Top Gun: Maverick
WithTop Gun : Maverickset to release before long , many fans are mad to re - enter the risk zone withPete “ Maverick ” Mitchell(Tom Cruise ) . However , this time around Maverick wo n’t be navigate his famed F-14 tom from the original film , but rather a more forward-looking and spry aircraft .
Throughout the original filmTop Gun , Maverick pilot the F-14 Tomcat . The planer was build in the other 1980s to support the Navy ’s carriers from likely soviet blast , primarily bombers . The F-14 Tomcat was contrive to intercept these bombers at high speeds in enough clip to keep the carrier wave out of orbit of an attack . The F-14 Tomcat boasted a large radar along with the AIM-54 Phoenix air - to - air projectile , which could be hold in cluster of up to six on the aircraft . to boot , the craftsmanship could impinge on hurrying up to 1544 mph ( miles per hour ) making it idealistic for intercepting other aircraft . Over prison term , the F-14 Tomcat became less democratic due to their cost to maintain and difficultness to operate . Ultimately , the aircraft was retired in 2006 .
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InTop Gun : Maverick , the whizz archetype will now be flying the F / A-18F Super Hornet . The Aviationistposted leaked photos from a Hollywood gossip site back in September of 2018 that showed a F / A-18F Super Hornet with “ Capt . Pete Mitchell ‘ rebel ’ ” pronounce on its side , along with a blue stripe and three battler jet marking , most likely for the three fancied MiG-28s he dissipate down in the original film .
Maverick ’s newfangled aircraft was introduced in the mid 1990s . The aircraft provide a more diverse persona than the F-14 Tomcat , as it has both air - to - ground and air - to - airwave capabilities , with its chief mapping being the suppression of enemy air defense . The F / A-18F Super Hornet is designed for a two - somebody crew , both seats have pilot capabilities ; however , the back keister is in general for a Weapons System Officer . The F / A-18F Super Hornet can reach speeds up to 1190 miles per hour , putting it 350 miles per hour slower than the F-14 Tomcat , but the F / A-18F Super Hornet has increased lightsomeness and better ascendence than the F-14 Tomcat . In an interview withPopular Science , former F / A-18F Super Hornet original and TOPGUN instructorVincent “ Jell - O ” Aiellosays,“The F-18 , while very up to , and extremely competent in its own right , does n’t quite have the same bad - boy image as an F-14 . ”
The F / A-18F Super Hornet should provide a new modern element toTop Gun : rebel . to boot , the two - person gang of the aircraft is expected to give more dialogue between character , specifically Maverick and whoever his co - pilot is ( maybeGoose ’s son ? ) .
Fans should also be aroused because even though theF-14 Tomcathas been retired , at the very end of theTop Gun : Mavericktrailer , the planer can be seen flying over white mountaintops . It is strange if Maverick will once again fell his notable F-14 Tomcat or whether it was just a flashback . Find out for yourself on June 26 , 2020 whenTop Gun : Maverickmakes its anticipated outlet .
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Source: U.S. Navy
