Top Gun

[HackerF15E]

Let's not forget that it was a groundbreaking movie at the time it came out. It's easy to look at it now with 25 years of pop culture history behind us and find it cheesy, inaccurate, stupid, etc....but at the time, it was eye-popping (in a good way).

It was influential on my decision to go after a career as a military pilot...

 

[Anonymous]

Would you guys wear a jacket like this?
With all those patches?

 

[deeb7]

Would you guys wear a jacket like this?
With all those patches?

You know the answer, Platon.

 

[RCSignals]

Would you guys wear a jacket like this?
With all those patches?

Many show up on eBay, but don't seem to sell too quickly. Oddly enough some 'top gun' jackets that were in colours, such as yellow, Blue and Red, did sell.

 

[Anonymous]

The ones on ebay that I have seen are crappy.
I am talking about getting the right patches (per film) and sewing them on a good original.

Would you do it?
not from the point of view of ruining the original, but from the point of wearing it out and not being laughed at

 

[Dr H]

No, absolutely not in my case. Not even during the 80s when they abounded...

 

[Andrew]

The ones on ebay that I have seen are crappy.
I am talking about getting the right patches (per film) and sewing them on a good original.

Would you do it?
not from the point of view of ruining the original, but from the point of wearing it out and not being laughed at

I suspect you'd end up doing both.
A. Ruin the jacket and
B. Get laughed at.

Btw, do you still need those RW dimensions?

 

[marco77]

Don't touch original jacket !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

Marco

 

[rich]

Let's not forget that it was a groundbreaking movie at the time it came out. It's easy to look at it now with 25 years of pop culture history behind us and find it cheesy, inaccurate, stupid, etc....but at the time, it was eye-popping (in a good way).

It was influential on my decision to go after a career as a military pilot...

I'm not surprised, the air to air/carrier sequences were stunning on a big screen. But IMO the Hunters has far better jackets and Kelly McGillis comes a very poor second to May Britt!

 

[airfrogusmc]

I never felt comfortable wearing my patched G-1 in the civilian world and I rated wearing it. When I was in your flight jacket could be a record of the squadrons a pilot or crew member had served in. So it was like a wearable military history of the wearer. I wore my patched G-1 several times after i got out (years ago) but always felt a bit uncomfortable and partially because of that stupid movie. Also wasn't that supposed to be his fathers jacket? And weren't there both Navy and Marine Corps patches on the on in the movie?

 

[marco77]

The "stupid guy" that make the jacket for Tom Cruise have mixed usmc and usn patches !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jaguar46]

Anyone that wanted to hit the road, and crunch the gears on a Sunday sunny morning, top down, with no cars on the road, had to have this playing

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8rZWw9HE7o[/video]

 

[jnlight75]

For a more "leather" themed video from the movie, I present this. I wouldn't recommend watching the whole thing, just long enough to witness the guitar player. At least the pants appear to be some leather-related material...

http://youtu.be/zCTJmXrgsFg

Sorry, can't figure out how to embed it like the last post.

 

[Monsoon]

When I was in your flight jacket could be a record of the squadrons a pilot or crew member had served in. So it was like a wearable military history of the wearer.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that was allowed in the Navy at one time, right? Multiple patches on a flight jacket? I heard that it was changed recently and it's unauthorized now?

And I agree, Top Gun screwed that up for the Navy. Sure, it got them a ton of recruits, but nowadays, if aircrew wear a jacket like that, they are gonna get razzed to hell and back.

In the AF, we can only have our MAJCOM patch on our jackets. We save former squadron patches for our helmet bags. And as you said, it's like a mobile record of units we flew with.

 

[airfrogusmc]

When I was in your flight jacket could be a record of the squadrons a pilot or crew member had served in. So it was like a wearable military history of the wearer.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that was allowed in the Navy at one time, right? Multiple patches on a flight jacket? I heard that it was changed recently and it's unauthorized now?

And I agree, Top Gun screwed that up for the Navy. Sure, it got them a ton of recruits, but nowadays, if aircrew wear a jacket like that, they are gonna get razzed to hell and back.

In the AF, we can only have our MAJCOM patch on our jackets. We save former squadron patches for our helmet bags. And as you said, it's like a mobile record of units we flew with.

Don't know about the Navy but it was common practice in the Marines when I was in 73-77. We couldn't where or jackets or any flight gear out in town but anywhere on base was cool. Like I said it showed your history of where you were stationed and which squadrons that you were in.
I was a CH-46 crew chief.

 

[airfrogusmc]

When I was in your flight jacket could be a record of the squadrons a pilot or crew member had served in. So it was like a wearable military history of the wearer.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that was allowed in the Navy at one time, right? Multiple patches on a flight jacket? I heard that it was changed recently and it's unauthorized now?

And I agree, Top Gun screwed that up for the Navy. Sure, it got them a ton of recruits, but nowadays, if aircrew wear a jacket like that, they are gonna get razzed to hell and back.

In the AF, we can only have our MAJCOM patch on our jackets. We save former squadron patches for our helmet bags. And as you said, it's like a mobile record of units we flew with.

Don't know about the Navy but it was common practice in the Marines when I was in 73-77. We couldn't where or jackets or any flight gear out in town but anywhere on base was cool. Like I said it showed your history of where you were stationed and which squadrons that you were in.
I was a CH-46 crew chief.

Also wanted to add you could see right away who the old salts were and also the newbies.

 

[HHjackets]

For a more "leather" themed video from the movie, I present this. I wouldn't recommend watching the whole thing, just long enough to witness the guitar player. At least the pants appear to be some leather-related material...

http://youtu.be/zCTJmXrgsFg

Sorry, can't figure out how to embed it like the last post.

the guitar player is Steve Stevens, Billy Idol's guitarist (he played Hamer guitars back then and that guitar is the Steve Stevens II model).


[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCTJmXrgsFg&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[Chris217]

Speaking of Top Gun, if you want a real good laugh check this out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSWZ-6xFF80

 

[dmar836]

Better, and similar to the one Chancerider posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfbjUmG8 ... re=related

 

[airfrogusmc]

For a more "leather" themed video from the movie, I present this. I wouldn't recommend watching the whole thing, just long enough to witness the guitar player. At least the pants appear to be some leather-related material...

http://youtu.be/zCTJmXrgsFg

Sorry, can't figure out how to embed it like the last post.

the guitar player is Steve Stevens, Billy Idol's guitarist (he played Hamer guitars back then and that guitar is the Steve Stevens II model).


[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCTJmXrgsFg&feature=youtu.be[/video]

I know Paul Hamer btw great guy with some great rock & roll stories.