I'd sooner think they were enjoying every second of it, not many chances a pilot gets flying on the extreme envelope out of combat without a court martial

LOL no kidding,

@F P Looking at the control surfaces as he recovered it. Full right stick and NO roll. The flight surgeon probably had to remove the seat cushion.

4:15 "Can't stand with the slow speed yet kid?? Heh heh 😋!" "Shut up grampa!"

F-14 didn't have bitchin' betty

Worth looking for you the way you describe it.

Bob Marioni thank u 4 your service. I saw this at the cinema the week it came out.

Very cool..

Way Cool!

Giant Killer i just hate it when nobody answers... Now i can’t sleep

When the pilot in the Tomcat switches to Master Arm and the wings sweep back. Shyt is about to get Real.

"Hello... Goodbye."

The scene proved to be near fatal for one of the pilots as he stalled. The scene that shows the low altitude recovery was real.

Tomcat Pesawat yang mampu terbang mencapai mach 2.24 dengan sayap ayun

Donnie Twump It was a radio controlled model.

Yeah. People who grew up with cgi think there did not exist a world without cgi...

DLordSadow did the US Navy really blow it up with their missile ?

Yeah, it is awesome that they shot it actually, with real planes.

I've always thought they could have used real stock WW2 footage of zeros crashing into the water and blowing up in the sky rather than those fakes they used here.

Spacegoat92 It almost did in real life when they initially buzzed them.

This is not CGI. All that flying was real. The zeros going haywire after the flyby, the Tomcat almost stalling out of the sky trying to maneuver at those speeds with the zero. All real.

read the wiki page, the Tomcat pulled out 80 ft above the water for real, almost bought he farm, and the buzz was like 30 feet from the Texan, he lost his headset and watch, and almost the plane !!, when you see them twisting after , they are not in control.. wake ripped the controls from their hands..looked great though, some brown under ware after that.. Amazing to see what a 14 would do to a WW2 vintage plane..goddam turkey shoot.. and they didn't fuck it in the editing , all looked symetrical and nice and smooth.. it was about the planes not the pilots, wish modern editors would watch this before doing dogfight scenes..no cgi, no cuisinart , 30 second rants by the pilot, sanitary cockpit, enjoyable to watch..

Naaa the guns wuld do save the missels

@@ZR117 #SaveTheMissiles

Not even close. F4 Phantoms

The F-11 Tiger was very elegant looking as an alternative to the Tomcat.✌️😎

I could watch this movie 100 more times and still not be bored. Excellent film.

I dont get this movie can someone explain

lol

Martim Nunes Martinho A time vortex opens during a storm transporting the American aircraft carrier U.S.S. Nimitz back in time to just before the Japanese attack on the American Pacific Fleet to trigger American entrance into WWII. With the 1980s aresnal they possess they sit in a position to potentially end WWII early and advance American technology almost 50 years overnight.

Jo Yutre but also they have to make the choice whether to alter WWII and possibly screw it up, or they could let thousands of people die and many ships get destroyed

@@captaincobra4578 Good point! This is a movie I'd love to see remade. Of course, now it'd be F-18 Super Hornets instead of Tomcats. Maybe send the U.S.S. Gerald Ford, a single Virginia class sub, & an Arleigh Burke destroyer, just to make it fun.

I know

Christopher Hernandez if there is no cg, is the zero pilot is dead?

u can't find me its called practical effects. they used small model planes lol

maybe pilot already jumped off then missile shot at pilotless plane.

You kidding me?

Zero pilot: Oh sh-

"This has got to be a dream."

I agree!

This is what Uptiers feels like in war thunder

the issue is are they really zeros planes? or just RC models?

Seriously, you need to get out more dude!

@@bobdylan7120 why and be around you Woke Mother's I think not

They did shit their pants...repeatidly.

No need to imagine, that’s what happened when the p-51 mustang debuted.

it's an american glory movie it's cool to think about how they would react but it's americans shooting down japanese planes and showing off their power.

Like yeah let's fuck up pearl harbor for our emp... WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!!!! Then and F22 raptor just launched a tomahawk cruise missile after there ass.

