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The Top Gun Exam
1. On what date did the USN establish an elite school for the top one percent of pilots?
2. What did the Navy call that school?
3. What hand signal does the pilot give the catapult officer to indicate he is ready to be launched?
4. What colour flight deck jerseys do the aircraft refuellers wear?
5. What ocean is the aircraft carrier operating in at the beginning of the movie.
6. Which aircraft carrier is it?
7. What is the carrier’s hull pendant number?
8. In the opening air combat sequence why does Cougar “break high and right”?
9. At what range from the Enterprise does the air combat commence?
10. What is Maverick’s idea of fun?
11. At what range from the carrier’s flight deck does Maverick “call the ball”?
12. What is the name of the Admiral’s daughter that Maverick has in his list of high speed passes?
13. What are the last words Cougar says before he throws in his wings?
14. What is the geographic location of Fightertown USA?
15. What was the Navy kill ratio in Korea and what did it fall to in Vietnam?
16. What does “ACM” stand for?
17. What beer is the ditsy blond drinking when Maverick and Goose arrive in the target rich environment of the officers club.
18. What manoeuvre does Charlie brief that a MIG 28 cannot do?
19. What is the hard deck on Maverick’s first hop at Top Gun?
20. What type of aircraft does Jester fly?
21. Complete this phrase by Jester. “You can run but …..”
22. What colour is the F-14s Head Up Display symbology?
23. What colour does it turn at lock on?
24. What is written on the coffee cup of the air traffic control officer when Maverick buzzes the tower after his first hop against Jester.
25. What alternative career does Goose consider after he and Maverick have been chewed out by Viper for flying below the hard deck?
Bonus Questions
26. What is the name of the squadron on the honour board outside Viper’s office and what date were they deployed to WESTPAC?
27. What is Charlie’s address and what time is dinner?
28. Who has the best set of “ripped abs” in the volleyball game.
29. When Viper is de-briefing the second mission (2 v 2) he tells Maverick that he made a wrong choice. What should Maverick have done?
30. What training mission is it when Maverick leaves his wingman?
31. What is the motto on the recruiting poster in the Top Gun locker room?
32. On what training mission does Goose get killed?
33. What are the switch settings on the F-14s HOTAS armaments switch?
34. When Maverick’s No 1 engine flames out - is it the port or starboard engine?
35. What is the blatant error in the Admiral’s briefing about the “situation” involving the crippled communications ship?
36. What sector is Ice allocated?
37. What is Maverick’s plane number? (Trick question)
38. Is Maverick left handed?
39. How many aircraft did Viper lose from his squadron in Vietnam?
40. What carrier did Viper and Tom Mitchell fly from?
41. When Viper is telling Maverick about “Bogies all over the sky like fireflies” what is he talking about?
42. How many rows of medals does Maverick wear on his ice cream suit at the Top Gun graduation ceremony?
43. When Maverick reports he is supersonic, how long will it take him to get to the battle?
44. The first MIG shot down gets hit by a missile. Where does it get hit?
45. What is the air warfare call sign of the aircraft carrier?
46. How much would it cost you to play three songs on the jukebox at the bar in Fightertown?
47. In the movie credits which of the US Navy pilots doesn’t have a callsign?
How many can YOU answer?