Top Gun: The Real Story

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 35 min
  • Premiere: 1987. January 1.
  • Director: Ron Zimmerman
  • Starring: Commander Randy “Duke” Cunningham

Top Gun - America’s best aviators - train together at “Fightertown U.S.A.” for the most challenging and dangerous air-to-air combat in the world. Fly with Navy’s leading Vietnam War ace, Commander Randy “Duke” Cunningham, TOPGUN instructor and adversary squadron commander. Hear him tell how he put his training from the first TOPGUN class into practice as he shot down five MiGs over North Vietnam. Se actual dogfights, crashes and MiG confrontations. See America’s real TOPGUN pilots in action over Libya, the Indian Ocean and off the Soviet Union. Hear actual air-to-air combat radio. Feel what it’s like to fly at twice the speed of sound. See if you have what it takes to be a TOPGUN pilot.

Discover

Camera

Ron Coley

Camera Operator

Directing

Ron Zimmerman

Director

Editing

Production

Debbie Coley

Production Assistant

Sound

Tom Nador

Location Sound Recordist

RB Blackstone

Sound Designer

Camera

Ron Coley

Camera Operator

Directing

Ron Zimmerman

Director

Editing

Production

Debbie Coley

Production Assistant

Sound

Tom Nador

Location Sound Recordist

RB Blackstone

Sound Designer