the plane that Maverick and goose fly which later crashes in the sea??..is it an f-15..if its the f-15,does all f-15 have the ability to land on a aircraft carrier?|||Mav and Goose along with all the other "Top Gun" students fly the Navy's F-14 Tomcat, built by Grumman, this aircraft was an Air Superiority and Fleet Air Defense aircraft (later ground attack as well).
http://www.multied.com/Aviation/HISTORY4鈥?/a>
The Tomcat entered service in 1974 and is due to be retired from service in September 2006, replaced by the F/A 18 E/F Superhornet.
In the movie you can also see the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk flown by the Top Gun Instructors and the Northrop F-5 Tiger II posing as the nonexistent MiG28s.
A-4:
http://www.eichhorn.ws/assets/images/mcd鈥?/a>
F-5:
http://www.aer.mil.br/Aeronaves/F5/f5-19鈥?/a>
The F-15 is not capable of landing on a Carrier, it is an Air Force aircraft.
http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRTypen/鈥?/a>|||the awesome, but soon-to-be-retired f-14 TOMCAT!!! What a plane....it's been replaced with the Hornet and Super Hornet....|||I always thought that it was an F-14 Tomcat.
-J.|||F-14 tomcat.|||F-14 Tomcat...one bad baby!!
http://www.micom.net/oops/F14-flyby.jpg|||f 14 tomcat|||F-14 Tomcat, it is a Navy plane with sweeping wings. the F-15 Eagle is an Air Force plane with stationary wings.|||really, any jet as the ability to land on an aircraft carrier as long as they are equipted with the rod that latches on to the wire|||F 16 Tomcat|||F-14 Tomcat
The F-16, not used in Top Gun is the Fighting Falcon. (Just to let you know blondiedogluver)|||I served on the "CVN Theodore Roosevelt" (88'-92') and loved seeing those fabulous F-14's fly off the deck. It's sad to see them being retired, not only because of how great they are, but because it means I'm that much older.|||It's an F-14 tomcat
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