It's not just fans of the 1986 blockbuster who are delighted, but the aviation community in particular. And whether they admit it or not and hide the sparkle in their eyes behind the RayBan: it's "a thing", even for our naval aviators.
Unfortunately, the navy no longer has Tornados to operate at sea. Admittedly, the German Navy's aircraft are not that fast either. Nevertheless, this is no reason not to use the new edition of Top Gun as PR for the naval aviators. The pilots and crews of the naval aircraft are the heroes and heroines in reality, not in cinemascope with painted helmets, motorbikes and brand-specific pilot's watches.
No cheques for light setting
Why not use the cinema release on 27 May as an opportunity to promote our planes? When the kids flock to the cinema, you should perhaps send out the message on the sidelines: we have this too, you can do it too.
Many pilots, crew members and technicians volunteered to show their faces in order to arouse the interest of young people.
Visually, the naval aviators have nothing to hide; they are certainly in the same league as the ageing Tom Cruise, who will be 60 this summer. It is easy to set the protagonists in a cinematic lighting mood. Sometimes even the typical sunglasses helped. 36 years ago, director Tony Scott paid a five-figure sum for filming time in a special lighting situation. However, the commander of the aircraft carrier had no sense of the artistic requirements: After paying the sum, the carrier stayed on course for five minutes, so the legend goes. Naturally, no remittance slips were issued in Nordholz in 2022.
"We also need people to get these things in the air...!"
Top Gun grossed almost 357 million US dollars in 1986 and was the promotional film for the United States armed forces. Originally, the US Navy had no budget to support such films. After the PR debacle surrounding "An Officer and Gentlemen" with Richard Gere in 1982, in which the Navy refused to support the film because it was a "joke", this was not to happen again. After this tear-jerking low budget film - not Richard Gere's best - applications for the Navy went through the roof. And so everything was done to make "Top Gun" a success for the Navy. And indeed, applications went through the roof again: for the air force.
The purpose of the small PR finger exercise by helispotter.mv in cooperation with marineforum.online is for young aviation enthusiasts to get in touch with the PWET in Nordholz and "check out the naval aviation display". Not only pilots or TACCOs are being sought. Quote from an on-board Sea King mechanic: "We also need people to get these things into the air". If the film helps to find even one: "Mission accomplished!
Photos: Daniel Angres
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