The Right Stuff - Recruiting Alan Shepard.flv

Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard being recruited to be an Astronaut by the two NASA "root weevils" played by Jeff Goldblum and Harry Shearer.
for Naval Aviators it has the two best lines in the movie. "Are you SURE the Navy has Good Pilots? They Call Them AVIATORS In the Navy. They Say they are BETTER Than Pilots!!!" and 'Sounds Dangerous. Count Me In"

[@airdriver]

When this movie was released, all of the astronauts said they didnt like the fact that the NASA engineers and scientists were portrayed as bumbling idiots. The Astros said that the engineers and scientists were top notch.

[@bbb462cid]

Im cinema, the audience often needs an antagonist to bring it to the conclusion the director wants. It was an effective way to show the audoence that the astronauts were all pulling together. Just coming out and saying that doesn't have the impact of demonstrating it, and having them all buddy-buddy with everyone creates no drama.

[@80s_Boombox_Collector]

It's common American tradition to think of engineers as geeks, and pilots as somehow better and more desirable. Hollywood is only giving audiences what they expect to see. You'll need to chance American society's attitudes about academics before you'll see a change from Hollywood.

[@XB10001]

They had to collaborate, since the astronaut's lives were in their hands too. Catching up with the Soviet Union was a very difficult task. It would not have been possible without brilliant people.

[@kandlaker]

Don't forget that MANY of those Rocket Scientists were in fact NAZIS!

[@kbanghart]

Because Tom Wolfe wrote his book partly as satire, and exaggeration. He meant to poke fun at the industry, that's all. Some people don't get humor 🤣

[@Barzins1]

Scott glen is one hell of an actor

[@Doc_OLDGUY_Savage]

One hell of a corresponding name too. Scott Glenn: Malcolm "Scott" Carpenter - Mercury Astronaut John Glenn - Mercury Astronaut

[@kbanghart]

And honestly I think Jeff goldblum and Harry Shearer were also excellent as the comedic relief, I mean they also helped make this movie great. Harry has had a huge career. Spinal tap LOL

[@fredmertz8538]

The amazing part is this whole movie was done pre-CGI.

[@mynamejeff785]

Ya know, like most movies before 1995

[@VenturiLife]

CGI existed, but wasn't good quality at the time. TRON used CGI back in 1982.

[@mynamejeff785]

@@VenturiLife CGI was first used in Flight of the Intruder in 1986, a few years after tron

[@thegadflygang5381]

@@mynamejeff785 I dont know dick about this but wasnt as he said, the amazing work on Tron and especially "THE LAST STARFIGHTER" considered CGI? It was whole scenes with computer FX. Also, Flight of the Intruder, great book and good film. Where is the CGI. It looked practical with a lot of miniatures

[@badlaamaurukehu]

@@thegadflygang5381 Ohhh, I hope not.

[@MountainFisher]

Alan Shepard not only got to be the first American in space, but he also was one of the rare people to walk on the Moon before he retired.

[@MrPontificator]

He's also the only man to have played golf on the moon. Now THOSE are bragging rights.

[@lainefrajberg955]

And he went back to active duty on the astronaut corps only after a successful ear operation which derailed his career.

[@operation1968]

@@lainefrajberg955 Yes. He almost went deaf because of the infection or whatever it was

[@jacobwallace4967]

He had to wait ten years before he could do that. Still, he never gave up. Neither did his buddy Slayton who never flew a Mercury or Gemini mission, but got to fly the first joint mission with the Soviets.

[@marcschneider4845]

@@MrPontificator Plus he got rich in business. Pretty successful life I would say.

[@kbanghart]

Jeff goldblum and Harry Shearer both were hilarious in this movie. Without them it wouldn't have been the same.

[@bobgibb2781]

Men in black .

[@jasonspeth1865]

My grandfather was Alan Shepard's flight instructor while in the Navy. NAS Pensacola. I still have the flight logs.

[@aliarshad3012]

I was you grand father's instructor for flying machine. But I don't have any logs.

[@luciusvorenus9445]

Love the Skyhawk footage on an Essex Class no less!

[@PsmithNick]

The cinematography in this scene is great. It really does feel like a misty early morning on the Pacific.

[@danielfolk5266]

They really filmed this on location!

