Fighter Pilot Reacts to Top Gun: Maverick

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Күн бұрын

Watch a fighter pilot react to Top Gun Maverick, the sequel to Top Gun. In these Top Gun Maverick clips, we see everything from training in the FA18 Super Hornet, to fighter pilots experiencing g-LOC, dogfights with a fifth generation fighter, and the impossible Top Gun Maverick bombing scene. Watch as Alex Bowman, Ex-US Navy Fighter Pilot and Aviator Instructor takes a look at these Top Gun Maverick flight scenes to tell us how realistic they are!
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Maverick VS. Rooster
03:40 - Briefing Room
05:11 - Bombing Run Training
08:01 - Final Mission
11:40 - F-14A Tomcat VS. Fifth Generation Fighter
13:48 - Final Thoughts
Want to find out more about Alex Bowman? Make sure to check out his KZfaq channel ( / alexbowman_ventures ) and his Instagram (@atbowman)!
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@IGN Жыл бұрын

Like in our first video, a MASSIVE thank you to Alex Bowman for lending his expertise to this video! Want to learn more about fighter pilot aviation? Check out Alex on his social channels! - Jesse 1) kzfaq.info_Ventures 2) instagram.com/atbowman/?hl=en

@davidhowell1415 Жыл бұрын

We should all just admit we like jet prawn

@kylekearney1590 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your honest but not douchey commentating! Amazing. And thank you for your service. Most importantly, thanks for being a badass fighter pilot!

@copperstaterocketguy1640 3 ай бұрын

Alex Bowman...The NASCAR driver??

@1153mf Жыл бұрын

$25 says he’s been called “Grinder” by all his buddies!

@MylifeMB Ай бұрын

He definitely had some time with the Marines 😂

@MichaelPolera Жыл бұрын

Dude has just about the best call sign 😂👏

@whollylostandgone Жыл бұрын

He swipe right or left?

@yahhwae4812 Жыл бұрын

“Smoke in the air, swipe right swipe right!!!”

@rinzler9775 Жыл бұрын

It could have been "grinder"

@drbobsnightmare2521 Жыл бұрын

His back seat man is call sign Grinder😅

@p__jay Жыл бұрын

cant be taken serious with that name 😂

@stever8574 Жыл бұрын

But was the volleyball scene accurate??? 🤔

@canihave1dab724 Жыл бұрын

They have to bring in a volleyball expert next

@AztekDeLaJungle Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣👍

@mrglass7133 Жыл бұрын

🤣

@Yo_DynamoJoe Жыл бұрын

It's football in this one

@sephorce Жыл бұрын

@@Yo_DynamoJoe are you some volleyball expert?

@spankyharland9845 6 ай бұрын

that fancy briefing room was for the audience to understand the mission outline, they would be totally confused if it was just a dry erasable board.

@avroarchitect1793 2 ай бұрын

The real deal is much lower tech and not as flashy. A few white boards and maybe a projector if you wanna get fancy.

@Jayjay-qe6um Жыл бұрын

It's not a Top Gun movie without the legendary Grumman F-14 Tomcat.

@twolak1972 Ай бұрын

More like obsolete. THE F15 is still our best fighter and came along with the F14 but its still our best air superiority fighter. 105 kills to no losses.

@daedalron 8 ай бұрын

12:30 I've seen comments by other fighter pilots who mentioned Rooster actually messed up in the starting sequence for the F14. The reason the ejectable seats didn't work was not they were faulty, but Rooster didn't arm them before they took off (IIRC apparently you need to remove a pin somewhere to arm the seats, and Rooster never did that, most likely because he didn't know about it).

@fanch1072 8 ай бұрын

there are a bunch of pins to pull on a 14 seat.

@howboutusingyourhead7992 5 ай бұрын

Jeez people... it's a movie.

@fanch1072 5 ай бұрын

@@howboutusingyourhead7992 and this is just a comment Jeez LOL

@bayanon7532 4 ай бұрын

@@howboutusingyourhead7992 Go watch a cartoon.

