Top Gun - Maverick Vs Jester

Maverick / Goose : F14 Tomcat
Jester: A4 Skyhawk

[@HappisakVideos]

I got Michael Ironside's (Jester) autograph once at a scifi convention in London and although he plays hardnuts and badguys he was a total gentleman towards his fans, shook everyones hands and was happy to chat to people for a minuite or two and have pics taken with them. A true star.

[@robertbruce6865]

Michael Ironside rocks! Plus, a good friend of the Late, Great Warren Zevon! Ironside provided guest vocals to Zevon’s “Run Straight Down”, along with David Gilmour on Guitar.

[@alexp3752]

Beautiful comment regarding a truly classy gentleman, one of the best...

[@David-dl6zg]

@Thisanawadee Cook 😂 It's better you didn't have time to ask him about Robocop.....He's not in that one.

[@supermodestmouse]

@Thisanawadee Cook I did not know that! I'm trying to imagine his hard ass look in robocop now!

[@fernandobrito5746]

A REAL good man. God bless him.

[@midnightwriter7817]

When Goose says 'Cmon Mav, do some of that pilot shit' it is identical to what Rooster says to Mav in the new movie I just saw. The second Top Gun Mav is AAAWWSOME!!

[@colin641]

like father like son

[@ZakEmber]

*SPOILERS* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "We hear Maverick say a few times in the sequel, "Talk to me Goose," but I actually got misty when we heard Rooster, Goose's son, say, "Talk to me, dad" during an intense fight. I didn't see that line coming, and LOVED IT!!!! It's a small thing, but a huge thing at the same time.

[@spirz4557]

@@ZakEmber Even in death he still got their back.

[@ZakEmber]

@@spirz4557 You bet he does! Great balls of fire!

[@VisualCraft_PRO]

best sequel movie ever, I thought they don't make movie like this anymore. But am I wrong. Me as a 35 years grow ass man, cry like a baby in the cinema

[@archangelstormrider3695]

Love when Goose says "Come on Mav do some of that pilot sh*t". One of his best lines.

[@marcelgalbanfuentes8144]

And was repeated in the sequel Top Gun Maverick

[@mikebryant8507]

Let’s turn and burn 🔥

[@tywebb6561]

Can we take a moment to appreciate Anthony Edwards as Goose simply being awesome here.

[@fatbuckrto8371]

It's amazing how much Goose playing hype man kind of amped up every scene he was in. None of those training dog fights would have had the same energy without him.

[@intension1762]

“We’re going ballistic Mav, go get ‘em!” will always be one of my all time favorite lines I love this movie more than I could ever express

[@daniel8chang]

Goose was Mav's greatest hype man/cheerleader ;)

[@colin641]

You can be my wingman anytime

[@intension1762]

@@colin641 GOD DAMMIT, THATS TWICE! I WANT SOME BUTTS!!

[@mrcelsius2928]

Even though ballistic is the opposite of what goose shouldv’e called. Ballistic means max speed

[@jdoggybizzle]

At 1:18 that shot was so good Tony Scott wanted you to see it again at 1:25 From a photographers standpoint, the cinematography in this film was second to none, no CGI no BS just good old fashioned golden hour lighting and composition. This film forever changed aviation films because you could actually see the aircraft in the whole and lit up well and most of the time in Top Gun they were actual DoD jets and not models except for the Flat Spin scene. Legendary.

[@switchblade800x3]

great catch.

[@dazburnside7340]

He had to re use a lot of footage because apparently the navy didn’t want to cooperate with filming

[@shadowbeast2276]

Some times you have reuse shots especially back then. Great editing. You barely notice.

[@shadowbeast2276]

The flat spin & exploded planes were models. Everything else was real planes & real pilots

[@johndoe-el5ic]

@@shadowbeast2276 the inverted flight over mig-28 while giving the finger was a cut and paste of two films into 1

[@J_JetClips]

does anyone else still watch this again after having seen it hundreds of times when it pops up in recommended videos?

