The crew quickly manned a spare, bureau number 160665, and this one performed as required. On the takeoff roll, however, that aircraft suffered a FOD on one engine and the aircraft was down. Air Boss Johnson : Negative, Ghost Rider, the pattern is full. Bozo and his RIO, Mark ‘Slick’ Schlichter, planned accordingly and manned their jet. Quotes Maverick : Tower, this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby. Smegs coordinated with Miramar flight ops personnel for the unusual flight and received approval from the FAA, who warned that the aircraft had to stay in the Miramar airport traffic area, which stops abruptly just south of the main runways to avoid conflict with a civilian airport.

Although VF-51 was focused on its Red Flag detachment, the squadron had already applied the fictional tail insignia to one aircraft for the movie. “This was the first F-14 footage shot for Top Gun, and it represents a fantasy of many aviators: making a low pass by your home-field control tower. Buy Thats a Negative Ghost Rider Jet Pilot Backpack by MisterSatan. Artwork depicting F-14A NG213 (BuNo 160888) flown by Steve Petro Petrosky and Dave Bio Baranek

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