@@Shadowkey392 Probably, or more likely when the first Me 262 appeared...

Oddly enough they should actually be folding out when going into combat, but that's Hollywood realism for ya

@@Nightdare I understand the US military leans on Hollywood to *avoid* depicting actual military tactics accurately. There are genuine counter-intelligence reasons for that, though some of the things they obscure seem trivial and common-sense. In any case, the F-14's wings fold in for supersonic flight, needed mostly to rapidly close range with a distant target or to disengage and retreat. They fold out for anything likely to require a high-lift manoeuvre, including landing. The Zero was not a fast fighter even by contemporary standards (it was easily outpaced by the Mosquito *bomber* introduced around the same time - though to be fair, that's exactly what the Mosquito was designed to do), but was known for an exceptionally tight turning circle and high turn rate (possibly only the Spitfire could match it). The F-14 would definitely want to have its wings out to tangle with it, even if it employed the "boom and zoom" tactics developed specifically to counter the Zero during WW2. As has been traditional for many years, the Zeroes themselves were actually played by T-6 trainer aircraft, painted appropriately. The resemblance is close enough for movie purposes, and there are no Zeroes left in flying condition - due mostly to the extremely thorough job the Allies did of destroying the IJA and IJN air forces towards the end of the war. In fact, it seems unlikely that a direct Zero replica would be approved to fly these days; they were very flimsy.

@@Nightdare no the wings folding depends on the f14's speed maybe they were trying to go super sonic or atleast speed up because they were going way to slow chasing the zero's

@@botcheek482 Read up on the F-14's variable sweep wings You have the part about angle depending on speed right, but a Tomcat would never go to fully back swept wings when needing to maneuver (dogfight), or approaching stall (going too slow) If I go by the timeline as depicted, the F14's were already close enough to engage, which would not require a long distance "sprint" to reach their targets, i.e. they had no need for full delta wing configuration to intercept When a Tomcat sweeps it's wings back, it looks cool But when it's time for business, it's not about looking cool

@@Nightdare Thanks. Glad somebody noticed that.

I was at A School in San Diego the summer of 1980 and the NTC theater was full when they showed it there. The cheers were real when the Zeros got blown out of the sky and groans and cursing was also real when the Captain aborted the wing intercept of the Japanese. Fun times.

Nothing like beating on a virtually defenseless opponent.

@@coldwynn Defenseless? The Zeros shot at them first.

@@coldwynn What, like the Viet Namese in real life? Just how did that one go exactly?

Damn that's impressive

I heard the pilot were screaming hard when the Tomcat stalled *EDIT : It's the pilot's wife*

*In the final edit, the sound of the F-14 was actually punctuated by the scream of the pilot's wife when she saw the daily rushes, interspersed by the sound editor into the high-pitched afterburner whine. This scene has now become part of the urban legend of the film, described as a pilot's "death plunge"* _Gregory, David. "Starring the Jolly Rogers"-Interviews with the Jolly Rogers F-14 Fighter Squadron (documentary featurette that accompanies 'The Final Countdown' DVD). Blue Underground, 2004_

Balls tougher than an M1 Abrams Turret

That never happened......In one scene where an F-14 "thumps" a Zero by flying under and streaking upward in front of the slower aircraft, the resultant "jet blast" of turbulent air was so intense that the control columns of both of the Zeros in the scene were violently wrenched out of the pilots' hands and caused both aircraft to momentarily tumble out of control. The lead pilot's headset, along with his watch were ripped off and out of the open canopy of his Zero, resulting in a few anxious moments as the F-14 pilots were unable to establish contact................ During the engagement when a Zero fires on an F-14, in order to get on the "six" of the low and slow Zero, the jet fighter did a low pull up that ended just 100 feet (30 m) above the ocean in a screaming recovery.

That Mustang must not have been capable of full speed. They could cruise at 360 mph, which is at least 200 mph greater than the stall speed of an F-14.

