Tony Scott’s great 1986 masterpiece “TOP GUN”. A very young Tom Cruise in the part of Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, son of Duke Mitchell, ace in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. The story begins on the aircraft carrier Enterprise with the engagement of the F14 Tomcat against the Russian Mig28. Then Maverick and his navigator Goose are sent to the Miramar Base in California, home of the Top Gun School, where the best pilots of the Navy are trained in aerial combat. Here he meets the antagonists Ice Man and Slider, Base Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf and Instructor Jester. He falls in love with Astrophysicist Charlotte “Charlie” Blackwood and for the first time in his life he feels great pain over the death of his friend Goose. A timeless story destined to become a legend. The most famous pilot’s leather jacket of all time and his Kawasaki GPZ 900R become true icons.
Description
The main features of the most famous pilot jacket in history, worn by Tom Cruise in the 1986 movie “Top Gun”:
- length 65 cm
- made of very soft lambskin
- dark brown color with washed and aged effect
- all 17 original embroidered patches seen in the “Top Gun” movie
- two internal embroidered patches “Duke Mitchell Aviator” and “U.S. Navy Top Gun”
- double external pockets with side and top entry
- thermal padded inner lining made in three colors: white, red and blue
- two large internal pockets, closed by zip plus a small one
- detachable collar in genuine merino sheepskin
- closure with burnished zip
- elasticated wool cuffs and belt
- internal label in leather embroidered with “HVJ Hollywood Vintage Jacket” logo
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