@zaiz6018 4 ай бұрын

⁠@@howboutusingyourhead7992Alot of the people watching this are gonna be enthusiasts, so attention to detail is not just “meh”

@ratherbefishing4225 9 ай бұрын

Don’t know if it’s accurate but the sound effect they used for the flares deploying is probably the coolest sound in the movie for me

@aaronbritt2025 8 ай бұрын

It's accurate. Sounds like a machine gun. They're ballistically deployed.

@Bad_Wolf_Media 6 ай бұрын

Much better than the gun sounds...

@listeed1995 Жыл бұрын

If anybody wants an extended look at what fighter pilots think of the movie, check out C.W. Leimone - he recently concluded his reaction series and it’s worth a watch.

@556to762 Жыл бұрын

At the end of it the seem pretty tired of doing the reaction video.

@christiannevarez6590 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I’ve seen it. They like the movie but it feels like they spend the whole time shitting on it instead of enjoying the fantasy of the story 😂

@parsananmon Жыл бұрын

@@christiannevarez6590 thats the point isnt it? Its called "Mover ruins movies" for a reason

@AxiamWolfe Жыл бұрын

@@christiannevarez6590 To be fair they'd already heaped on the praise when did their initial review. Mover can't Ruin the Movie without excessive nitpicking after all.

@vtownjester Жыл бұрын

@@AxiamWolfe "Excessive nitpicking" sums it up nicely. That one just went on and on... Took longer than the bloody movie :D

@ASFalcon13 5 ай бұрын

1:10 ...and, as it turns out, it was indeed a former Blue Angels pilot that flew the maneuver for the stunt.

@BMoney77 9 ай бұрын

I’m real life this movie is over after Maverick ejects doing Mach 10. Dude just walked into a restaurant like he didn’t just get shot out of an airplane at 7000 MPH.

@pogo1140 8 ай бұрын

Look up how much thinner the air is at 150,000ft vs 10,000ft

@AnP865 5 ай бұрын

He didn't necessarily eject at that speed. The plane could have decelerated. As others have said the air is thinner up there, the plane could have an ejection pod, not to mention his pressure suit.

@paulmartin2348 2 ай бұрын

@@AnP865 As others have NO FREAKING IDEA what they are talking about. He is dead when that plane explodes.

@whitecrowuk575 19 күн бұрын

@@AnP865most definitely there would be an ejection pod in that kind of hypersonic plane

@JackRegan-pe7km 18 күн бұрын

While he was at very high altitude!😉

@207outdoors2 Жыл бұрын

That call sign goes hard 😂

@YouTube_user3333 Жыл бұрын

The taking off in the tomcat part was included because in WW2 an American pilot stole an enemy plane, after crashing his and flew it back to a friendly air base. The reason for the accuracies in the movie is down to Tom. He played a large part in all aspects of this movie while it was being made.

@Teampegleg Жыл бұрын

And the ejection scene was a bit of a call back to the Right Stuff and Yeager's ejection.

@michaelmappin4425 8 ай бұрын

But, he should have used flaps.

@keirbrown7734 6 ай бұрын

thought it was more a play on the mig25 defection into Japan. where the CIA and their cohorts of engineers took the entire plane apart and took samples of everything. they played down its importance in its abilities but what they secretly wanted was the materials that were being used for mach3 travel. particularly the canopy. they drilled holes through it.

@giacomoneri1782 5 ай бұрын

They also needed a justification in the script to have Maverick and Rooster flying an F-14 in a near death situation, to recall the death of Rooster's father, with Maverick saving his son on the same plane his father died in.

@cknorris3644 5 ай бұрын

Sure, because Tom was a fighter pilot so knows all about it.🤣

@stevealoia Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your Service Alex

@RB..1 Жыл бұрын

Would have liked to hear your take on the Fifth Gen scenes and the evade maneuver. Great commentary.

@mondoseguendo6113 2 ай бұрын

Just because real fighter pilots can’t do this stuff doesn’t mean Tom Cruises can’t do it. Tom is a true American hero who never loses.

@Njabulo999 Ай бұрын

In movies 🎉😂

@theCranesUS 2 күн бұрын

Word

@birdwaveracing9 5 ай бұрын

Still not a word from anyone about Maverick dropping a GBU on the target in his heroic training demonstration with the Master Arm off and the A/G light out.

