Finally saw the original Top Gun - UPDATE! Now I've seen the sequel, too

Somehow I had gone all this time without seeing Top Gun. Just watched it on cable. Tom Cruise is not my favorite person but it was pretty decent. Big takeaway, those fighter pilots were KIDS.
Hopefully I'll see the sequel soon. I read a review that said it was better than the original.

UPDATE: Saw the sequel today and I'm glad! Good job.

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Heartlander · 80-89, M

Re KIDS.

There's a old pilot line that goes ....

There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots.

Also in pilot language is the phrase ...

Bought the farm

which translates into "got killed".

JollyRoger · 70-79, M

@Heartlander To elaborate: Got killed - the life insurance paid the family's farm mortgage!

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@JollyRoger just. A few days ago I watched a WW2 documentary with quite a bit of detail about the naval battles in the Pacific. At one stretch the life expectancy for US Navy aviators was 12 missions. There were comparable losses in Europe.