Warm-up: Top Gun Trivia

Have you seen Top Gun: Maverick?

• Yes

• No

ERAU Alum, Captain Brian Ferguson, was an "SME" during filming due to his extensive experience as a Navy fighter pilot.

• True

• False

Through a deal with the DOD, producers rented F-18s to film the movie. These cost $ _____ an hour.

• Nothing. F-18s are being replaced by UAS and are no longer needed by the military.

• $50,000 an hour

• $11,000 an hour

Tom Cruise served as pilot-in-command during the filming of Maverick in which aircraft?

• F-18 Hornet

• SR-72 Darkstar

• WWII era P-51

While Cruise did not fly any of the F-18s himself, he was a passenger in the second seat while a stunt pilot performed the aerobatic maneuvers, requiring Cruise to withstand strong G-forces. How many Gs is it estimated that Cruise withstood?

• 10.2

• 8

• 6

• 4

The North Island Naval base bar featured in Top Gun-including the bell and its' "buy a round rules"- exists on North Island Naval Base.

• True

• False

The roof being blown off a building during Admiral Cain's stand down with the Darkstar was computer generated.

• True

• False

In the movie, Maverick survives an ejection from a supersonic aircraft. However, no one has ever survived a supersonic ejection.

• True

• False

The Darkstar featured in the film is not real per se, but is inspired by many Lockheed Martian aircraft. Its name is inspired by the ...

• RQ-3 Darkstar, a high-altitude, long-endurance surveillance drone

• Sr-71 Darkstar

Admiral Cain shuts down Maverick's work as a Darkstar test pilot to redirect funds to the Navy's UAS programs.

• True

• False