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Top Gun (a film location)

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

The summer movie blockbuster season kicks off May 27 with the release of a sequel to the 1980s hit "Top Gun." And Northwest moviegoers may recognize some familiar Puget Sound scenery in the background.

"Top Gun: Maverick" brings actor Tom Cruise back to his role as the ace Navy fighter pilot.

Cruise reportedly insisted on filming the aerial action in real fighter jets and rejected where possible using computer-generated imagery. So, Paramount Pictures struck a production assistance agreement with the Navy to make it so.

A copy, first obtained by the website The War Zone, shows Cruise and company set up shop at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in March 2019. The Navy leased out the Officers' Club on base for the crew to use for catering, briefings and rehearsals. Cast and crew were allowed to bunk at an on-base inn, which provided privacy.

The actors flew eight sorties with a squadron of two-seater jets. While experienced Navy pilots were at the controls, the aerial scenes were filmed to make it appear Cruise or his co-stars (always in the back seat) were actually piloting the powerful attack aircraft in tight formations.

You have been assigned to help film the fighter sequences.

Report to Whidbey Island NAS.

Criteria

Depart from an airport of your choice, fly to and land at KNUW, your flight distance must be further than 100 NM.
Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
16DEC24 1541Z CYQQ KNUW Jose Luis G. Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -289 ft/m 128 nm 00:33 View
10DEC24 1612Z KKLS KNUW Daboss514 BELL-AGUSTA AB-139 (A139) -53 ft/m 137 nm 01:01 View
15NOV24 0755Z KCLS KNUW Scotty Clifford Beechcraft Super King Air 350 (B350) -82 ft/m 127 nm 00:34 View
15NOV24 0112Z KCLS KNUW VAF155 Alberto Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -128 ft/m 114 nm 00:53 View
13NOV24 0138Z CAG4 KNUW Aaron Priest Cessna 310 (C310) -140 ft/m 210 nm 02:10 View
11NOV24 1407Z KMUO KNUW zerosopviolations Boeing 737-800 (B738) -170 ft/m 517 nm 00:36 View
10NOV24 2209Z KMWH KNUW Newhampshires Boeing 747-8 (B748) -389 ft/m 225 nm 00:50 View
07NOV24 0802Z KCLS KNUW Jason F/Petroho BELLANCA Viking (BL17) -62 ft/m 105 nm 00:42 View
26OCT24 0954Z KCLS KNUW XxGuI2eNxX Cessna Caravan (C208) -31 ft/m 152 nm 00:51 View
17OCT24 0840Z KPDX KNUW J_Thananrat Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) -194 ft/m 214 nm 00:43 View
13OCT24 1328Z 56S KNUW Unknown Pilatus PC-12 (PC12) -228 ft/m 180 nm 00:55 View
06OCT24 0808Z KVCV KNUW Dmitry125RUSVL Boeing 737-700 (B737) -211 ft/m 889 nm 02:23 View
23SEP24 1609Z KMWH KNUW Robert B Dickerson Griffin Splinter Desert -376 ft/m 210 nm 00:22 View
21SEP24 0500Z KPDX KNUW Christian Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (F22) -201 ft/m 169 nm 00:16 View
19SEP24 0113Z 2S9 KNUW Rp Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -235 ft/m 115 nm 00:39 View
09SEP24 1017Z KPDX KNUW PAPA974 Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -185 ft/m 229 nm 00:50 View
01SEP24 2251Z KCLS KNUW Mike Hawk Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -129 ft/m 102 nm 00:15 View
28AUG24 1827Z S35 KNUW Krupke77 MQ-9 Reaper 08-053 Unite -70 ft/m 136 nm 01:10 View
18AUG24 2137Z CYLW KNUW Fab Roy Honda HA-420 HondaJet (HDJT) -55 ft/m 199 nm 00:44 View
18AUG24 0213Z KLPC KNUW TrailMix Cessna 414 Chancellor (C414) -241 ft/m 874 nm 04:13 View