I can buy a female nuclear physicist. I can buy a hot nuclear physicist. I can buy a nuclear physicist in a sweaty tanktop and camos.
But expecting me to believe there are nuclear physicists called Christmas Jones ? Pull the other one, it’s got quarks on.
Aside from the soundtrack, I don’t remember much about it.
It’s made for decent parody fodder over the years, though.
With a guy’s name.
The incident you’re thinking of is probably when Maverick’s wingman freaks out (sorry I can’t think of how to put this more artfully at the moment) by the encounter with the MiGs and has to be talked down by Maverick.
Aerophysicist makes more sense than astrophysicist, although I still don’t see why they needed a civilian aerophysicist consultant to do pilot evals.
I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.
Yes, but for the purposes of making a movie, it’s probably easiest to get some existing planes and a shitload of black paint.
They were about 2, no more like 1.5, meters away - that’s plenty of space 
Homoerotic.
…what? You said odd, right?
Really? :eek: Where are they for sale?
I’ll have one of each, please…
You know, I’d never picked up on that. Ye gods… as if the volley-ball scene wasn’t clear enough 
Which may explain its close resemblance to a T-38.
Great movie line, in “Jet Pilot”: When Janet Leigh, as the defecting Russian fighter pilot, brings her T-33 with a red star painted on it into the American base, John Wayne gets to say “So that’s the new MiG, huh? Sure looks like one of ours.”
Of course you must see this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd_-iEv5VDU
There was a lot of upside-down tailfin-bangin’ going on among the pilots after the volleyball scene … if you get my drift.