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* [[Backed by the Pentagon]]
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Goose's wife is Meg Ryan.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Goose's wife is Meg Ryan.
** Merlin is Tim Robbins.
** Merlin is Tim Robbins.
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** [[Back to The Future|Mr. Strickland]] thinks Maverick's ego is writing checks his body can't cash!
** [[Back to The Future|Mr. Strickland]] thinks Maverick's ego is writing checks his body can't cash!
** [[Walker, Texas Ranger|Trivette]], aka [[Die Hard|Theo]], is Sundown.
** [[Walker, Texas Ranger|Trivette]], aka [[Die Hard|Theo]], is Sundown.
* [[Truth in Television]] - The training accident that {{spoiler|kills Goose}} was entirely possible due to the design of the Tomcat. Early Tomcats had Pratt & Whitney TF30 engines which were underpowered for the aircraft, resulting in compressor stalls at high angles of attack. The space in between the two engines would also easily result in a flat spin due to the massive amount of asymmetrical thrust should one engine crap out.
* [[Truth in Television]]: The training accident that {{spoiler|kills Goose}} was entirely possible due to the design of the Tomcat. Early Tomcats had Pratt & Whitney TF30 engines which were underpowered for the aircraft, resulting in compressor stalls at high angles of attack. The space in between the two engines would also easily result in a flat spin due to the massive amount of asymmetrical thrust should one engine crap out.


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Revision as of 15:38, 4 January 2015


  • Backed by the Pentagon
  • Hey, It's That Guy!: Goose's wife is Meg Ryan.
  • Truth in Television: The training accident that kills Goose was entirely possible due to the design of the Tomcat. Early Tomcats had Pratt & Whitney TF30 engines which were underpowered for the aircraft, resulting in compressor stalls at high angles of attack. The space in between the two engines would also easily result in a flat spin due to the massive amount of asymmetrical thrust should one engine crap out.