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.
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