[@brucekilby9957]

Alan Sheppard was one Cool Guy. This is why all the early Guys were all Navy or Air Force Pilots. Guts of Steel.

[@abbaszaidi8371]

"As far as churchgoing... I attend regularly!" Legend

[@abbaszaidi8371]

@MichaelKingsfordGray don’t recall that line in the film. Who said that and when?

[@80s_Boombox_Collector]

@MichaelKingsfordGray WTF's your problem holmes?

[@MkeKen67]

@@abbaszaidi8371 - I believe the proper description of "MichaelKingsfordGray" is "miserable pud knocker."

[@abbaszaidi8371]

@@MkeKen67 well played sir

[@kbanghart]

@@abbaszaidi8371 Alan shepard.

[@billwelter4101]

Scott Glenn is always good!

[@Alridx]

I almost didn't recognized Jeff Goldblum here, he is so young in this

[@michaelwallbrown3726]

yep that's him

[@jamesdunn9714]

Yes, but that voice.....

[@jspartacus]

Yeah, but you missed Harry Shearer: the voice of a bazillion characters in The Simpsons, including Mr Burns, McBain, and Principal Skinner.

[@vikings844]

You think he looks young in this, Watch the first Death Wish with Charles Bronson! His first movie. He is a young thug and the scene's are brutal. Rape scene's

[@kbanghart]

@@jspartacus Harry and Jeff both were hilarious, Harry has done so much stuff! Spinal tap LOL

[@kevinwarren3998]

God I loved this movie as a kid. A major influencer in my life and profession.

[@Michael_A_MN]

What did you do?

[@operation1968]

I love how Alan Shepard is trolling ATC in this scene. It's always funny. He's such a smartass

[@ralphholiman7401]

Remember how they described him. Two people. Smiling Al and the Icy Commander, depending on who he needed to be at that moment. Cool dude.

[@jesusm.pereztriana9319]

Do you mean José Jiménez?

[@aliarshad3012]

@MichaelKingsfordGray what did you say? I say you are a lier and a cheat. Where did you get of calling people coward. You are a sidewinder. A trenchula. Good luck to you

[@Slig1977]

A youtube troll calling a space pioneer a coward is like a dog turd telling a rose it smells bad.

[@operation1968]

@@Slig1977 don't pay any attention to him Sean. He's not worth your time and energy. Why don't it save for something worth spending on? 😊😉 Personally I believe comments like his don't need to be dignified with a response

[@gvalley07]

HAHA! The two "pudknockers" are getting sick over the edge of the carrier! Great movie. Great performance by Scott Glenn!

[@samsignorelli]

Just hope they were at the leeward rail!

[@oldfrend]

@Giada_De_Low_Rent_Tits yep. in anything other than a hurricane the swells are too small to affect the carrier. it's so big it would average out the amplitude of 3 or more swells.

[@jamesdunn9714]

I have been on a carrier while in the navy, some get seasick even when there is little motion aboard.

[@aliarshad3012]

@@jamesdunn9714 I don't believe a word you say. Sir you are a lier and a cheet.

[@Kufstein7]

Sounds dangerous...count me in! Ladies and Gentlemen, citizens of the world...may i present to you...Scott Glenn. The great Scott Glenn👍🏾

[@MkeKen67]

The best "shit eatin' grin" in show biz history right there.

[@deezynar]

Man, if you get sea sick on an aircraft carrier, you better stay off of every other kind of ship.

[@seaturtledog]

That was my first thought. The guy still had vomit around his mouth which seems weird. I have gotten sea sick on small fishing boats in the Pacific but there is no way I'm letting vomit just hang around my mouth.

[@LucidDreamer54321]

This didn't actually happen. I estimate this movie was about 95% fiction.

[@RCAvhstape]

You can seasick on any type of ship, no matter how big. Luxury liners specifically avoid sickening seas, warships do not.

[@craigcarmean4807]

The ship wasn’t even rocking

[@mikecimerian6913]

@@craigcarmean4807 Motion sickness is sneaky. I can feel buildings balancing even if not higher than thirty story.

[@markforan4812]

The Mercury astronauts were my heroes as a young boy. What made this movie special for me was that the actors portraying them were all my own age.

[@daskritterhaus5491]

Scott had a slim lean build. so did Alan Shepherd. fantastic casting.