@iSupamon Жыл бұрын

Callsign “Tinder” 😂

@Silirion 4 ай бұрын

Hes just that hot

@JCROD5 2 ай бұрын

Better than Grinder hahahahaha

@kdoge1387 Ай бұрын

We all know why his callsign is tinder. 😂 it's 1 of 2 scenarios. He was probably always on it and swiping on people.

@808melz Жыл бұрын

Why are there so many people triggered by this video? Some people are just curious about the actual realism of the movie and understand the movie is just entertainment. Doesn't mean people would also like to know what it's like in real life

@cartercassidy6695 Жыл бұрын

The briefing room with the white board blew my mind...I would have never guessed that.

@shaunward3711 4 ай бұрын

That’s true “military grade”

@TheBearGrappler Жыл бұрын

1:38 - “Hard Deck my -, we nailed that -!” ~Maverick, later in the locker room

@MrGruffteddybear Жыл бұрын

"He got you, didn't he?"

@Phantom.Gaming64 4 ай бұрын

It's nice to hear real fighter pilot's input about movies like this. Movies tend to take liberties and make some scenarios unrealistic.

@charzanboo9940 Жыл бұрын

"It's not the plane, it's the pilot."

@wildbill6976 3 ай бұрын

famous last words...

@DowntownGoat Жыл бұрын

The flipped bird was originally done by the Duke in Vietnam. He was that close.

@swghavoc 3 ай бұрын

Great video. The F/A -18 is a darling plan. Thank you for your time in the service. Fly safe.

@ironjungkwonful 7 ай бұрын

This was fantastic! Thank you Alex!

@GGMike42 Жыл бұрын

You probably wouldn't be surprised at the amount of people who disagree with you with absolute certainty in many other video comment sections. LOL. The internet is an entertaining place. And thank you for your service.

@davidsports2214 Жыл бұрын

Great review! Love our Naval Aviators! Thank you for your service Sir. Semper Fidelis!

@lpg12338 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding video, thanks for sharing! 👍

@claudec877 Жыл бұрын

It's just a movie, the best action movie in years!

@lucaarienta7690 Жыл бұрын

🇮🇹HAI ASSOLUTAMENTE RAGIONE🙂👍

@Kyle-ib2ve Жыл бұрын

Tony Scott did not make movies to be for the professionals He made it for the entertainment

@vstar7196 Жыл бұрын

And people base their opinions on perceptions on what they see in films. They are so simple minded so as to actually believe these things to be true.

@dontall71 9 ай бұрын

Dry erase boards are remarkable!

@colbygrant3504 5 ай бұрын

TY for this one Alex…I really appreciated your candid, honest, and fair expert opinion on this…TY for your insights here- well done…And TY fir your Service to our Country

@Mitissa515 Жыл бұрын

Only move missing is the "Split Throttle" incident in the F-14. Would have loved to hear him break that down

@toobasaurus23 8 ай бұрын

For sure. I've seen it tried in DCS and the Tomcat stalls.

@bobamarmstrong 5 ай бұрын

He flew specially F-18 and to be able to do a split throttle, you need space between the 2 engines (F-15, F-14, Flanker) in order to have a major differential thrust

@perkristoffersson4153 Ай бұрын

@@toobasaurus23think Growling Sidewinder managed to make it work in DCS though, didn't he?

@AlbaAdventures Жыл бұрын

LOL. Alex - you are back on IGN. That is great.

@Nain617 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your reaction !

@funtimestuff 2 ай бұрын

The whole point of the movies was that Maverick was trying to prove that humans were better than drones. But in this impossible mission a drone would have worked perfect with no loss of life

@bethusery6076 3 ай бұрын

Okay, but what are his thoughts about the fact that the entire mission was stolen from A New Hope?

@jaygee850 Ай бұрын

May the 4th be with you

@syncronisity1 17 күн бұрын

The biggest crime of the entire movie, is when Rooster asked why the wings were coming out... it is IMPOSSIBLE for an F-14 to take off with the wings folded.