[@jayturner7712]

yep i watch it ...replay it over at least 50 times straight til i get unstuck...i have to pull my self out of the "zone " it puts me in....so much adrenaline!!!!!! Then I found a street fighter 2 ken vs guile champion edition scene someone put together with this song playing on kens stage while they fought......pure ...fire!!!!!! Thank God for classic..legendary .....music and creativity!!!!!

[@guntherboshoff3083]

LastGunfighter still look at it everytime sometimes it inspires me to even just go more than im willing to go

[@Barzins1]

LastGunfighter yep!

[@jay1live422]

I watch the movie every time it comes on and I also own it on dvd

[@alexeilindes7507]

All the time

[@shane3674]

Some of the best camera work ever put to film. If this was made today, it would have been nothing but green screen and CGI. It’s the realism that makes this a timeless classic.

[@aPxPredator1]

This comment didn’t age well lol

[@B8888Y]

Hahhaha apparently the new one is crazy and no cgi

[@Oxibase]

This Friday, I can’t wait.

[@shane3674]

@@aPxPredator1 I think the studio read my comment and was like “We’ll show this stupid bitch” 😆

[@DerineShorts]

Have you seen TOP GUN: Maverick? It’s insane with no. CGI 🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@decimated550]

0:58 "watch the mountains!" Greatest RIO ever, he was practically the co-pilot . RIP Goose 1960-1986. 2:01 and 2:09 omg the high speed film at low level !

[@withoutwroeirs]

After 20 years working in aerospace the F-14 remains a beautiful aircraft.

[@catman351]

38 years since I did plane guard duty for these birds in the I-O.

[@rotyler2177]

'That was some of the best flying I've seen yet. Right up to the part where you got killed.'

[@jay1live422]

You never, never leave your wingman

[@fubaralakbar6800]

Everybody talks about Mighty Wings being underrated, and it very much is...but what's really underrated is the A-4 Skyhawk. Seriously, that little thing is awesome.

[@godofunity2612]

1:19 It was like Jester knew Mighty Wings was playing, so he figured he'd bop his head along with the beat.

[@thoreo7390]

Jester do be vibin tho

[@OCMOOO]

Michael Ironside's voice nevermind his acting, deserve to be remembered

[@VB-3]

Hard to believe the sequel has aerial footage that makes this seem like amateur hour in comparison. Both of these films redefined film making. Amazing stuff.

[@benjy117]

lol I always laughed at this shit. Dogfights at 10 feet apart lol. No avionics in this planes. WW2 style lol.

[@Fedakeen]

Not the best, though one should remember that we were still in the Cold War and footage was in limited supply. Besides, it still has more high-altitude footage than the sequel and a better plot.

[@asraven7386]

This was navy recruiting material for years.....

[@nightwing79]

Oh yeah! I saw a documentary on this movie. That guy who played Jester was in a restaurant. He said two military guys walked up to him and asked "You were in that movie Top Gun weren't you?" and when he said yes the guy replied very angrily "We signed up because of that god-damn movie". He said it got really tense. LOL!

[@BlitzvogelMobius]

Still is.

[@shanenolan85]

#facts💯🎯 I wanted to join sooo bad after seeing this!

[@jay1live422]

I still want to join because of this movie lol

[@UnholyMasterOfMetal]

Not just the US navy. This movie must have been recruiting material for all air forces across the world.

[@Cash_McCoy]

When this movie came out, I was in the navy and had spent allot of time on flight decks around F-14's and many other navy jets. Even though my friends and I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, we still had a tendency to dissect it and point out everything they did wrong. When Jester said the A-4 was smaller, faster, and more maneuverable.... we were like... Uh, no sir. The A-4 is NOT faster than a Tomcat. Not even close. Smaller, definitely. A Tomcat is huge. More maneuverable.... depends on who's driving. Faster? Not a chance. In a dog fight like these, the Tomcat would leave the "Scooter" in it's wake. Don't get me wrong. We loved the movie and still do. We were just airplane nerds. I did the same thing with Maverick. The new one is awesome by the way.

[@Anarchist86ed]

Yeah, but no one gives a shit if the plane is slower. We just want awesome 80s rock music and jets flying around.

[@dontcare7086]

I'm not questioning your credentials but this film was filmed on navy ships with service members and active duty personal on set. How did the military advisors get it wrong? Was it just a Hollywood thing ignoring facts to make the movie seem cool?