[@stevefowler2112]

My Dad was a Radar Guidance Engineer out at The Cape (He worked for GE) during the space race years from '57 til '75 and we lived in Cocoa Beach up thru the early/mid 60's...Glenn and Shephard both used to be seen running on Cocoa Beach and I saw them a couple times as a kid...they were both ripped, they looked like world class athletes (a Ph.D. Aerospace Engineer who works for a large American defense contractor's Missile Systems company.

[@aliarshad3012]

My Dad was telemetry Envineer. We lived in Hanalulu from 2019 till 2020 until he got himself fired. Lol 😆

[@kbanghart]

@@aliarshad3012 ouch, why was he fired? LOL if you don't mind sharing.

[@airdriver]

Steve, your dad must have some stories to tell.

[@archerpiperii2690]

Love this scene: those A-4s must have been awesome to fly.

[@mikecimerian6913]

Without a bomb load ... scooters.

[@danstanfield251]

Great little jets. The J-52 engines were perfect fits giving the Scooter the ability to make high speed dashes and low speed ACM. Very nimble and easy to work on.

[@oldgoat142]

Heinemann's Hotrod!!

[@intercommerce]

They were. I flew the hell out of mine.

[@RCAvhstape]

And that was an F-8 being launched after Glenn lands. Another awesome jet of that era.

[@kotori87gaming89]

"sounds dangerous" "Very dangerous!" "count me in" next scene - giant needles...

[@Pisca-kk5cs]

Giant Needles 💉! To this day I wonder what were the doctors trying to prove in that scene? I think most of the hazards were all the medical experiments and trails they did on these astronauts .

[@00bean00]

Gratuitous Hollywood trauma scene, literally mental illness

[@gunternetzer9621]

'Count me in'. Along with Cooper's 'Pictures on a warrrll' my favourite line from the film. The real Alan Shepard said that Scott Glenn had him nailed down just right.

[@MkeKen67]

"Whatcha gotta do to get your picture up on the wall, anyway?" "Ya haveta die, sweetie."

[@TK-on2uh]

I loved that sh*t-eating grin at the end. The 'Right Stuff' indeed.

[@LucidDreamer54321]

This didn’t happen. Alan Shepard actually applied to the space program and was accepted.

[@gvalley07]

Great clip from a great movie! Thanks for Posting.

[@fredboat]

Great Movie, I remember when it came out., Thanks.

[@ThomasPurcell]

Sounds dangerous.....I'm in.

[@KevinBalch-dt8ot]

Their actual reaction was whether this will help their military career or be a dead end.

[@80s_Boombox_Collector]

@MichaelKingsfordGray excuse me?

[@allgood6760]

This clip is awesome! .. we operated A-4 Skyhawks with our RNZAF✈️.. thanks from NZ 👍🇳🇿

[@aliarshad3012]

Cheers mate.

[@lard_lad_AU]

"They call them aviators in the Navy, they say they're better than pilots"

[@deezynar]

Very good, but "better" needs to be all in caps.

[@80s_Boombox_Collector]

They can "say" all they want.

[@aliarshad3012]

@@80s_Boombox_Collector that's absolutely right. But we don't care.

[@Caseytify]

@@80s_Boombox_Collector Dunno. Taking off from, and landing on a postage stamp on a daily basis is pretty impressive. Given that a carrier landing is essentially a controlled crash, it's very impressive. Carrier aviators have a saying: "Flaring to land is like squatting to pee." :)

[@starguy2718]

And yet, Chuck Yeager (USAF) was at the top of the "pyramid". RIP, General Yeager.

[@patriotayamante]

NAVAL AVIATION, WINGS of GOLD!!! BRAVO ZULU!!!

[@aliarshad3012]

Alpha delta....milkshake underwear.....

[@siemenstraffic]

You all know something up when Mr. Burns and Dr. Armstrong are onboard a ship.

[@tommyzDad]

USS Coral Sea (CV-43)!

[@hugoarcada]

Ageless warrior!

[@MATTNMEMPHIS]

Watched her get scrapped in Baltimore Harbor. Made me sick.

[@HeadinTheClouts]

I've known guys who served on carriers say they got sick just watching us on the destroyers, especially during underway replenishment

[@tmseh]

Jeff Goldblum is my spirit animal.

