![]() ![]() ![]() The Goal would be to bring the F-18 cockpit to life as a fully interactive event ground attraction and museum piece. In late 2019, we came to terms on an agreement which would allow DreamBIG to take possession and transform the F-18 cockpit section into the TOPGUN MAVERICK F-18 Hornet Experience. Putting the A-4 Top Gun project on hold, I immediately reached out to a friend who was in possession of a F-18 Hornet cockpit section. During this process, It was announced that TOPGUN II “MAVERICK” would be filmed. We began to prep for the addition to the DreamBIG Squadron of Touring Ground Attractions. Viper and Jester had used the A-4 in the Original Top Gun movie. One of those was an A-4 Skyhawk cockpit section. I began to track a couple of decommissioned Naval cockpits that were in Private hands. After that event, I knew we had to locate the perfect Navy air frame which could be used as an authentic TOPGUN Experience. I set the -101 up as a F-14 TOPGUN Tomcat tribute for a casino’s special event. In 2017, I released a F-101 voodoo cockpit. Share the History of Aviation! Share the opportunity to experience it first hand, and to share my Faith which has allowed the DREAM in DreamBIG to take flight one visit at a time.Ģ020 was the 10 YEAR ANNIVERSERY OF DREAMBIG! Over the last 13 years our main Aircraft ground attraction has been the A-7 Corsair II. Today it's something deeper yet just as important and close to heart. In doing so, we'd also provide a new venue for national advertisers and sponsors that has no equal in reaching consumer attention. In 2010, our goal was to “re-commission” an aircraft to share the excitement of a Fighter Jet Pilot and engage the public by telling the stories that make up our history. Most retired jets end up cannibalized for parts and then shredded for recycling of their valuable metals. There are now less than a handful of restored fighter jet cockpits in private hands anywhere in the world. These aircraft speak to the glory of American aviation ingenuity through elements of what is today known as "S.T.E.M." While also recalling the history of war, including Korea, Vietnam and the First Gulf War and peacetime service, such as the transport of supplies for humanitarian aid missions. DreamBIG is about to change this.įor several years, I have searched for restored American fighter jet cockpits. No conventional aviation museum exists today where you can touch, let alone sit in, the cockpit of a fighter jet and experience this unique aviator feeling. Smell the fuel and oil that past pilots have smelled as they prepared for a mission. Then imagine getting into a flight suit, putting on a helmet, adjusting your oxygen mask, getting strapped into an ejection seat and holding the controls. ![]() Consider what it would mean to merely sit in the cockpit of a fighter. So few people receive the opportunity to fly these magnificent machines most of us can only dream of the experience. There is nothing in the world that can match the experience of piloting a fighter jet. ![]()
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