Originally Posted by
KC10 FATboy
I once flew a MD88/90 trip with a CA who was obsessed with the movie Top Gun and his years as an F-14 pilot. So much so, when we had a layover in San Diego, he just had to take me to Kansas City BBQ -- the restaurant where they filmed Goose playing "Great balls of fire" on the piano for the girls.
DO NOT go to this restaurant!!! The food absolutely sucks and the restaurant stays in existence because every square inch of the place is dedicated to something to do with Top Gun which lures in unsuspecting closet Top Gun fans who get fooled by the false advertising that it is a legit BBQ restaurant. Kansas City should sue this place because of how bad the BBQ is.
A part of my childhood just died reading this.
I flew with a guy a while back that was at fighter weapons school at the time... he had some great stories. His name is visible on the plaque when Goose bangs his head on the wall asking about the truck driving school (the scene I posted earlier was from the "carrier" with this strangely high ceilings). He said all the actors were way cool except for the guy that played Slider.