[@Job433]

Scott Glenn is wearing a VA-122 helmet. That is a training squadron at NAS Lemoore, CA that at the time trained A-7 pilots. Glenn is probably in the back seat of a TA-7C which the unit had at that time.

[@LucidDreamer54321]

This didn’t happen. Alan Shepard actually applied to the space program and was accepted.

[@GasCityGuy]

Funny, one of those guys bares and uncanny resemblance to Derek Smalls, the bass player for Spinal Tap. ;)

[@Shadowfax-1980]

GasCityGuy also the bass player for The Folksmen

[@Crunkboy415]

And the other guy looks like the Gamesmaster!

[@badlaamaurukehu]

Harry Shearer lol.

[@ForceMaximus84]

And he sounds a little like Kent Brockman.

[@abbaszaidi8371]

I thought he sounded like Montgomery Burns. Taking us on a Jazz Odyssey

[@hissa59]

The seven: brave heroes!

[@bobbyb.6644]

RIP ALAN !

[@jcraigshelton]

I met Alan Shepard. He was nothing like the character portrayed.

[@stijnvandamme76]

He was known for having 2 complete different attitudes depending on what and where he was. He was stone cold dead serious when he had to. But joker/prankster when nobody was watching. It even freaked people out who were with him on a loose day partied with him and then met him the next day, and said Hey Al, and got a stern, that will be a SIR from you Luitenant. (he outranked him) the Jose Jimenez jokes were true.

[@lainefrajberg955]

@@stijnvandamme76 According to Tom Wolfe,he used to climb on stage while Bill Dana was performing and take over his act.

[@starguy2718]

Did you meet Smilin' Al, or did you meet the Icy Commander?

[@KevinBalch-dt8ot]

In reality, I think they were notified to attend a presentation on project Mercury. Recruiters didn’t contact potential candidates in person and they certainly didn’t go to a carrier to recruit.

[@jamesd2128]

Just typical Hollywood myth making, entertaining, but cliched, overdone trope.

[@jkorshak]

@@jamesd2128 The entire movie is about myth making. It's a central premise to the book.

[@donaldtramp470]

They want to make me an astronaut? Oh I hope not.

[@starguy2718]

"Now, what is that called, a crash helmet?" "Oh, I hope not!"

[@betoriosvillarreal]

me encanto esta pelicula por la respuesta de alan shepard

[@ErnestoTani]

"JOSÉ GIMMENEZ!" ahahahahahah

[@nolanolivier6791]

I don't think I'll ever see another aircraft in my lifetime with the charm of the A4...

[@aliarshad3012]

Nobody liked your comment.

[@lucabrazi3067]

I love that put so many comic Scenes in this movie

[@jondeere5638]

A4 Skyhawks. landing on the carrier. loved those planes. They could carry anything up to and including the A-Bomb, though that wasn't advertised at the time.. Hardly anyone knew about Chuck Yeager until the book and then the movie came out. Notice that Dennis Quad listens to Jerry Lee Lewis, whom he played in the movie. The diminutive Skyhawk had several nicknames "Scooter", "Kiddiecar", "Bantam Bomber", "Tinker Toy Bomber", and, on account of its speed and nimble performance, "Heinemann's Hot-Rod.

[@georgew.5639]

The A 4s and F8 were the best part of this scene. Guys faking vomiting was good too. Lol! 😁

[@Tigershark_3082]

What year does this movie take place in? If it's pre-1961, then they got the wrong Skyhawk models

[@nightbird7075]

@@Tigershark_3082 1959 and you’re right. The late model A-4F was displayed here in this movie instead of the A-4A original version( without the hump) who was in service in that time…

[@windwardhaven]

Anybody know if Shepard's call-sign really was "Crash"? Edit: Nevermind - that helmet was probably borrowed. Sheperd never flew with "VA-122" - in fact he never flew Skyhawks.

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

A4 was a cool machine in its day.

[@misspumpkinpie8919]

No one on the flight deck when he's coming in. 0:28

[@JSwan-bd1tc]

Harry Shearer too.

[@get2dachoppa249]

D'oh...

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

Let me go Bull

[@jkorshak]

Loving all the salty navy legends here shitting on the comic relief for feeding the fish. LOL

[@MorningNewsNetwork]

Pure badass.

