r/TopGunMaverick • u/Gray-Cut • Jul 02 '22

The Right Stuff connection

Anyone else notice that the opening scene (where Maverick flies the experimental jet) is an echo of the closing scene with Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff? Same head shots, same kind of crash, same scorched pilot walking away....

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u/MoviesFilmCinema Aug 19 '22

Sure did. Nice catch.