bernd1151 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 It only took them 33 years to make a sequel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Awesome!!! I will be there opening night. The flying scenes look amazing, the volleyball scene, not so much . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Yea baby.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Don't set your expectations too high. Have you ever met a 56 year fighter pilot?.........Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobnobs Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 He did it because he was inverted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvdboomen Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Amazing! But that last scene is not possible; the Tomcat has left the battlefields in the US. Maybe some Middle-East country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt McGee Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 They did some filming here at NAS Whidbey Island for a couple weeks this spring. All the production trailers were parked in the Officer's Club parking lot, but I also saw occasional "filming location" direction signs posted, pointing down toward the flight line. Never saw any cast members or actual filming taking place though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 He's getting up there...Tom is...I thought they might rename the sequel "Top Gum". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 4 hours ago, Hobnobs said: He did it because he was inverted Or broke............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Sorry guys, but as strange as it sound, and even if it was just a movie, when it came out, the original one, I was finishing my PPL. So it's a lot of good memories for me. I will go see it anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 There may be some good flying scenes. The first few minutes of the first one, on the carrier, were great. The rest of the movie was painfully bad, a 12 year olds vision of the US Navy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence aldrich Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 8 hours ago, W2DR said: Don't set your expectations too high. Have you ever met a 56 year fighter pilot?.........Doug As an 84 year old ex fighter pilot, I represent that snide remark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 No offense intended sir, but Tom's a little long in the tooth to convince me he's still flying an F/A 18 Super Hornet..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence aldrich Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 On a computer screen, you can fly anything. You simply substitute the PAUSE button for the ejection handles. It's amazingly more comfortable as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 I never thought about that. Maybe I'll get out of my 747 and try an F-35. I just hope Martin-Baker has made the seat more comfortable than it was in the F-14.......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 9 hours ago, lawrence aldrich said: On a computer screen, you can fly anything. You simply substitute the PAUSE button for the ejection handles. It's amazingly more comfortable as well. ....and you can sip a cup of tea while canyon flying and inverted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence aldrich Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 2 hours ago, W2DR said: I never thought about that. Maybe I'll get out of my 747 and try an F-35. I just hope Martin-Baker has made the seat more comfortable than it was in the F-14.......................... Don't they still make seat pack chutes? I had some time in the original F-80 "Shooting Stars" in 1955. Seat packs all the way. First ride I settled in , cranked up the J-33 (original with disintegrating compressor buckets) and closed the canopy, which promptly hit the back of helmet and pinned me to the front windshield frame. The seat barely adjusted down enough so I could fly without bending forward. (much). You can't make these things up...……….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickel Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 On 7/21/2019 at 8:49 AM, Neil said: There may be some good flying scenes. The first few minutes of the first one, on the carrier, were great. The rest of the movie was painfully bad, a 12 year olds vision of the US Navy. Got it out on Sat night for the sake of nostalgia. Yep, wound up the volume for the beginning, then just had it on in the background. It’s not aged well. But the three year old got a kick out of the jets making noise and going fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigeaglefire Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 10 hours ago, lawrence aldrich said: I had some time in the original F-80 "Shooting Stars" in 1955. i always like your comments, Lawrence can you share with us any other planes you flew? Wikipedia is so handy to research the aircraft history for a new sim flyer like me... Best regards, craig australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence aldrich Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 OK...…………. Piper PA-18, T-6G, B25, Grumman Sa-16 (air rescue) , C-47, C54, Martin 202, F-80A, T-33, F-100, Cessna Fac Grasshopper L20, Cessna Fac Skymaster (Vietnam) Retired from USAF in 1974 . Retired from Lockheed Martin in 2000. Current position is collecting checks from everybody. Happily...……… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patful Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 SA-16? Oooooh, one of my dad's favorites. He rode on those with the 31st at Clark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 4 hours ago, lawrence aldrich said: OK...…………. Piper PA-18, T-6G, B25, Grumman Sa-16 (air rescue) , C-47, C54, Martin 202, F-80A, T-33, F-100, Cessna Fac Grasshopper L20, Cessna Fac Skymaster (Vietnam) A wide and nice spectrum of aircraft ! I wish we had a T-33 or a T80 in P3D. Pity that A2A gave up their project on the former since we still have former pilots alive to help. Alphasim had a T-80 many moons ago which was a little better than their usual fare. Nothing since. Have you flown the Milviz F100 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence aldrich Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 There are a couple o freebee F-80s out there that are native FSX and work in P3dV4.5. just google a2a fsx f-80 . Only one that works , though. I won't advertise here. Same with the T-33. I ...nothing 64 bit. If you can find any freebees that state native, some will work. I have yet to experience any simulator aircraft that actually flies like a real one. I use freebees , being a cheapskate. It's my Scotch heritage, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 On 7/20/2019 at 11:59 AM, bernd1151 said: It only took them 33 years to make a sequel Not nearly long enough, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydelta Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 On 7/21/2019 at 2:15 PM, W2DR said: No offense intended sir, but Tom's a little long in the tooth to convince me he's still flying an F/A 18 Super Hornet..... At 55 y.o. he was still doing stunts in Mission Impossible - Fallout that most under 30s won't do even for the money he earns! He even broke his ankle while jumping between two-high rise buildings in London... So I won't be surprised to see him in a fighter jet at 56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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