Originally Posted by
Burnt Fishtrousers
So Top Gun was filmed in 86 ..presumably Maverick would have had a fairly well established flying career before being selected to go to Miramar...so lets say hes 30 years old in 86. If you roll on 30 years implying TG2 is set in 2016 he would be 60 years old ....are there really any 60 year old front line instructors out there? if it was set in present time hed be 66..fanciful stuff me thinks...hed likely as not be some staffer close to retirement flying a desk or retiring from an airline career - i havent seen the film so my observations might be answered
Mr Cruise was actually only 23 to 24 when he made the original. He's 59 now. At best he'd be amidst his first tour on F-14s possibly.
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