@rebeccahansborough3817 10 күн бұрын

He was being sarcastic like why are you attempting to do this since they weren’t on an actual runway

@DestinL Жыл бұрын

Don't lie. You'd swipe right on callsign Tinder.

@kayauke13 Жыл бұрын

YES

@Cordite842805 Жыл бұрын

Did you not watch the actual movie? Maverick did not want to train them using a hard deck due to the nature of the mission.

@bayanon7532 4 ай бұрын

That wouldn't be his call

@shaunward3711 4 ай бұрын

@@bayanon7532almost nothing Mav did was supposed to be his call 😅

@bayanon7532 4 ай бұрын

@@shaunward3711 Buzzing the tower? Nope.

@paulwall7188 Жыл бұрын

They don't have the PS5 graphics so they use a white board for missions unbelievable

@cam.evo8661 9 ай бұрын

we tried it in dcs lol it was an absolute slaughter on that f14. zero chance that f14 would have survived past the suprise hit

@venom-damascus7103 Жыл бұрын

could you comment on the crazy 5th gen fighter move to get behind mav?

@calneigbauer7542 5 ай бұрын

Cw lemoine has a great reaction with other naval aviators that where also Air Force pilots

@sunalwaysshinesonTVs 3 ай бұрын

Wait.... Share with us how ya got "Tinder" as a call sign? A big part of this story is missing.

@jackofblades3171 9 ай бұрын

My favorite explanation for this is in Ace combat where the Maverick F14 is just way better than the regular F14

@jonwebber607 11 күн бұрын

Wait seriously!?!?

@skyraider87 4 ай бұрын

Can't forget that during that spiral, they had already floor morted, both on the hard deck and nearly on the real floor, in which Maverick should have been yelling knock it off or something

@Dietmilk 8 ай бұрын

Is that VFA-106 in the backround?

@FireteamJoker Жыл бұрын

The biggest problem with the combat scenes is near the end when the pilots are trying to avoid all those missiles. Every one of those missiles has a proximity fuse and would explode near the planes instead of missing. It makes for a great movie, but not very accurate.

@rinzler9775 Жыл бұрын

And they throw out 1000's of peices of sharp shrapnel designed to shred whatever gets in the way.

@seyumaiayami3536 Жыл бұрын

@@rinzler9775 sure, but going at that speed it would not damage the aircraft.

@jaxx1033 Жыл бұрын

🤣 who cares!!!!

@shoottokill1o175 Жыл бұрын

@@seyumaiayami3536 The missiles are designed with said proximity fuse to damage the aircraft in the event of a near miss when they explode and shoot sharpened and jagged metal in all directions right next to the jet

@zerofox2030 Жыл бұрын

@@seyumaiayami3536 The missile is going faster than the aircraft, the shrapnel 100% damages it and can easily take it down.

@TK-11538 15 күн бұрын

To me, the thing that didn't make sense about the mission was where the highest danger from the G-forces would be. It would be the pull-up at the bottom of the crater, not the actual climb out. Right? The movie make it seem like the vertical climb out of the crater exerted the highest amount of G-force, rather than the turn at the bottom.

@valentinalexandru8890 8 ай бұрын

You look realy young. What time did you start flying? Or you took care of yourself?

@XronisFountoukidis Жыл бұрын

Really nice video!

@rtheben Ай бұрын

It’s all counts down to camaraderie, whether you are in a factory, working your heck out, or on a jet plane

@01redlightning 6 ай бұрын

To all the pilots that served, or is now serving. Thank you for your service. For those that are reacting to the MOVIE. C'mon!! It's a MOVIE!!! For ENTERTAINMENT ONLY!!! Not to be confused to replace actual Training or Flight School. After all, just imagine the possibility an a recruitment tool. Just like the recruitment rise after Top Gun. The actual pilots that flew the front seat admitted that they joined and wanted to be a fighter pilot upon seeing Top Gun. So relax and just enjoy,,,,The Movie.

@machetepanda966 3 ай бұрын

AWESOME... do another one with Alex Bowman and his opinion on the F-14D (new upgraded tomcats). Would love to hear his opinion on those.