[@Anarchist86ed]

@@dontcare7086 Um, yeah. They wanted it to look cool. That was the whole point. Flying jets isn't as much fun as you see in the movie ya know. And no hot 80s rock music.

[@Cash_McCoy]

@@dontcare7086 it was just Hollywood doing Hollywood stuff. Don't get me wrong, it was a great movie and the new one is even better. 99% of the people that watched it would never know any of these things were wrong. Like I said, I'm just an airplane nerd that spent some time in the navy so I tend to pick things apart. "Oh, they didn't do this right"... and "that right there would have never happened that way". It's not necessarily a good habit to have. My wife, daughter and Pastor all took me to Imax last week to see it. Afterwards, I mentioned that I thought there was very little in the movie that Hollywood got wrong and only airplane nerds like me would even notice. My pastor told me in his very pastor like way to basically shut up and keep it to myself LOL

[@adamw2911]

To be fair...in some situations a smaller, nimble, lighter, less powerful aircraft can more than hold its own against a larger, more specialised fighter. In the UK, the USAF used to practice with their F-15s against the RAF Tornado F3s and Hawk T1s. In BVR mode, the F15 and F3 were pretty even as both had decent radar and AMRAAM. However close in the F15 was superior to the F3. The Hawk T1s though, caused the F-15s all sorts of problems. .

[@kvgolfa]

What I love even more than this movie is how everyone in the comments feels the exact same way about it that I do. There's something special about these movies

[@280StJohnsPl]

I was a crew chief on F-4C Phantoms in England and made a range mission in the back seat of my aircraft while TDY at Decimomannu Air Base, Sardinia. After that a little air combat tactics over the Med. Made my 4 years in the USAF worth every minute. SHITHOT !

[@280StJohnsPl]

280StJohnsPl The pilot I flew with on that ride and all the aircrews in our squadron were Vietnam combat aircrews with most having time over the NorthThey knew their shit, learned in combatGreat guys....we crew chiefs respected them and truly liked them as well

[@cardinalbob1]

My dad was on the Phantom project as a mechanic at McDonnell Aircraft. He loved working in the cockpit.

[@chethammer]

When was this? I was based at Alconbury in 85 and my shop was right next to the Flightline where the F4-Cs, F-5 Agressors, and TR1s took off.

[@derekdarvell]

This material got Tom Cruise a navy fighter pilot award for the work that he created allowing the navy to learn new skills and be the way they are today.

[@dukewilleo1630]

My favorite top gun scene. The music is deadly!

[@jakemiester45]

I saw this when it first came out while I stationed in Augsburg Germany. Me and a friend were on a run down in Berchsgarden drinking Czechoslovakian budwieser. This film was a great boost to moral at a time when we in the armed forces where in peaceful times. The wall in Germany had not come down yet and the threat of the cold war was still eminent. I still have great memories about those times, the 80's rocked..........God I'm getting old. Proud to serve US. ARMY Military Police1981-89

[@brendanmccallion2350]

1:55 Jester: "I'll try spinning. That's a good trick!"

[@KMakoENVtuber]

Brendan McCallion now this is where the fun begins -Maverick

[@birdie3rdie]

@@KMakoENVtuber let em pass between us.

[@killerzandy]

You just watched top gun 2 and this giving you chills

[@wadehallen]

This movie is such a classic. One that will never get old. They unfortunately don't make movies like this anymore. That is the sad thing about hollywood. "TOP GUN" Rocks!!!!

[@15jsoliven]

Mighty Wings is the real Top Gun Anthem!

[@dianalee3059]

One of my all time favorite movies! Holds up after 35 years

[@brando7266]

U must be low iq,

[@lm1584]

Love the tomcat fuel dump vapes at the beginning

[@CaddersGaming]

Come on Mav do some of that pilot shit! Makes me laugh every time.

[@BenLewis-ni1zb]

Prequels to the best sequels don’t get much better than this.

[@MrRo330]

That's some of the best flying I've seen yet. Right up until the part where you got killed.

