You can learn a thing or two about timing, captain
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Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson:The hard deck is 5,000 feet above ground level, a perimeter set not just for the safety of our pilots, but for the safety of their aircraft. 5,000 feet is not just a rule, it is a law, as immutable as gravity.Maverick:The hard deck will be much lower for the mission, sir.Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson:And it will not change without my approval, especially not in the middle of an exercise! And that Cobra maneuver of yours? That could have got all three of you killed. I never want to see that shit again!Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates:What exactly do you suppose you were teaching, captain?Maverick:As good as they are, sir, they still have something to learn.Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson:You are talking about the best fighter pilots on the planet, captain.Maverick:And they've been told that their entire career, while they've been dropping bombs from a high altitude with little to no dog fighting. The parameters of this mission call for something they have never encountered, something...Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson:You have less than three weeks to teach them how to fight as a team and how to strike the target.Maverick:...and how to come home. And how to come home, sir.Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson:Every mission has its risks. These pilots accept that.Maverick:I don't, sir.Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson:Every morning from this day forward you will brief us on your instructional plans in writing and nothing will change without my express approval.Maverick:Including the hard deck, sir?Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson:*Especially* the hard deck, captain.Maverick: Sir.Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson:What is this?Maverick:It's a request to lower the hard deck sir, to practice low level bombing per the mission parameters.Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates:You can learn a thing or two about timing, captain
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The hard deck is 5 000 feet above ground level
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A parameter is set not just for the safety of our pilots
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but for the safety of their aircraft
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5 000 feet is not just a rule It is a law as immutable as gravity
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The hard deck will be much lower for the mission sir
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And it will not change without my approval
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Especially not in the middle of an exercise
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And that cobra maneuver of yours That could've got all three of you killed
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I never want to see that shit again
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What exactly do you suppose you were teaching captain
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That as good as they are sir they still have something to learn
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You are talking about the best fighter pilots on the planet captain
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And they've been told that their entire career
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while they've been dropping bombs from a high altitude
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with little to no dog fighting
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The parameters of this mission call for something they have never encountered
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Okay you have less than three weeks to teach them how to fight as a team
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and how to strike the target
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And how to come home
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And how to come home sir
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Every mission has its risks
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These pilots accept that
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I Don't sir
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Every morning from this day forward
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you will brief us on your instructional plans in writing
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And nothing will change without my express approval
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Including the hard deck sir Especially the hard deck captain
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Sir
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What is this
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It's a request to lower the hard deck sir
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to practice a low level bombing run per the mission parameters
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You could learn a thing or two about timing captain
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Movie Summary
After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN's elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to ...
