Wife and I had a movie “date night” to see Top Gun Maverick. Waited until it had been out a while to avoid crowds, and not wanting to catch Covid or ???.
Very entertaining. Having worked as an aircraft tech for more than four decades, even with the “no way” portions, I still enjoyed it for an entertaining film.
Truthfully though, and this is my opinion, plus having watched the original many, many times, if a person never saw the original movie Top Gun, at least enough times to understand the movie, plus pick up on certain, people, phrases etc, the new sequel, while still entertaining, might have some vagueness or the person watching may only get a fraction of the intended value.
Yes, the Admirals daughter Penny Benjamin was one. The arrogance of the higher ranking officers and other pilots. And more.
One of the coolest “aspects” of both films, the second even more, is how the persons in charge and others said it could not be done, yet harsh words, backed up by actions showing otherwise, proved those with the wrong answer, they were wrong.
Mike, I believe you indicated you enjoyed the film, maybe inspiration to build a RC Tomcat with swing wings.