Maverick tries to get behind Jester but he breaks range rules and Jester calls "No Joy" realizing that if he stays above the hard deck Maverick will get a lock on him and both planes fly below and above the altitude of the course which is set at 10,000 Feet and almost hit a hill.
The hard deck for this hop was 10,000 feet. You knew it, you broke it. You followed Commander Heatherly below after he lost sight of you and called no joy.
(idiomatic) A negative outcome; no success; a failure. I've been waiting 20 minutes for a bus, and still no joy.
Originally Answered: In 'Top Gun', Commander Heatherly is evading Maverick's pursuit and then flies below the hard-deck and calls "No joy." What does that mean? No joy means the crew who make that call, have not yet seen (visually acquired) the bogey or bandit in their vicinity.
When LT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell leaves TOPGUN after falling into depression over the death of LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, Wolfman informs Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood that Maverick quit the program. If Wolfman had not done this, it is possible that Maverick would have left for good.
The callsign 'Ghostrider' that Maverick uses for his plane was the name of a real F-14 squadron (VF-142), and a model of a Tomcat from that squadron can be seen behind Sundown in the shot where Maverick tells Slider he stinks.
No, Top Gun: Maverick doesn't have a post-credits scene. The movie leaves certain doors open for a possible sequel (and we'll cover that later in this article), but there's nothing during or after the credits that directly sets up a possible Top Gun 3.
On top of the ptoential for ridicule, members of the Chinese military were also “disappointed” that the movie did a bad job of hyping up their hot new J-20 stealth fighter—which the movie apparently refers to as a “fourth-generation” jet and not a “fifth-generation” jet.
It was used by RAF fighter pilots in the Second World War to tell their controller they were about to engage enemy aircraft. It was also used to announce to the squadron leader (or other person of command in the flight) the spotting of an enemy aircraft.
Chinese authorities never comment directly on censorship decisions, but the word within the Beijing film industry is that Born to Fly's producers were made to realize that their movie's stunts and visual effects were far inferior to Top Gun: Maverick's and that the Chinese version risked ridicule in comparison — all of ...
“When a control tower advises a pilot that he has an approaching aircraft. If the pilot does not see the approaching aircraft, after a few seconds, he can reply 'no joy. '”
History of the term bingo fuel
Pilots calculate the required minimum fuel and give an okay bingo call before departing to fly safely. This term originated during World War II; pilots used “bingo” when their fuel reservoirs reached a minimum level; they would tell over radio communications “bingo fuel.”
How Do Penny and Maverick Know Each Other? Penny Benjamin used to be Maverick's girlfriend, long before Maverick fell in love with Top Gun instructor Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood (portrayed by Kelly McGillis in the original Top Gun movie).
This resulted in his aircraft suffering a flameout of both engines, ending in a fatal flat spin. While Maverick was able to safely eject, Goose didn't; he hit the canopy on his way out with the intense impact causing his death.
In the opening scene of Top Gun, LT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell and LT Bill "Cougar" Cortell squared off against MiG-28s with no NATO reporting name and of unspecified nationality. The nation that flew the MiG-28s was not specified whatsoever in the film but assumed to be the Soviet Union or another Communist state.
The pilot alphabet
Numbers get special treatment too. Pilots pronounce most numbers normally with these exceptions: Zero (0) is always “zero,” not “oh.” Three becomes “tree,” five becomes “fife,” and nine becomes “niner.”
Charlie-Charlie is a fancy substitution for a standard affirmative. It comes from the convention of abbreviating Correct/Yes by letter C in codes. It was early standardized and used at sea since 1857.
As it was not possible to transmit a Morse-coded “R,” they adopted the word “Roger,” which at the time was the phonetic alphabet version of the letter “R,” later changed to "Romeo." Today, it is still the simple acknowledgment that a pilot or controller has received and understood your last transmission.
However, the company pulled out due to reported concerns that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials would not appreciate its affiliation with a film framing the US military in a positive light.
China's complicated censorship policies made it so that Top Gun: Maverick never made it to the People's Republic. However, even the Chinese film industry's attempt to release its own Top Gun now appears doomed, as Born to Fly has been pulled due to concerns about the movie's quality.
The country's strict centralized stance on gun control was officially instated in the country in 1966, and extended in 1996 when the government banned the buying, selling and transporting of firearms without official permission.
Although he clashed with Maverick initially, Hangman embodies his instructor's spirit by disobeying orders. When Maverick and Rooster are pinned down by a Su-57, Hangman emerges from the sidelines to help them out. It's an expansion of the role that Iceman played in the original film's finale.
Maverick and Penny may have had a romantic relationship several times over the years but he is not Amelia's father. Her real father is out of the picture and Penny raises her daughter as a single mother.
He and Rooster embrace on the runway, showing their relationship has improved, and Rooster has forgiven Maverick for pulling his papers. Phoenix remarks that Maverick has achieved "flying ace" status, having shot down five enemy aircraft; three MiGs 30 years prior, along with two Su-57s during the operation.