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[Lnn Nishi]

Thanks Robert! Got it.
--Lynne Nishihara

On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 9:05 AM robert stigile via NFBC-SFV <
nfbc-sfv at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Ok try it again!
> Hopefully the right email is selected!
>
> Robert Stigile, Second Vice-President
> National Federation of the Blind of California
> President San Fernando Valley Chapter
> 818-381-9568
> Kn6uvd
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> *From:* robert stigile <rstigile at gmail.com>
> *Date:* March 10, 2023 at 8:55:13 AM PST
> *To:* sfv chapter <nfbc-sfv at nfbnet.org>
> *Subject:* *Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Events*
>
> Hello all,
> Tonight is top gun maverick! Its a great day for a movie!
>
> Robert Stigile, Second Vice-President
> National Federation of the Blind of California
> President San Fernando Valley Chapter
> 818-381-9568
> Kn6uvd
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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> *From:* