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Fighter Pilot podcast, you've heard both me and my guests repeatedly say the 1986 Top Gun

and this year's sequel Top Gun Maverick are movies, not documentaries. Well, it's been a fun ride,

but to round out Top Gun Month, this week we borrow a page from our sibling show, the F-14

Timecast, to discuss speed and angels, the real-life naval aviation story that is a documentary.

We all love and hate Top Gun in our business, right? It's like it makes us familiar to the world,

but it's also so unrealistic in 95% of the way Portrae is. So I had wanted to tell our story in a

more realistic and still dramatic way. Every person who is a fighter pilot now dreams of being

a fighter pilot and they're a kid. You know, when you're young, you're like, I would be a doctor

under this and I'm like, I'm going to be a fighter pilot. All this training will finally become

real to them and they are on the front lines. Strap in. For the Fighter Pilot podcast,

the internet radio show that explores the fascinating world of air combat, the aircraft,

the weapon systems, and most importantly, the people. Now, here's your host, retired US Navy

Fighter Pilot Vincent Iolo. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the show. I am your host, Vincent Iolo

Carl Sangello and this is episode 146. We are calling it speed and angels, the naval aviation

documentary, not movie. And I think you're really going to enjoy it. Now, for you F-14

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