Originally Posted by
BomberH
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For those unfamiliar with cinemas in the USA, the audience tends to be more interactive than the reserved audiences in UK cinemas.
I was on exchange with the USN in California when this movie was released, and went to see it in a cinema in San Diego.
San Diego was (still is??) a Navy town, and the audience was mostly USN matelots, wearing "Nimitz" baseball caps.
When Kirk Douglas said "Splash the Zeros" the place erupted in cheers and Yahoos and other expletives.
It was brilliant!.
I still love watching the flying scenes, and I still think the F-14 was a magnificent beast. I even still like watching Top Gun, SOT that I am!
I only got to fly in an F-14 once - but it was from NIMITZ in the Gulf - and it was all I could have hoped for!
Cool I bet it like its successor Top Gun, FC helped towards recruiting more enthusiasts wanting to fly in the USN?
What did you fly on exchange?
Cheers