[@buckeyefangirl1976]

Saw interview with Michael Ironside where he said the rest of his life he hears people going "Jesters dead...yee haw" lol.

[@inconspicuousdaddy6307]

"No way your mine". Proceeds to guitar solo which I will treasure for eternity.

[@TheIntruder5150]

It is interesting about some of the things that they get away with, because the film was made in cooperation with the Navy.

[@leesmith6866]

I was 11 when this movie came out. As much as people appreciate Top Gun 2 "Maverick"...Unless you were born when the original came out...You can't possibly understand how LARGER THAN LIFE this movie became, especially once it came out on VHS. (The "Streaming Service" of our time...Even DVD is "old" so that should tell you something.) Because of Top Gun, for about five years after its release...Fighter Pilots were bigger than pro-athletes. No joke. If you were an aviator, especially a Naval Aviator, you got more pu$$y than a gynecologist.

[@DV_Dark_Jedi]

And what's more interesting is, Goose says in the bar scene that he'd be happy to find a girl to talk dirty to him. Looks like Goose wasn't exactly husband of the year material. There's a pretty good chance he was just running his mouth like guys do when they're out with their buddies, but you never know.

[@leesmith6866]

@@DV_Dark_Jedi Prolly the second part lol. Goose wasn't exactly a "Chad" type. Although Naval Aviators, especially back then got plenty of attention from vvomen in military towns/bases/port cities. And after Top Gun came out, OMFG, if you were ANY kind of pilot, let alone a fighter pilot, you were like an NBA player lol.

[@buckeyefangirl1976]

Wonder if Michael Ironside still hears " Jesters dead - yee haw" constantly?😁♥️

[@ErnestoTani]

And passing 30 years left. WOW!

[@manuelmarquezgarrido7415]

El f14 es antiguo, pero en estética no hai quien le gane, es muí bonito de ver

[@traynor1195]

Mavericks amazing he has the ability to change watches while in a dog fight! Pause at 1:40 and again at 3:08. :D

[@davidpallin772]

The discerning viewer.

[@cleekmaker00]

When the AIM-7 Sparrow and the AIM-9 Sidewinder came out in the 60's it was said that ACM was a thing of the past and that BVR would be the wave of the future. The Ault report disproved that theory... that's why Top Gun and Red Flag were created. Close in ACM will always be an integral part of aerial warfare because when the missiles fail, all you've got left is the gun, and you've gotta know how to use it!

[@enzo321]

"the clock is ticking, and as of now, we are keeping score"

[@kalel311superman9]

classic movie , i was only 5 years old at the time this movie was released

[@psychodad6013]

See you at the party Richter!

[@zlatas359]

Haha can't believe nobody got that reference....i lost my shit..."kaamaaan give dis people some eaiir"

[@buckeyefangirl1976]

Still watching. Still loving ♥️♥️♥️

[@FrostySharkSpain]

You can run kid, but you can hide.. ANYBODY ELSE LOVES THIS LINE??

[@Firebourn94]

You watch one trailer and all of a sudden decade old videos pop up into your recommendations

[@carterboi9178]

This is song is the only thing missing from top gun maverick training scenes

[@residentduke891]

0:33 a FAST war bird

[@dwightlove3704]

Michael Ironside gave a underrated performance in this '80s classic as the character Jester.

[@Ben82077]

Yeah mav would have his wings clipped for that tower stunt.

[@Cpt50Caliber]

"Do some of that Pilot shit" The Navy's finest xD

[@stevenseargeant6450]

"I want some butts!"

[@rickdeckard1075]

he's on our a$s, coming hard and fast

[@iainmcelhone2021]

Just never gets old, does it .. ??. Great Balls of Fire indeed !!

[@JD1976]

We used to service the hawks. Its hard to believe a tomcat could get anywhere near them.

[@RUdigitized]

Negative Ghost Rider the pattern is full.

[@frodrigues2008]

+RUdigitized Hey......"God damn that Son...of....a....Beach".......

[@frodrigues2008]

+RUdigitized Hey......we have lost "Hollywood"......send Maverick on alert 5........

[@rturae]

*Talk to me Goose. Talk to me*...............Maverick's re-engaging sir!

