1:22:01
You're a lot like he was,
only better...
1:22:07
and worse.
1:22:10
He was a natural heroic
son of a bitch, that one.
1:22:16
So, he did do it right.
1:22:23
Yeah, he did it right.
1:22:35
VlPER: Is that why you fly
the way you do...
1:22:39
trying to prove something?
1:22:42
Yeah, your old man did it right.
1:22:46
What I'm about to tell you
is classified.
1:22:49
It could end my career.
1:22:51
We were in the worst dogfight
I ever dreamed of.
1:22:54
There were bogeys like fireflies
all over the sky.
1:22:59
His F-4 was hit,
and he was wounded...
1:23:01
but he could have made it back.
1:23:02
He stayed in it.
1:23:04
Saved three planes
before he bought it.
1:23:09
MAVERlCK: How come I never
heard that before?
1:23:11
That's not something the State
Department tells dependents...
1:23:13
when the battle occurred
over the wrong line on some map.
1:23:18
MAVERlCK: So you were there?
1:23:20
VlPER: I was there.
1:23:23
What's on your mind?
1:23:26
My options, sir.
1:23:29
Simple.
1:23:31
First, you've acquired enough
points to show up tomorrow...
1:23:34
and graduate
with your Top Gun class...
1:23:36
or you could quit.
1:23:40
There'd be no disgrace.
That spin was hell.
1:23:43
It would've shook me up.
1:23:44
So you think I should quit?
1:23:46
I didn't say that.
1:23:50
The simple fact is you
feel responsible for Goose...
1:23:53
and you have
a confidence problem.
1:23:57
I'm not going to sit here
and blow sunshine up your ass.