Topgun: An American Story

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Jr, Jacob V. Lamar (November 24, 1986). "The Pentagon Goes Hollywood". Time. ISSN 0040-781X . Retrieved March 18, 2023. Trerice v. Pedersen". United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. F2d (769): 1398. 28 August 1985. First of all, I cannot believe nobody here has written a legitimate in-depth review of this book before, so I'm going to have to do it myself. I don't think anyone's going to read this, but I hope my efforts are worth it for any Top Gun fans (or not) out there who is deciding whether or not to read this book (or have read this book and just wanted to read some thoughts from someone else). Disclaimer: this review is going to feature lots of spoilers for the film, and since I assume most people reading this will probably already have seen Top Gun, I'm not going to be using spoiler tags, but if you haven't, please consider yourself warned! :D Wampler, Scott (June 2, 2017). "In Which Tom Cruise Reveals The Title Of The TOP GUN Sequel". Birth.Movies.Death. Archived from the original on June 4, 2017 . Retrieved June 2, 2017.

Ap (1981-07-29). "SKIPPER IS ACCUSED IN SAILOR'S DEATH (Published 1981)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-12-31. Kael, Pauline (1991). 5001 Nights at the Movies. New York, N.Y.: Picador. p.780. ISBN 978-0-8050-1367-2 . Retrieved July 12, 2021. Karlen, Neal (November 5, 1995). "From the Man Behind 'Magnum, P.I.,' 'Top Gun' Meets 'A Few Good Men' ". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017 . Retrieved May 3, 2018. The long-awaited sequel to the era-defining, testosterone-laden Top Gun is poised to be one of the biggest movie spectacles of the year. The film is playing out of competition at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and will be treated to a UK Royal Film Performance on May 19th, so you'd better believe this is going to be huge.Keslassy, Elsa (May 16, 2022). "David Cronenberg Breaks Down Cannes Walkouts, His New Film's Sexuality, and Why Netflix Turns Him Down". Variety. Top Gun: The New Book by Navy's Program Founder Is a Rare Aviation Literary Gem". The Aviationist. 2019-04-30 . Retrieved 2020-12-31. You have to know your weapon and its limitations as surely as you do your airplane. So we went to school on them to uncover every shortfall. There were many shortfalls and some very technical solutions. American jets are getting shot down at an unprecedented rate over Vietnam. In an urgent effort to regain the advantage the Admirals turn to a young naval aviator called Dan Pedersen. Top Gun study guide contains a biography of Tony Scott, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Primarily a biography rather than a deep dive into Topgun, but still an enjoyable read for a number of reasons. Pedersen conveys personal experiences well. Campbell, Duncan (August 29, 2001). "Top Gun versus Sergeant Bilko? No contest, says the Pentagon". The Guardian. Archived from the original on May 17, 2007. The book should especially appeal to those interested in a lot of technical detail about aircraft design and mechanics, and fighter tactics. Beyond that, of special interest are Pedersen’s open critiques of what he views as the enemies of an effective air combat force.

It's hard to read Dan Pederson's Topgun and not think of Tom Cruise. A pleasure to read' Wall Street Journal Murphy, Desiree (July 26, 2019). "Kelly McGillis Says She Wasn't Asked to Be Part of 'Top Gun' Sequel (Exclusive)". Entertainment Tonight.