@Tigermoto 19 күн бұрын

New? The F14-D was the 1990s variant... It had avionics upgrades and bigger engines...

@machetepanda966 19 күн бұрын

@@Tigermoto Exactly....?

@fredowen64 8 ай бұрын

Awesome commentary.

@tonygoodwinjr9293 7 ай бұрын

What exactly are the "brakes" on a jet plane?

@rjust2297 5 ай бұрын

Well what about the racing the Jets sitting on a Ninja 😂. Vrommm 4:58 leaving the time stamp have no idea what it means lol love you all 💝. Thanks for your services aviators awesome 😎

@geraldballesteros3839 4 ай бұрын

My call sign will be : " Renaissance". lol!

@CharlieZuko 5 ай бұрын

@6:50 what about GCAS or some sort of auto-leveling system to take over while the pilot is unconscious?

@jinenjuce 2 ай бұрын

Nice video! The F-14 is a kino aircraft, but people don't realize how many hornet pilots in the 80s and 90s would eat Tomcats everyday for lunch in simulated dogfights.

@RodneyDangerfeld 2 ай бұрын

All they would of had to do for dropping the laser guided bombs is after release just pull up and do an Immelmann and go back to the deck. You probably can do it before hitting the crest of the mountain where the SAMS are. At peak of the turn throw some chaff and flares out just in case. Then you are low and fast cause you punch it on the way down and you just go out the way you came in which has already proven to be a relatively safe ingress route. Or better yet take 6-7 of the tomahawks and take out the top of the mountain sam sites in addition to the runway/airbase. But it would not of been as exciting.

@lavyalovesdad 7 ай бұрын

This is like Ace Combat the movie…I loved it!😂🤣😂🤣

@croskerk 2 ай бұрын

Its missing unlimited missiles

@joekimmel1848 5 ай бұрын

No Naval Aviator would have a p51 in his garage. That’s an army air corps plane.

@paulmartin2348 2 ай бұрын

The guy that owns that P-51 is Tom Cruise, an actor.

@bloodrunsclear 2 ай бұрын

There’s a great video of another pilot watching the ‘9 Gs’ scene…and just silently shaking his head

@blagojpejov4155 Жыл бұрын

Danger zone intensifies

@dwerical Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool

@DefaultName-vt2ih 8 ай бұрын

Dont sleep on the Pete "Maverick" Mitchell factor...

@paulchilds9053 6 ай бұрын

Ward Carol who was a Top Gun instructor gave it a great review

@Scalabrio 5 ай бұрын

Ward Carol wasn't a Top Gun instructor

@tzeffsmainchannel 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, Lieutenant! o7

@yellowfin1962 2 ай бұрын

It’s called Hollywood! But thank you Alex for your expertise and service!

@rex8255 3 ай бұрын

Another entertaining video Leagle Eagle's review of the movie with a JAG lawyer. Let's just say "Can you say death penalty, boys and girls?"

@SavageCips Жыл бұрын

My only problem with the F-14 scene it is Gun sound! It doesn’t sound like that also the SU-57 “Felon” love that name it Gun to doesn’t sound like that

@wokeydokey6885 Ай бұрын

They could have taken a raptor to fight against the felon. There's no way that an f14 could beat a felon. SU-57 is much better equipped, much faster, more stealthy and has much better maneuverability than the f14.

@6uiti Жыл бұрын

5:05 def possible if u map the cannyon with computer in 3D , and tracking in digital canyon

@SohiHien 4 ай бұрын

He didn't say it wasn't impossible just that they don't use that tech. They use whiteboards because they are cheap and still plenty effective.

@Ridingthewaves305 Жыл бұрын

The most unrealistic thing in Top Gun is his call sign Maverick. You don’t get cool call signs, they’re almost always something embarrassing about the pilot. If he requested the call sign Maverick he would’ve been hazed to the point where he would voluntarily leave the force

@aaron6268 Жыл бұрын

He probably left his wingman, Hollywood.

@MrChalky124 9 ай бұрын

The expert is called “Tinder”! That’s cool...

