[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare

BTW, the didn't "woke up" the show having the female pilot being the best.

Spoiler!

I really did like the fact that Hangman clearly WAS the best pilot. Too many movies these days would've taken the arrogant young pilot and made him shit the bed or be some overrated strutting rooster.

Hangman was the top dog. Something of a Michael Jordan to Rooster's eventual Magic Johnson. The scene with Maverick in the dogfight where he loses him in the sun is just the cagey vet getting one over on him, but in terms of pure skills it sure seemed like he had an edge on our boy