Topgun
Pedersen, Dan, 1935-2022
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'Top Gun' became a household name with the worldwide success of the film of the same title. The 1986 blockbuster starring Tom Cruise as a hotshot U.S. Navy fighter pilot was so popular (drawing $356 million worldwide) that recruiters set up desks in theatres that were showing it, looking to attract the next generation of combat aviators. The movie did for Navy pilots what 'The Right Stuff' did for astronauts. With the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the real TOPGUN - as the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons programme was known - approaching in 2019, and with Jerry Bruckheimer's sequel set to shoot next year, this is the time to publish the real story of the actual risk takers, disruptors, and innovators who revolutionised the art of aerial combat and created the centre for excellence and incubator of leadership that thrives to this day.
Main title:
Topgun / Dan Pedersen.
Author:
Pedersen, Dan, 1935-, author
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, [2022]
Collation:
xiv, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Variant title:
Cover and spine title: Top gun
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Hachette Books, 2019.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781405943826 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
358.435358.435 PEDE
Language:
English
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Subject:
Pedersen, Dan, 1935-Fighter pilots -- United States -- BiographyNavy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.) -- BiographyNavy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.) -- HistoryFighter plane combat -- United States -- HistoryUnited States. Navy -- Officers -- BiographyVietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, AmericanVietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, AmericanBiography
BRN:
288136
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