It seems like I read somewhere, during the production of Maverick, they had to borrow an F14 from a museum for the movie scenes.
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Whenever I go to the east or west coast I enjoy joking with people that I am from "upstate NY" when they hear my accent and ask me where I'm from.
I speak a mix of southern midland, Ozark, coastal southern, and western New England
I did about the same thing... I replaced 120v security lights in a chemical plant that were required to be 'on' 24/7 with 240v bulbs. Last I checked, after 15 years they were still on and just fine. I doubt one could even find a 240v incondescent bulb these days.
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There's an F14 on display at the Grissom Air Museum in Peru, IN.It seems like I read somewhere, during the production of Maverick, they had to borrow an F14 from a museum for the movie scenes.
* found it:
We Got Some Walkaround Photos Of The F-14 Tomcat Used For The Filming Of "Top Gun: Maverick"
The Top Gun sequel's F-14 has returned to her home. And we have obtained some interesting shots of the Tomcat that expose her movie "costume". The fact
Growing up the military family across the street hailed from Arkansas and us kids where mesmerized listening to the family speak... same for family from Boston and another from New Orleans... had lots of non native Californians in the Bay Area with many military or defense work...I speak a mix of southern midland, Ozark, coastal southern, and western New England
Gets interesting after I have a few beers in me
I bought a pack of "Diode Buttons" that went between the socket and bulb base and installed in all the outside floodlights in the early 80's and every bulb including on photo sensor still original...
