The long-awaited release of “Top Gun: Maverick” might finally be upon us this May, according to the Paramount Pictures’ website for the movie.
The movie’s release on the silver screen will show first-of-its-kind special camera footage inside and outside the cockpit of F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet aircraft. What makes this movie release extra exciting, especially for the DAiTA Group’s Prototyping Instrumentation & Experimentation (PIE) Department Aircraft Instrumentation Division (AID), is the hand they took in creating the specialized footage.
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