Missed chance of Tonka exchange to Hollywood fame
Looking at the credits at the end of the movie, see the list of Top Gun instructors and one of them is the the author of Top Gun Days. He was a RIO at the time
He says in the first page in Chapter Eight, after completing the Top Gun course, in the early 80s, he had the option of applying on an exchange as a backseater to the RAF and their new Tornados Then he kept thinking a becoming a Top Gun instructor and did that instead...fast forward to a few years helped out Hollywood in the movie along with their ops officer call sign 'Rat' (who ended up as Vice Chief of Naval Operations ).
Laying aside the FAA and influence in setting up of the school, , has anyone from the likes of Conningsby / FJ OEU ever sat in on one of the courses when they were run at Miramar then Fallon after relocation?
What would be the current NSFW course be comparable to over here?
Cheers
Last edited by chopper2004; 9th Aug 2013 at 07:41.