US Navy Pilot Rates 10 Fighter-Pilot Scenes In Movies | How Real Is It? | Insider

Vincent Aiello spent nearly 25 years in the US Navy as a fighter pilot. He rates the realism of fighter-pilot scenes in popular movies. Vincent flew the F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. He has completed over 3,800 flight hours and 705 carrier landings, and served as a TOPGUN instructor and air wing operations officer. He left the Navy in 2017 to become a commercial airline pilot. He also hosts the popular podcast "The Fighter Pilot Podcast."

Vincent analyzes the realism of dog-fight scenes in "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997), "Iron Eagle" (1986), and "The Final Countdown" (1980). He also rates scenes with fighter pilots attacking other craft, such as "Air Force One" (1997) and "Independence Day" (1996). He looks at stunts featuring US aircraft such as "True Lies" (1994), "We Were Soldiers" (2002), and "Live Free or Die Hard" (2007). He breaks down the skills of Tom Cruise in "Top Gun" (1986) and addresses why fighter pilots have nicknames such as "Maverick."

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US Navy Pilot Rates 10 Fighter-Pilot Scenes In Movies | How Real Is It?

[JustinY.]

So you're saying my GTA V hydra stunts aren't realistic?

[crosseightyeight]

The most unrealistic thing about the James Bond clip is the guy thinking it's a good idea to strangle the person flying the damn plane.

[thmonitorion]

"Doesn't mean a plane that is diving will sound like a WW2 Era Stuka bomber"

Agreed.

[j.w.matney]

As a former Navy Radarman, he was spot on in his description of how radar works aboard a ship. His other comments were 100% correct. Well done.

[hunyotiago]

The purpose of propellers on an aircraft are to fan the pilot.

When they stop turning, the pilot starts sweating.

[xxniperfoxxx]

“Callsign is just another name for a nickname”

Me: “So it’s a nickname for a nickname?”

[Alex-cnuj]

Good discussion but clickbait thumbnail because there was no real discussion with the ironman scene.

[chrispalmer]

This guy was great. He had a good sense of humor. The missile won't get mad and turn back around. That cracked me up.

[tomboard]

I read a story recently about the filming of the Final Countdown. They had real difficulty with the F-14 vs Zero because the F-14s just could not maintain the airspeed slow enough. They also didn't have many opportunities with these aircraft because as it turns out, renting (paying the fuel, etc) an F-14 was very expensive. The Navy didn't donate their time.

[KamiSeiTo]

Why do you advertise Iron-Man in the miniature, if you don't talk about some Iron-Man flight scenes, assess the plausibility and stuff??

[colecrosby]

If you're interested, this man hosts a great podcast called "The Fighter Pilot Podcast"

[hellowhat]

7:10 Anakin: "I'll try spinning, that's a good trick!"
Vincent: "Not really."

[saltysheppard]

Worked on the F-15 for 3 years before moving over to the A-10. The reason they liked to fly in the wall is there radar system is one of the best and has an extremely long range and could engage within the maximum range of the missile. Essentially it created a large area of coverage that is hard to defeat.

[crusader]

My dad is actually friends with the pilot of one of the “migs “. He worked for the pilot after he (the pilot) became an admiral. He recalls seeing the helmet from Top Gun on the admiral’s desk.

[dmanb]

"this is my favorite scene, I'm going to give it a 2/10"

[Joege]

I didn't know that there was a movie named "octopussy"

[KieranReed]

“Crumples into a big puddle of... men” yeah that’s basically me going straight to bed after work

[AlvinDarmawan]

This guy's callsign is literally "Jell-O"

Legend.

[maximilianb]

I could watch these breakdowns for hours on end

[loke]

The "Broken arrow" code he talks about means "We are being overrun, bomb my position" which only was used a couple of times during Vietnam, and the first time was indeed during Ia Drang valley. It isn't actually related to the air force code for losing a nuke, the Army and Navy codes are different but I can see the confusion about it.

And yeah, films from the battle show the Skyraiders dive bombing from very low altitude, I am assuming they went so low to identify their targets.
"We were soldiers" is actually pretty historical accurate unlike "Braveheart" and the "Patriot". Maybe because it is based on the book written by the guy Mel plays and that they had both real footage and vets to help them to get things right.