@pogo1140 8 ай бұрын

You mean like insisting on being called Duke instead of Yankee like Cunningham did?

@Anakin_711 5 ай бұрын

with the tom cat f14. in top gun one the plane that the plp was in was the tom cat f14

@wokeydokey6885 Ай бұрын

F14 Tom cat is the one that they steal from an enemy airbase and fight with the 5th gen fighters, aka SU-57 felon. In real life, felon will easily decimate the tom cat within seconds and there's no way the tom cat can win.

@davidbull1923 16 күн бұрын

For someone with the callsign "Tinder" this dude is as exciting as a flat tyre.

@PikachuUsedSplash 2 ай бұрын

What a callsign

@bubbafatas2588 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your service!

@littlejefe494 7 ай бұрын

It's a shame we never got the super tomcat..

@deratomi 8 ай бұрын

how do you get that call sign lol

@user-cj8to9dz5z 7 ай бұрын

Ever seen a full-bird still flying - even for skunkworks?

@DDayJayke 9 ай бұрын

Mav getting saved by plot armor is such a Tom Cruise thing. The Su-57s Autocannon would have shredded the F-14 to pieces, also terrain wouldn't have messed up the targeting, that makes zero sense.

@pogo1140 8 ай бұрын

The terrain would not mess up the radar, but fighting that low will do a number on the pilot.

@Peter-or8oc 7 ай бұрын

I'm just a lay man but when maverick does his breaking maneuver to get behind his opponent Ben dogfighting and then dives behind them to get a mill shot wouldn't that bleed off to much speed wouldn't the enemy plane be gone by the time he re engages ?

@wilson2455 9 ай бұрын

the Grim Reaper & Sidewinder YT channels have tried dogfighting a 5th Gen fighter with a Tomcat in DCS. The Tomcat lasts about 5 seconds in ALL SCENARIOS !!

@TTT-1961. 9 ай бұрын

Quality commentary.

@moefitzgerald4439 5 ай бұрын

Man I’m bummed they didn’t cover the scene where maverick split the throttles to create asymmetrical thrust to out maneuver the 5th gen fighter. Really wanted to see what he woulda said about that one

@johnmorton2832 2 ай бұрын

Saw the Turkish air force , preform canopy to canopy of girne, northern Cyprus wow 😮

@camptube7621 4 ай бұрын

Got to watch the movie again.

@TheRealStephenAllen 2 ай бұрын

call sign "tinder" call sign "grinder" also, the su 57 is not 5th gen.

@MilkT0ast 10 ай бұрын

Your call sign is "Tinder"? Whats your wizzo's name? Grinder?

@TK-11538 15 күн бұрын

The thing that bothered me about both movies was the on deck celebration at the end. As if the deck crew would even know what had just happened and would just abandon their duties to celebrate.

@zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba0 7 ай бұрын

Dude has that Jeb Bush energy.

@jocopowell Жыл бұрын

In the movie, their callsigns are flattering. Traditionally, this is not the case.

@eddiejames7201 Жыл бұрын

Dave Berke help with a lot stuff and was top gun instructor

@Andino. Жыл бұрын

2:55 only guy I've heard saying that the difference isn't huge between Top Gun students and instructors. Every other pilot I've heard says the difference it is indeed huge. Like, if being a Top Gun pilot is a big thing, imagine being a Top Gun instructor... So on my inexperience and other pilots online, I'll say the difference must be dramatic

@jarrodbright5231 Жыл бұрын

Except he's talking about the difference between Top Gun graduates and an instructor. Bit of a difference there.

@kevinclapson Жыл бұрын

He specifically points out the difference between instructors and graduates, people who have completed the program, would come down to time in the cockpit and not be as significant as the movie displays.

@radiospines Жыл бұрын

The problem CW pointed out is that these are supposed to be graduates ... but they act like they just started the program, reacting to training like they've never been there before

@Shade01982 7 ай бұрын

@@radiospines Yeah, there seems to be a misconception that these guys are completely new. That's not Top Gun though. These guys already are pilots. Top Gun is an additional training program for already established pilots, not new guys...