his own stunts, insisted that all the actors portraying pilots on the long-delayed “Top Gun: Maverick” film fly in one of the fighter jets built by Boeing Co. so they could understand what it feels like to be a pilot operating under the strain of immense ...
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Is Tom Cruise a licensed pilot?

Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise has had his Pilot License since 1994, honestly, anything else would have been a disappointment, of course, Maverick himself knows how to fly!
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Does Tom Cruise have his pilots license?

However, it should be noted that Cruise is no stranger to the world of aviation, having acquired his pilot's license in 1994 (via Newsweek).
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How old is Maverick in the first Top Gun?

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He's one of the best pilots the US has ever seen, but he's 57 years old. His colleagues question whether he is too old to be a test and fighter pilot. The answer is an emphatic no – 57 is not too old. I've met many test pilots in their 60s, and fighter pilots in their 50s.
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Who was stinger in Top Gun?

James Tolkan portrayed Tom "Stinger" Jordan.

He reluctantly sent Maverick and Goose to Topgun for five weeks.
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