Why Maverick Doesn't Fly The F-35 In Top Gun 2
When Top Gun: Maverick flew into theaters Memorial Day weekend, audiences might have been confused as to why Tom Cruise's character of Maverick wasn't seen piloting the famous F-35 fighter jet in the film. The sequel to the 1986 original Top Gun dominated the box office this past weekend, breaking records for Tom Cruise with the highest domestic opening ever for the actor. Featuring an all-star cast that helped to further the story of Maverick and Iceman, the film appealed to a new generation of audiences. The franchise features Pete «Maverick» Mitchell (Cruise) as he navigated an elite fighter pilot school, in various roles, set up by the U.S. Navy.
As Maverick is introduced in Top Gun 2, he becomes a teacher for the same school he was once a student of. Leading a new class of fighter pilots, Maverick takes on the ultimate task of butting heads with the son of his late friend Goose, played by Miles Teller. Through many sequences of the film, Maverick and team are seen piloting planes with phenomenal stunt moves, which has led many to claim that Maverick is better than the original Top Gun. Despite the high flying maneuvers, however, the type of planes used to further the plot doesn't always match up with what the real Navy would use.
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The inspiring visuals in Joseph Kosinski's Top Gun 2 left viewers with an overall appreciation for the hard work the actors had to go through in order to make the stunts seem realistic. Since Cruise was a producer on the film, he insisted that the bulk of the cast had to attend months of flight training before production began (via Vulture). While the overall hype for many of the flying sequences was real, the
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