[@josequinteros1185]

A4 skyhawks héroes halcones nobles que combatieron en nuestras islas Malvinas argentinas!!!

[@EpicJoshua314]

Interestingly, Jester was dead the moment he went below the hard deck of 10,000 feet because he ‘crashed’, however, Maverick went below 10,000 feet seconds later which nullified his victory. But, the illegal buzzing of the tower would nullify his victory if he stayed above the hard deck.

[@Outlaw4640]

hard deck my ass we nailed that son of a bitch.

[@timsimmons9073]

Hard deck dumbass

[@kanetidus]

@Antifaith29 and now with the Blue Ray release, the passion to review the movie it's even more great!

[@Sparky151427]

@KrosanBeast315 The F-14s VG wings were always full automatic, the flight control system and the airspeed data automatically determined the best wing sweep angle for the give flight profile. The pilot can always manually override the system incase of a failure. On the ground the control of the wing angle is fully manual by the pilot, there is even an over swept position for when the aircraft is parked up to save space. The glove vanes were fully automatic, but were deleted on later F-14s.

[@livinginPantopia]

There is Top Gun 2: Maverick out. We got the second shot the whole family now. 35 years later.

[@Dreadandcircuses]

Jester: I have you now. Han Solo: WOOHOOO! Jester: Wat?

[@AccordGTR]

I love this movie. It actually inspired me when I was racing touring cars...in some of my races when I'm on the attack, closing in on the car ahead, I would always think of this scene and tell myself "Here's my chance, it's a big one!...I got you now!" before I'd pass for the lead and the win. LOL

[@Zaidella]

Remember the spin that killed Goose indirectly? The pilot of that one had guts...

[@madaxe606]

I love that the subsonic A-4 is 'faster' than the Mach 2.3 capable F-14.

[@MrWestcoast45]

the scene when the f-14 and a-4 fly overhead then a second later their shadows pass over...SO FUCKIN COOL!!!!!

[@sparrowlt]

"the jets you are flying against are smaller , faster and more maneovrable" sees an A-4 Skyhawk... Yeah right... at least you got the first one right

[@frodrigues2008]

sparrowlt Sorry didnt get it. Whats wrong with that line?

[@sparrowlt]

beatifull mind in matrix The A-4 Skyhawk is subsonic.. it has less than half the top speed of an F-14 . Also the "more maneovrable" part is highly debatable.. they were certainly more nimble and very agile as they simulated well MIG-17s.. but their low thrust-toweight ratio meant they were stuck horizontally while the F-14 and F-18 way higher ratio allowed them to play vertically . Yes.. that was the intention of TopGun.. to teach F-14 (and later F-18) crews to exploit their planes strong points against the other guy's weak points.. but that doesnt change the fact that in a dogfight with equal pilots of equal skills the F-14 and F-18 will outmaneover an A-4

[@frodrigues2008]

The F14 was original created to protect aircraft carriers from missiles fired from fighter/bombers against the aircraft carrier thats why he can carrier the largest/long range missiles an aircraft ever carried.He was not made for dogfihting, he´s very fast but at TOP GUN doesnt matter, does it?

[@frodrigues2008]

sparrowlt I am not technical knowledge at flying specifics of fighter, but i remenber to see blue angels with A-4s and later F-18s the F-16 belongs to the Air Force. I just dont imagine F-14 doing that kind of stuff.When i was a kid i drawn many aircraft because i like aerodynamics. Ratios i dont know nothing about it.

[@sparrowlt]

beatifull mind in matrix it kind of does because speed is usually related to thrust and engine exhaust speed. the F-14 has a quite high thrust to weight ratio.. The only exception where the plane is subsonic but has a very high thrust to weight is the Harrier family.. and thats related to the way the Pegasus engine works. Also this was well learnt in the Vietnam war.. if a US pilot in a F-4 Phamton would try to chase a MIG-17 in a turning dogfight it would loose.. however the Phamton was way more powerfull than the Fresco so they learn to use the power to maneover in the vertical where the MIG-17 couldnt follow.. thats where they used A-4s .. the MIG-21 was a diferent history as it was more powerfull but less agile than the MIG-17.. so they used the F-5 to simulate MIG-21s .. then when the new generation of MIG-29 and SU-27 came they began using F-16 and F-18s to simulate. Do you know that in TopGun they actually used the F-14 to simulate SU-27s?