Let's just pretend here that you remember those events incorrectly instead of blaming your lack of knowledge on warplanes.

it's already stalled

well yea - given trying to stay w/rotary engine types ! -what did u expect ?

saemus hailstorm u mean radial engine

@@saemushailstorm3135 you talkin about mazda dude?

Yeah they had to have their flaps all the way down lol

Yes

Yes but that would be boring coz it's a moovie

@@Rowledgew It's more like the matter of limits of special effects.

Ya in ww2 hits from 50cal they would blow. No self sealing gas tank on zeros..

Also something tells me thqt yacht wouldn't of blown to smithereens after a couple hits.

Checking in 3 years after your comment and after the Top Gun sequel came out....the old F14 still has some kick against the modern fighters..in the movie anyway!..ha!..it was kool tho

F-15's better.

​@@williamsherman9514me quedo con los Tomcats por su capacidad de desplazar sus alas hacia atras para mayor velocidad

okedoke1234 exactly lol that is so true 😂😂

Alright, which one of you clowns brought the Stuka!

The fing PO-2

Haha

🤣

but the ending makes sense, you know when in the past look but don't touch

You can definitely tell he got way too close to the water and the plane lost lift for a few seconds there. It's good to read confirmation on that

Yeah, very slow speed (below 200 knots) and very high angle of attack while changing throttle was a recipe for stall in those early TF-030 engines on the F-14A. Those zeros were always below 200 knots and F-14 was designed to fight at much higher speeds (over 350 knots).

@@KLRGT500KR true! in reality, they would never slow down so much, this is exactly what a very slow enemy would want you to do. you can't "out slow" a prop in a jet fighter (usually ;) ) they would fox the shit out of them from miles away and be done with it

You talk about stall situation, so why he is afterburner during the pop up?

@@strannix9426 I don't get your question? If you stall, you want to regain airspeed again, so of course he'd light the cans

It took me 20+ yrs. , but I FINALLY, have a DVD of this CLASSIC!

The "Tornado" can sweep his wings too, but it never looks as agile as it does on the F-14.

The Tornado is no dogfighter. It is an interceptor. And as good as the Tomcat looks in this movie, it's not a dogfighter, at least not originally. The swept wings design simply enabled it to fly superfast super efficiently when they are swept back. And the other configuration is to preserve fuel, cruising around on watch for enemy planes threatening to attack the carrier. That way they can fly slower, preserve fuel and remain on post longer without having to refuel. And you can't safely take-off or land if you only had the supersonic wing configuration.

Actually, as much as I love this scene and the movie, knowing a bit about swept-wings planes. It makes no sense. When they are playing with the Zeros, the F-14s have their wings swept out because they need the agility and fly rather slow. Sweeping back the wings is only done to achieve maximum speed, supersonic speed to intercept an enemy threat in time. And either wing configuration does not effect their ability of firing their missiles because: 1) that would be stupid: can't fire the missiles when your wings are not swept back! 2) I know from fact that the some of the missiles are directly attached to the plane's body so it doesn't matter and any missile on the wings is on a pylon that rotates automatically in response to the wing sweeping (it would be really bad for aerodynamics if they didn't)

@@AudieHolland tomcat didn't carry missiles on the out wing panels, only the F111 did and had problems with the mechanism , aim 9's are slung under the engines, on a pilon, pheonix, and aim 120, in the belly recess .. Tomcat can dog fight, it's not the most agile , but the wing design is excellent (A6 uses the same wing) and with the autosweep it did make an effective , agile dogfighter.. Though it was heavy as it was navalized , big gear, heavy wing box, tailhook etc, so it certainly more effective bvor, but they ate mig 23's for breakfast in the Gulf of Sidda .. the first gen 's with the tf33's had surging problems, but the later versions F110, 120, upped the power, had a better bypass ratio, and far more reliable , also much more dry thrust, plus composites were used much more lightening the air frame in later versions as well.. Don't kid yourself, I'd be wary of tangling with an F14, no matter how good a plane I'm flying, plus they train the living fuck out of Naval Aviators as well, so yer not tangling with some novice.. Strait on with an F16, even altitude, sure, the 16 can turn tighter, but the 14's a lot faster, better rate of climb at high alt, much faster dive, accelerates faster in a strait line, more powerful radar, more electronic countermeasures chaff and flare, if the pilot can put these to good use and not get into a turning war with a 16, even odds.. Mind you, an F14 kitted out is like 60 million, and guzzles fuel in a combat situation like an idiot, a 16 costs like 20 mil , can sustain more g's for longer, tighter radius, better pilot ergonomics, it's lighter and more sensitive to the touch (stick and fore arm pressure rather than moving the stick), fly by wire, smaller target, better lift to drag ratio, bubble canopy, helmet mounted sight.. tough call, comes down to tactics in the real world..