[@vikings844]

Yes, Love how the pilot is still joking around when he is about to land on an aircraft carrier and the suits can't handle just standing on the deck. The best of the best! They call landing on an aircraft carrier a controlled crash!

[@itorapadas]

So Dr. Ian Malcolm first worked in NASA before getting recruited by John Hammond and InGen corporation in Isla Nublar.

[@ForceMaximus84]

ito rapadas You sure? He looks more like Seth Brundle before he decided to work on methods of teleportation.

[@crashland5711]

and then after the Jurassic Park debacle he became a cable repair guy.

[@vonbraunwerner9067]

Don't forgot he also flew into space (just like Shepard) and along Will Smith - and on Independance day. And on a stolen alien spaceship.

[@perfgrafx]

And Levon Helm was the on-screen movie's engineer who fashioned a sawed off broom handle so that "Chuck Yeager" could "wang" his aircraft's door shut after hurting his ribs in a riding accident the night before.

[@gccgeo8028]

Got into a TRS discussion with another fanboi of the movie at the bar last night who swore up and down it was a Douglas "Skyraider" Shepard was landing in this scene and it devolved into a little wager before Google was used to arbitrate. He was half right, but still caught my tab.....

[@jmjaxson]

Wish Shepard had offered them a hotdog!

[@kandlaker]

I Always wondered WHY it seems like the air breakes of the A4 get closed by itself as the aircraft catch the line and stopped???

[@RocketToTheMoose]

On some navy planes, moving the throttles to full military power will automatically close the speed brakes. They always go to full throttle on hitting the deck, so if they bolter (miss all the wires), the engine has enough power available to take off again. Having the speed brakes close automatically as soon as that happens means the pilot won't have to worry about trying to get in the air again with the brakes still open.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Only scene besides Yeager of any of the guys flying a plane.

[@goobfilmcast4239]

I was a Carrier Sailor (USS Forrestal) in the early 80s....had a shipmate that would start getting sick when we would start to pull away from the Pier...Day One of a 6 Month deployment....I sh!t you not🤥

[@specialized29er86]

No better actor than Scott.

[@rovercoupe7104]

Why didn’t they just use the radio? M.

[@Pwj579]

The only inconsistency is that this is an A-4L/M Skyhawk from early 1970s, while back in 1957 when they were recruiting Sheppard it would have been a A4D-1 (A-4A) or A4D-2 (A-4B) , overall though Great Movie!!!

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Well dang.... Those. Birds are long gone by 1983.

[@jkorshak]

I really think it's minor. Hollywood gets credit for using the actual aircraft type. The avionics hump stands out if you know to look for it but for the general public they could have used F-4 Phantoms and the greater part of the viewing audience wouldn't have know the difference.

[@windwardhaven]

Sheperd flew & tested fighters - he never flew Skyhawks while deployed.

[@spydude38]

@@jkorshak Funny thing for me was that I first saw this in a movie theater with my Father when I was a teenager. Later, I would serve in the very squadron that A-4 was attached to.

[@vikings844]

This scene is great at showing how average people can't even handle standing on the aircraft carrier deck and the aviator is calm and joking around before landing on one! Best of the best! They call it a controlled crash!

[@elijahrobinson2362]

What a load of crap. Most people can easily handle standing on a carrier deck. Anyone who can’t is in the small minority.

[@1984yuming]

アラン・シェパードのコールサインがクラッシュだったとは、今初めて知りました

[@canbest7668]

Abu and the Fly in the same scene

[@GasCityGuy]

Seasick on an aircraft carrier?

[@thomasmcewen5493]

I have been on 11 aircraft Carriers, I don't think you can get sea sick on one, outboard you see the escorts doing their half submarine real sailor role.

[@spydude38]

I took my 10 year old son on a Tiger Cruise coming home from Pearl to Alameda. We were light on aviation fuel and heading west to east with a storm generating heavy seas from the north. We were rocking and rolling like never before. My Son got sick repeatedly for several days.

[@thomasmcewen5493]

@@spydude38 Maybe I am unusual, but we lost 85 feet of the gangway port-side in a heavy sea, and I tied a nut to a string to see the movement and it was in inches, but then I was in a P boat after we lost the engine and watching the other officers do tech color chunks, I was fine, but jumping from the P boat always scared the charlie romeo alpha papa out of me. I hope the rest of the trip made up for the sickness of your son.

