Can any one tell me the blatent mistakes in the tom cruise film TOP GUN?
* Continuity: Stinger’s ribbons on his chest. * Continuity: The armament and position of the wings of the F-14s change in midair. * Factual errors: While it is possible for the two aircraft to get canopy to canopy like we saw during the beginning of the movie, the F-14 in 1986 couldn’t sustain an inverted state for more than two minutes. This is due to the Number 4 1/2 bearing in the TF30-P414 engine used at that time not having a return pump for the oil. In the length of time it would take for the aircraft to get into position, the engines on the Tomcat would have failed. When this scene was shot, it was the F-5 that was inverted. * Continuity: The shot of the inverted F-14 cockpit (close to the cockpit of the MiG-28) is flipped, (lettering is reversed). * Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Navy rules state on tactical jets, oxygen shall be worn from takeoff until landing, a rule broken throughout the movie. Real Navy/Marine Corps pilots break this rule all the time as well. * Continuity:
