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Topgun Days Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America's Best Fighter Jocks

The fascinating history of one man's rise from naval flight officer to Hollywood hero. Dave Baranek (callsign ""Bio"") was one of 451 young men to receive his Wings of Gold in 1980 as a naval flight officer. Four years later, seasoned by intense training and deployments in the tense confrontations of the cold war, he became the only one of that initial group to rise to become an instructor at the navy's elite Fighter Weapons School. As a Topgun instructor, Bio was responsible for teaching the best fighter pilots of the Navy and Marine Corps how to be even better. He schooled.

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  • "The fascinating history of one man's rise from naval flight officer to Hollywood hero. Dave Baranek (callsign ""Bio"") was one of 451 young men to receive his Wings of Gold in 1980 as a naval flight officer. Four years later, seasoned by intense training and deployments in the tense confrontations of the cold war, he became the only one of that initial group to rise to become an instructor at the navy's elite Fighter Weapons School. As a Topgun instructor, Bio was responsible for teaching the best fighter pilots of the Navy and Marine Corps how to be even better. He schooled."@en
  • "Dave Baranek writes of his days as a naval flight officer and a Topgun instructor, which made him responsible for teaching the Navy and Marine Corps' best fighter pilots. He also writes of his participation in the filming of the Hollywood blockbuster Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise."
  • "Dave Baranek (callsign Bio) was one of 850 young men to receive his Wings of Gold in 1980 as a naval flight officer. Four years later, seasoned by intense training and deployments in the tense confrontations of the cold war, he became the only one of that initial group to rise to become an instructor at the navy's elite Fighter Weapons School. As a Topgun instructor, Bio was responsible for teaching the navy's and Marine Corps's best fighter pilots how to be even better. He schooled them in the classroom and then went head-to-head with them in the skies. Then, in August 1985, Bio was assigned to combine his day-to-day flight duties with participation in a Pentagon-blessed project to film action footage for a major Hollywood movie focusing on the lives, loves, heartbreaks, and triumphs of young fighter pilots, titled Top Gun. Bio soon found himself riding in limousines to attend gala premieres, and being singled out by giggling teenagers and awed schoolboys who recognized the name Topgun on his T-shirts. The book ends with his reflections on his career as a skilled naval aviator and his enduring love of flight."

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  • "Topgun days : dogfighting, cheating death, and Hollywood glory as one of America's best fighter jocks"
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