[@AvocadoDandy]

I used to give fly by's, but then I took a sidewinder to the knee

[@gregory88843]

So nice Maxwell Coffee!. Bam!. Can you slow down a little slim!. Smile!. Got to buzz the tower!. Best! Yet!. Take care.

[@RacerXGTO]

3:35 Lt. Lloyd “Bozo” Abel. Legendary Naval Aviator

[@samudrarasanjalee2796]

Tom cruise with top gun ! you can watch this movie even In 4022 This movie is a master piece

[@ShyBiiteVT]

This is the best scene in the entire movie.

[@wreck993]

The best recruiting movie ever, to bad the cat is long gone!!😵

[@NomadicGargoyle]

This is the best movie of all time

[@treatthyself]

"Yeah, I got him. I got him. Here we go."

[@frodrigues2008]

+Lord Rupert Everton Hey...."lets turn and burn"..........

[@gregory88843]

Time to buzz the tower!. Smile!. No to many people in the tower!. Smile again!.

[@Griff_94]

thumbs up if you will always like Tom Cruise just because of Top Gun

[@TheCoolProfessor]

This is the movie that made the F-14 Tomcat famous.

[@lahmangg]

Is it possible to make a better Top Gun flick?

[@jorgenpinoy1724]

Still got goosebumps looking at this...🤘

[@aaronkenyon7112]

Jester's "Jesus Christ" is my favourite part lol

[@cyclecrafttom]

Jesters comments are insane :D "show me whatcha got kid"

[@johndover7096]

would be funny if Maverick deploys his emergency parachute and blocks the view of jester just like how in Independence Day Will Smith deployed his chute to the alien spacecraft

[@deltaalphaone1]

Music was absolutely perfect for this movie but F-14s not really dogfighters now F-16 or better yet TYPHOON now we are talking out perform that old A-4 Skyhawk very easily!

[@Jacksonbrown96]

damn top gun is a badass movie!

[@gregory88843]

Morning ride to church!. Smile!.

[@CMTSUBR500]

F-14: the greatest fighter ever made. Its 40 years of illustrious history is the proof of that.

[@stephen2583]

Sound track for the first movie was in a whole other class to the cut and paste play list of the second film.

[@chethammer]

Only thing not right about Top Gun is the Dog fights. Aerial dog fights in a jet do not take place at low altitudes. Maybe in an A-10, but even then that is an attack plane.

[@hangarrat]

Concessions to videography. Jets against just sky for most of the film wouldn’t be very cinematic. I know what you mean though.

[@lm1584]

That's definitely NOT the only thing factually wrong about 1986 top gun

[@kaosaz27]

Jesters dead YEAHAW

[@gregory88843]

Wait till you get back in the locker room !. Smile!.

[@cowetascore8476]

Jester's dead, YEE HAW! Still use that line.

[@discordmemes6924]

Were going ballistic! *wings fully extended"

[@janantoni3]

This Maverick is so good. He should teach his wingman's Son.

[@twinstu50]

@Antifaith29 FUCK YEAH!. Dude, I'm 62, I did 21 years in the RAAF, A/G/A communications, '71 to 91. Had a ball. Flew as a radio operator/passenger in Lockheed SP2H Neptunes, C-130, A, E and H, Hercules. Know what your'e saying. Love flying.

[@gregory88843]

Time to buzz the tower!. Smile!.

[@renatomihic1675]

Monster of a flick. Legend. Didn't see the new one yet, but very few sequels can be even compared to originals. Maybe 10... If...

[@erinkstansell4246]

watch it all the time

[@Bendc1970A1]

They say that Jester went below the hard deck at the end but the entire sequence looked like it was below 1000 FT. They were dodging mountains the whole time.

[@RedSunCZE]

This track is never released in soundtrack, shit, i love it :-/

[@alexanderkahl1288]

The young gun Maverick vs. the old pro Jester.