[@dman1737]

0:59 Lovely

[@christopherfischer6998]

The mighty Crusader

[@dman1737]

@@christopherfischer6998 love it!

[@Craig2760]

Is that Harry Shearer?

[@carlsilverman754]

Scott Glenn played Cooper

[@edwardpate6128]

Wrong, Gordo Cooper played by Dennis Quaid. Scott Glenn played Alan Shepherd.

[@mr.nibblenips4231]

Drops his sun visor on a landing with scattered clouds?

[@LeRinkRat]

YOU ever FLY off an Aircraft Carrier ??? I DID back during the Vietnam Era. the glare off the water can be really bad depending on the angle of the sun even when "partly cloudy"

[@golfinguy423]

@@LeRinkRat well ill have you know i did it in dcs with my computer monitor off!

[@stijnvandamme76]

@@golfinguy423 I use a piece of cardboard over my 30 inch monitor myself.. with a half inch slit to reduce the glare. Keeps things challenging and realistic

[@kewl800i]

This is not Independence Day, right?

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Unfortunately, they are barfing onto the lower deck.

[@bobgibb2781]

This is theatre and real objects are scenery. Today it would all be CGI .

[@goldenretriever6440]

I don’t know how people would get seasick on a giant aircraft carrier It’s gonna take quite a big wave to get that ship and their stomachs churning But then again I’m not a sailor so what do I know about seasickness

[@StephenZ827]

You need to watch some old war sea movies....where the waves splashed over the flight deck. Big as a carrier is, rough seas can throw her around pretty good. However in this shot, looks like a flat calm sea.

[@goldenretriever6440]

@@StephenZ827 I probably do Though I have been on a big cruise ship and I was never sea sick Though it only rained once and that was at a port of call Again what do I know

[@StephenZ827]

@@goldenretriever6440 It's just that people don't actually see the carriers in rough seas...living in a carrier town, we hear all the time how they got thrown around in storms. Friend told me each time the Captain saw a storm, they would head into it....washes the carrier off from sea salt. Have a good Christmas...

[@sparrowlt]

So they had Scott Glen riding in the back seat of a TA-4?

[@gtc1961]

Looks like it...notice how, on his helmet, it says VA-122 but after the plane traps the squadron number on the plane is VX-5? sadly, neither of those squadrons still exist as they were.

[@dominiqueroudier9401]

sparrowJLT Sky hawk pictured hère is A4M With "back hump" first flight in april 1970 and thé part of thé movie is 1959. A4B must be interesting. Oné of différent mistakes of this movie

[@calvinlee1813]

gtc1961 VA-122 transitioned to the A-7 then stood down. Then stood up as the West Coast RAG Squadron flying the F/A-18E/F IIRC 1999 or 2000.

[@calvinlee1813]

Dominique Roudier 1982/83. The Navy only had T/A-4Js in the training command. There were A-4Es and Fs around the fleet at VCs,VFCs and NFWS and of course the Blues. Most of the A-4A/B/C and Ls were long gone by 1983.

[@christopherfischer6998]

Cracking jokes while landing on an aircraft carrier

[@marks_sparks1]

01:00 Crusader or Corsair?

[@ironroad18]

A-7, look at the exhaust plume and the wider tail pipe. Plus an F/RF-8 would have probably been in burner.

[@mattf49006]

possibly a A7 from archival films..but since this scene is set in 1959 when Shepard was selected for Nasa...it would have been a Crusader....the Corsairs first flight wasn't until mid 60s..'65 -66

[@oldfrend]

if it's not archival footage, which seems likely since they were allowed to film on a carrier anyway, it'd be a corsair since the f-8 was retired well before this film was made.

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

At the time they were filming this? Most likely A7.

[@miltontrenholm5563]

CVA_38 66-69

[@nickdannunzio7683]

Call name... CRASH...

