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Top Gun (1986)
Where Top Gun says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Maverick's bar, the piano and the house are San Diego County places, but the dogfights were filmed from the ground in Nevada.
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Scenes and places
The carrier deck in the opening (1986)
Maverick and Goose fly their F-14 Tomcat from USS Enterprise in the Indian Ocean. A pair of hostile MiG-28s appears, and a wingman is thrown off by one of them.
Set in USS Enterprise, Indian Ocean — Maverick and Goose are stationed aboard the carrier and launch to intercept unknown aircraft.
USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the Navy's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
Top Gun school at Miramar (1986)
Maverick and Goose arrive at the Navy fighter school to train with the best pilots. A senior instructor tells the new class what the school is for.
Set in Naval Air Station Miramar — The Navy's Fighter Weapons School in San Diego, where the training takes place. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The air station north of San Diego was a Navy base before it became a Marine Corps one.
Filmed at NAS Miramar (now MCAS Miramar), San Diego — Scenes on the aircraft were shot here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The bar where Maverick meets Charlie (1986)
Before the first day of class, Maverick tries to approach a woman at a bar. She turns out to be a civilian instructor at the school.
Set in A bar near the base — Maverick and Goose sing to a woman in a bar; the film gives no street address for this bar.
A San Diego restaurant and bar in the Marina district, later billed as the Top Gun Bar.
Filmed at Kansas City Barbeque, San Diego — The scene with 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' on the jukebox was shot here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Charlie's house (1986)
Maverick shows up at Charlie's place. She tells him she asked him over to learn about the MiG-28 he flew against, and they talk about his father.
Set in Charlie's house — Charlie's home; the film gives no address.
A Folk Victorian house built in 1888, one of the earliest surviving examples in San Diego County.
Filmed at Top Gun House, Oceanside — The house served as Charlotte 'Charlie' Blackwood's home. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The training dogfights (1986)
In the training hops Maverick breaks formation and chases a kill. The instructor tells him that leaving a wingman makes him dangerous.
Set in Training airspace — The training hops fly in open airspace; the film names no place.
Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, is the Navy's tactical-aviation training base.
Filmed at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada — Most over-land flying sequences were shot here with ground-mounted cameras. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The piano bar (1986)
Goose and Maverick sing at the piano while Goose's wife Carole talks with Charlie about Maverick.
Set in A bar — The piano-bar night; the film gives no address.
The restaurant burned in a 2008 fire.
Filmed at Kansas City Barbeque, San Diego — Goose and Maverick sing 'Great Balls of Fire' at the piano here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The rescue mission (1986)
A disabled communications ship drifts into hostile waters, and the pilots are sent to cover the rescue.
Set in USS Enterprise at sea — The crisis plays out aboard the carrier; no sea area is named in the sources.
USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the Navy's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
Characters
- Maverick — A young naval aviator whose call sign is Maverick, sent to train at Top Gun.
- Goose — Maverick's radar intercept officer and close friend.
- Charlie — Charlotte Blackwood, a civilian instructor Maverick meets at a bar.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the Top Gun bar really filmed?