Here is a cool short about Pre-WWII Pensacola flight training. Very cool seeing a lot of the same buildings that still stand today. Eyes of the Navy 1940
Pixar getting into the Naval Aviation movie business?
I'd be lying if I said it doesn't look cool.
Never thought I would hear a White Zombie song in a Disney movie.
..unless you have studied your Agrippa….which I have!I always thought The Right Stuff and Blackhawk Down were the two best movie adaptations I've seen (with The Princess Bride a very close third).
Funny you should mention that. I was 13 when it came out... And when the scene came up with the Coast Guard helo pulling Maverick/Goose out of the drink, my mom was proudly telling everyone that is what I wanted to do. And it was. Little did I know, I was going to go Marine Corps vice Coast Guard...Some will disagree, but I rather think it may have influenced more than a few of you in your formative years:
... And when the scene came up with the Coast Guard helo pulling Maverick/Goose out of the drink, ...
I was referencing just the helo. At the time, I wanted to be a USCG helo pilot.At the time of principle photography, the Coast Guard didn't deploy swimmers. Those are Navy swimmers you see in the film.
I was referencing just the helo. At the time, I wanted to be a USCG helo pilot.
Because we're still Naval Aviators, and the Navy Recruiter wouldn't shut up about nuke...I got nothing for how you ended up on the green side.
You don't wear ribbons on wash khakis and dungarees.Why were no ribbons worn in Final Countdown? Was it common in that era or did the Navy not want to put them on actors?
Why were no ribbons worn in Final Countdown? Was it common in that era or did the Navy not want to put them on actors?
What Hal sez…PLUS, there was a brief time in the mid '70s when the normal uniform then known as "Tropical Khaki Long" (e.g., our nappy-snappy gabardine or double-knit khaki, short-sleeved uniforms) were declared to be "working uniforms"…no longer good for liberty and no ribbons authorized. Must have been a Zumwalt-era thing, as best I can recollect…don't ask me why.You don't wear ribbons on wash khakis and dungarees.