This is a Miramar 1984.This crew is being chased by an instructor of the Naval Fighter Weapons School in southern California.
They called the school "Top Gun".
And you can watch this movie which starred Tom Cruise, a maverick pilot who loves to make fun and excitements with the sky and skiers by indulging in excessive innovative acts and creative maneuvers. In one of his stunts in training an incident occurred and his flying mate Goose died as a result. He was in a state of depression and self-incrimination. However, he did finally overcome it and be back to his old self; not wiser, I suppose, but cockier.
Anyway, it's just a movie.
'Opps, but Malaysians don't treat those American actors' stunts as movie making.They tried it and did the same stuff to have the same sort of fun.
We have our own Tom Cruises and Mavericks.
We have our ideological precept which helps push us beyond our limitations in seeking higher grounds in the spirit of Malaysia Boleh. Mahathir must be credited. And someday in the far future history will remember and recall all the Maverick acts and neo-schism it relates.
Back to the Top Gun story; we also have a Tup Gon school in Langkawi and Kuala Terengganu. And they fly, not Miramar, but Diamondstar DA40.It was revealed that Ariff and his pilot, who were in one aircraft, were involved in a game with a second aircraft which broke all training rules.
"Investigations showed that not only were both planes flying very low but also the pilots were believed to have been engaged in some game leading to the crash which claimed the life of 20-year-old Muhammad Ariff Ahmad Fuad.
"It was during one of their manoeuvres that the plane in front crashed into the jungle below.
Read the report at NST
