Hot Shots!
Movie (1991)
Starring:
Charlie Sheen (Lt. Sean "Topper" Harley)
Cary Elwes (Lt. Kent Gregory)
Valeria Golino (Ramada Thompson)
Lloyd Bridges (Admiral Thomas "Tug" Benson)
Parody of Top Gun in which a talented but unstable fighter pilot must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers.
Also from this series:
Folland Gnat T.1
Four aircraft were used but only two in flight due to accidents.
Seen too on the patch worn by the crew.
Folland Gnat F.1 (HF-24 Ajeet)
A single seat fighter variant, refused by the R.A.F., was eventually built by Hindustan Aircraft Industries under the name of HF-24 Ajeet. One of them was used for some ground scenes.
SIAI-Marchetti S-211
The plane on the left.
The upper aircraft, already banking.
Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter
The upper aircraft, banking with the white missiles. Compare its shape with the T-38 (next section).
Northrop T-38A Talon
Sometimes in black color to echo the villain of Top Gun ...
Sometimes seen in 'Agressor' paint scheme.
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LoPresti Swift Fury
On the cover of this well known magazine (its July 1990 issue).
Douglas DC-8-33
Registration N59AJ, c/n 45272/118 built in 1961. Former registration was PP-PDS.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
A Tristar or a DC-10 is visible in the distance.
North American QF-100 Super Sabre
Models converted to unmanned radio-controlled Full Scale Aerial Target drone.
McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II
Airbus A300 & Boeing 707-300
Boeing 727
Bell UH-1 Iroquois
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
Grumman F-14 Tomcat
McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II & Douglas AD-4 Skyraider
The two bottom images (under an unidentified and a Grumman F-14 Tomcat).
Convair T-29
Grumman A-6A Intruder
From Flight of the Intruder.
Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II
From Flight of the Intruder.
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King
From Flight of the Intruder.
On the deck of the false CVN-81 (a décor built on a hillside overlooking the sea.).
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See also
- Airbus A300
- BAe/McDonnell Douglas Harrier II
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois
- Boeing 707
- Boeing 727
- Convair C-131 Samaritan
- Douglas A-1 Skyraider
- Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
- Douglas DC-8
- Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
- Folland Gnat
- Grumman A-6 Intruder
- Grumman F-14 Tomcat
- Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II
- McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
- North American F-100 Super Sabre
- Northrop F-5
- Northrop T-38 Talon
- SIAI-Marchetti S-211
- Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King