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While Tom "I'm not at all gay, ask Nicole" Cruise is nutty as a fruitcake, he's been in some awesome flicks. Risky Business? Rain Man? Born on the Fourth July? And without Cruise, South Park's epic "In the Closet" episode would never have been possible.
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Agreed, but all those movies were pre-insanity
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I was in the Marine Corps, an enlisted man working on airplanes, when this movie was popular. They missed the target on military life by about as much as possible. They made up for it by completely missing the target on airplanes, how they fly, and how they are flown.
Gay - no. Corny - yes. Although I do remember after this movie came out every red blooded guy in his 20's wanted to fly and F-14 and feel the "need for speed".
My legs are killing me
And those knuckleheads came through flight school while I was an instructor, and had to "educate" them how things really worked.
lol. I guess you didn't teach them how to "buzz" a tower.
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Maverick was a sissy. THIS guy buzzed the tower in a Boeing 777. Landing gear up, 30-50 feet off the runway. With the boss on board. http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/aerospace/archives/132701.asp He's kind of unemployed now.
I've got a fever...
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"Tower, this is Ghost rider requesting a flyby." "Negative, Ghost Rider. The pattern is full".
I investigate accidents for a living these days. Clowns like the guy in the 777 should go back to kindergarten where they belong.
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