Jordan, Meredith (2022). Top Gun Memos: The Making and Legacy of an Iconic Movie. n.p.: Citation Press. ISBN 978-1-7337874-3-7. The film's premiere was held in New York City on May 12, 1986, [49] with another held in San Diego on May 15. [21] Burial at sea has long been a maritime tradition. From the vikings 1 burning the body on a ship to the Middle Ages where the body was sewn into a weighted shroud, usually sailcloth before being sunk into the sea, what was first a way to honor the dead along getting rid of a body you couldn't keep on board for sanitary reasons, has long become a way to just honor the departed. Barber, James (November 16, 2020). "Why Top Gun Sold Out to a Soda Company". Military.com . Retrieved June 21, 2022.

The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014 . Retrieved October 16, 2011. All other graveyards show symbols of distinction between great and small, rich and poor: but in the ocean cemetery, the king, the clown, the prince and the peasant are alike, undistinguishable. George Bruce, 1884, St Andrews.

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Dario Leone (September 16, 2018). " "It's time to buzz the tower:" Former F-14 RIO explains how the legendary Top Gun tower fly-by scene was filmed". The Aviation Geek Club . Retrieved September 18, 2023. Top Gun also spawned a number of video games for various platforms. The original game was released in 1986 under the same title as the film. It was released on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Atari ST. Another game, also titled Top Gun, was released in 1987 for Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Nintendo VS. System arcade cabinets. In the 1987 game, the player pilots an F-14 Tomcat fighter, and has to complete four missions. A sequel, Top Gun: The Second Mission, was released for the NES three years later. The Spirit Boat Procession (精霊流し, Shōrō nagashi) is an event celebrated in various places in Japan. During the procession, people float boats which are said to be carrying the spirits of the deceased down the river. Top Gun and the End of the Homoerotic Action Movie". Consequence of Sound. May 14, 2016. Archived from the original on November 20, 2020 . Retrieved December 2, 2020. More to read: Burial at sea - Marine tradition - Burial at Sea: A Time-Honored Tradition - Military

The DisneyToon Studios film Planes (2013) pays homage to Top Gun with Kilmer and Edwards appearing in the film as part of the voice cast. [92] Film producer John Davis said that Top Gun was a recruiting video for the Navy, and that people saw the movie and said, "Wow! I want to be a pilot." The Navy had recruitment booths in some theaters to attract enthusiastic patrons. [84] After the film's release, a popular claim arose that the number of young men who joined the Navy wanting to be naval aviators went up by 500%; [85] however, its accuracy has since been disputed, with modern analyses indicating a more modest total Navy enlistment increase of 8%. [86] [87] a b c "Top Gun". fast-rewind.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2019 . Retrieved December 5, 2006. John Zarrella (January 17, 2020). "Former 'Top Gun' leads Hubble repair mission". CNN. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020 . Retrieved January 17, 2021.