“Maverick, you’re at three quarters of a mile…call the ball…”
Just like in the movie, Top Gun, (or its long-awaited sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, which arrived a mere 36-years later and with very little changes to the general plot line), our brash hero, Captain Pete Mitchell …call sign “Maverick”…has defeated the enemy, but before they can celebrate the victory, he must first land the plane on the deck of an aircraft carrier, which any naval aviator1 will tell you is the most diffi