[@thetooginator153]

Apparently, “The Right Stuff” had a $6 million loss on a $27 million budget. That baffles my mind. This movie makes every man in the world feel like a proud American. The cast was the best the early eighties had to offer; the writing was awesome; and the story itself was amazing. I bet there are some 60-year-old hard-core Somali militants in Mogadishu who LOVE this movie. “Down with America! Those terrible imperialists! Hey guys, do you want to watch ‘The Right Stuff’? John Glenn is my hero! Yeah! USA! USA! USA! Uh, well, you gotta love the astronauts, right?” “Hey! What about Neil Armstrong? He’s MY hero!” “Good point Hamid, but Armstrong wasn’t in the Mercury program.” “Yeah, and how about Buzz Aldrin? That guy is the BEST! Remember when he punched that moon-hoaxer? That was epic!”

[@RCAvhstape]

I've heard rumors that the communist Chinese Navy loves watching Top Gun.

[@MrBugman2525]

Sam shepherd should have played Alan shepherd

[@elijahrobinson2362]

Sheppard

[@jongilbertson2106]

Alan Shepard is in the Navy , but he has no rank?

[@starguy2718]

At the time, I believe he was a LCDR. Later, he became a RADM.

[@jcr150658]

Why would you walk around with your helmet on?

[@edwardpate6128]

The flight deck a dangerous place, helmets stay one. If you look all the enlisted flight deck crew have helmets on at all times.

[@KevinBalch-dt8ot]

Didn’t happen this way.

[@vikings844]

What didnt happen?

[@stijnvandamme76]

@@vikings844 they did not go to the carrier to invite people into the program. they invited everybody to go to the selection and orders were cut, people went TO the program , not the other way around

[@MuzixMaker]

@@stijnvandamme76 That would have made riveting cinema....

[@Menyhard]

😂

[@jerrylawson6905]

Always want a job offer from a guy pucking

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

Aren't aircraft carriers one of the most stable ships how is he getting seasickness

[@gordorjohnson]

I hate to be this way coz I loved this scene, but putting on your mask with BOTH hands in the turn...... ?????!

[@mitnato]

F-14 is the best, period.

[@jondeere5638]

The best line in the movie was, 'Our Germans are better than their Germans'.

[@ForeverBennett]

See how Glenn takes his hands of the stick to adjust his helmet lol. I'm pretty sure that's not a good idea during a carrier approach...

[@dirtyharry1844]

He's holding it with his legs.😏

[@ForeverBennett]

@@dirtyharry1844 A-Ha! Of course.

[@hankkingsley2976]

coupla seasick joooooooo z

[@badlaamaurukehu]

On a carrier? Vomiting? Wtf?

[@LeRinkRat]

in the movie the ship is on a calm sea with a steady deck BUT having flown of ASW carriers in the north atlantic back in the late 1960's I can assure you that a LOT of people got sick. "sea sickness" effects some people just being aboard ship. same with air sickness in a clear smooth sky

[@oldgoat142]

I spent most of my navy career at sea aboard the Constellation, but most of it on the Dwight D. Eisenhower. In this clip they're in a relatively calm sea but she'll still pitch and roll some. In a storm? Let me tell you, if you don't think 100,000 tons of warship won't roll and pitch, guess again. There were guys that went green and wound up in sickbay.

[@badlaamaurukehu]

Shore Fleet.

[@sce2aux464]

Like getting seasick on a football stadium

[@roybarron5289]

Astronaut? Sure, landing on a carrier in rough seas isn't interesting enough.

[@Clint328]

They were puking at the sight of the Navy’s ugly jets

[@thomasmcewen5493]

The Air Force is heard from.

[@tyvernoverlord5363]

Let's not get started on the supersonic eye sores of the Vietnam Era that the Air Force were flying...

[@Clint328]

@@tyvernoverlord5363 hahaha, inspired by bar room darts. Still not as ugly as the bulbous Navy aircraft in my opinion

[@tyvernoverlord5363]

@@Clint328 Meh, one man's opinion I guess. I like the curves on navy jets. But the sleekness of the Century series, in particular the 100A and 105D are downright gorgeous planes.

[@Clint328]

@@tyvernoverlord5363 100A 🤤

[@AwfulWaffle8474]

Out of the entire movie, these two Washington GMEN really took me out of the film. Not shitting on Goldblum and Sheer but the way they played them as over the top killed the momentum of the film but luckily it picked back up

[@johnfitzpatrick3094]

I thought they were there for comic relief. I thought it worked.

[@jeffshriber6120]

This is stupid , nobody vomits on an aircraft carrier. Its too smooth sailing.