News is out that yesterday, TOP GUN director Tony Scott has committed suicide by jumping off of the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro.
Tony was instrumental in many Tailhooker’s lives in that, there are a number of men and women who wear the wings of gold today that back in 1986 had no clue what an F-14A was, what an angle deck was… and was surely under the mis-guided idea that TOPGUN was two words!
In tribute, I could link to any number of TOP GUN clips, but instead I found the following two part Making of TOP GUN to be far more informative. Besides, we’ve all seen That Movie…
These are not short, but very interesting and star the likes of Admiral Mike “Wizard” McCabe (the XO of TOPGUN when the movie was filmed), Pete “Viper” Pettigrew (the Technical Advisor), and Lloyd “Bozo” Abel (the F-14 Aerial Coordinator of the film).
Enjoy…
Part II
God Speed Tony…
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