That shot always makes me grin, seeing the Tomcats rush in like that? Man look out!

heheheh

And then there's the A-10...

@@the_sapph1re370 that would be a short aerial fight, no rockets just guns.

@@michaela3274 yup that's for sure. too bad the storm kicked the carrier back to the present, would have been a glorious battle.

@@the_sapph1re370 agrees in 'BRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

There is no F-14's to use to make that movie.

Iran still uses them today

That is what I heard some time back, but it can't be the same airplane with the modifications made to the numbers they still have in service.

TAOFLEDERMAUS The History Channel to totally make a mini series out this especially with today's NAVY

TAOFLEDERMAUS Or rather, thank god, they haven't remade it. You know PC they are.

Just a minor point of order - there were no Mitsubishi Zeroes in flyable condition during the 70s. I understand that's changed a little bit now. I think one or two have been successful restoration projects since then. The "standard" substitute plane used to portray the Zero in films and TV (Such as in Robert Conrad's Black Sheep show) was the AT6 Texan - which had a similar enough profile it could reasonably pass. If you squint. Otherwise - total agreement - and yes - as comments elsewhere on this video have stated, those Texans DID get knocked around something fierce when the Tomcats blew through on that first pass! To the point where one guy lost his helmet and both of them got the control sticks yanked HARD out of their hands! And let's give some kudos to the camera crew - I don't know what THEY were flying in, but that camera work was ON POINT! Steady as a rock and always center frame on the action, no matter how crazy the fighter crews and the "Zero" stunt pilots got with their manuevers!

Between the Texans getting violently rocked through wake turbulence as you saw and a tomcat stalling and almost crashing.... there's a reason why they use alot of CGI....

@@ISAFSoldier FAR safer for stuntmen and actors to use CGI if less realistic. There were apparently LOUD words spoken when this was shown to a group of admirals prior to release. Said group included one carrier guy who was less than pleased with how close to the water the Tomcat came during recovery. According to the crew, they were okay, but the brass were NOT amused.

14s are a beautiful plane.

Trina Williams and then in the next shot the wings are extended again

Which makes no sense because the wings are automatically controlled based on airspeed and don't fully sweep back until past 400 knots which is way too fast against the zero. They can be manually swept back but then you lose a lot of lift and at slow speeds would be a nightmare to try and fly. Either way there was no need to sweep considering most of the bfm was at very low speeds for the tomcat.

Then you would know my Uncle, CDR Ed "Hunyak" Andrews the XO of VF-84 back then.

​@@curtekstrom9531 that missile is much more expensive than zero, lol

I don't speak I do brrrrrtttttttttttttttttttt

yeah it wouldn't have been just a puff of smoke out the engine, the entire zero would have been a puff of smoke.

Confetti... ON FIRE 🔥 No self sealing fuel tanks, lightweight wooden construction... (edit: I digress, most of the shots of the aircraft *not models* were T-6 Texan trainers)

Though the Zeros did sacrifice armor for weight (which made them fast and maneuverable) I would say that ANY WW2 era fighter from any nation from that time would be confetti when hit by an M61 20mm burst. Not just Zeros but ANY fighter. Since all of the prop planes are so much slower, you can score a massive barrage of hits against them and with 20mm HE rounds? The plane is mince meat.

Which he probably never actually said or wrote down. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoroku_Yamamoto%27s_sleeping_giant_quote Be that as it may, he knew the nature of the attack on Pearl Harbor was a mistake and that Japan would lose if the war would be prolonged. Not taking out the aircraft carriers at Pearl made that inevitable.

Dude, yes!

I never understood why the X-Wing had that feature. Besides the "rule of cool", that is. What was the *technical* justification for mounting not only the wings and guns, but *all four engines* outboard of motorised hinges?

@@Kromaatikse In Star Wars, the wings or S foils in case for the X-Wing extend outward to ease the radiation of the heat created by the guns and engines, there are a couple of videos that explain the mechanics of a lot of the Star Wars vechicles

@@Kromaatikse The X-wing maneuvers in part using differential thrust from its main engines. Opening the S-foils gives a bit more vertical spread which would improve pitch response.

@@Ambaryerno It would also spread the gun pattern a bit more.

Yeah, so striking and sexy-looking.

I was ships company

Me still watching this

2021

All eyes & 👍👍

2021!

American Patriots!

An annual ritual. I watch this movie every year on Dec 6th or 7th. My favorite movie of all time!

"We"

I'm sorry "we" were inverted

@@matt....2233 thank u

Your welcome

Goose

Editing was a little out of order.

3:12 should have been AFTER they went in the clouds.

@@robertmorris8997 yeah, but remember when this was made. How many computers did they have working on this do you think? Could have been better, I agree. Still epic.

@@dwrdwlsn5 uhhhh... none? That's one of the reasons it's so good.

John Doe lol

Something that many people didn’t want to see

@@snipinmonsta Especially if you were a MiG :D

@@snipinmonsta only if you're on the opposing side to it.

YEAH it is!!

I love how do don't realize this a shitty movie and those Japanese pilots are sitting in movie props and nowhere near an actual F-14.

Gorilla UMP I love how you “do don’t” realize that is actually the strategy an A6M would employ when fighting a faster opponent.

Those are The Jolly Rogers VMF 103 !

@@marcwilkins The Jolly Rogers were VF-84 back then

​​@@gorillaump5869They aren't movie props, but they aren't original Zero planes either. They're replicas flown by the Confederate Air Force of Dallas, Texas (nowadays Commemorative Air Force). Only a few original Zeroes are still airworthy! Edit: The F-14s and the replicas did fly together in the same scenes, from what I was able to look up. A number of the pilots here were actually serving on the carrier in real life, and one of the "Zero" pilots was a WW2 veteran (as was the man playing the senator).

azeleapark b

WELL The Navy DID have a hand in it

Especially compared to the crap they are making today.

"Feeding time."

U just dont mess with that pretty kitty cause that kitty will mess ur world up

Shooting at a Tomcat only makes it Angry.

and the realisitc 2 sec burst doing the job, not the hollywood 1 min, unlimited ammo , pilot gritting teeth, bullshit.. brap, dead zero.. professional

@@planegaper Only problem is that a two-second burst from a Vulcan would turn a Zero into metallic confetti.

Agreed

@@TheKenPrescott If they had the means to do it, I am sure they would have loved to of shown that Zero getting turned into chaff.

@@Elthenar The pilot had Plot Armor at that point.

Rotary Cannon* but close enough I suppose. Any multi barreled gun/cannon with a fire rate of over 3000 rpm would make a BBBRRRRRRVVVVTTTTT sound as it fires.

@@ISAFSoldier You should hear that gau-8 cannon on the a10. I used to watch them at Ft. Bragg (back when they used to fly out of pope) and I was in the field, I'd sit on top of my truck watching them do gunnery practice for hours.. hearing that gun in person was something to behold. Later in Afghanistan I used to joke around with some of the terps and construction workers we'd let on base, they used to tell us that they were scared to death of that thing (the A10) they said the talis especially didn't like it.

@@marty5300 what makes you think I haven't ;)

@@marty5300 I like the videos where you see the A10 shooting, then hear, “VEEEEEP, voooorrrrrp, brrrddddtt!” which is the screeching sonic booms of the rounds passing through the air, the deeper roar of the gunfire itself, and then the sounds of impact.

ANYTIME BABY!!

Preapare to surrender that booty fear the bones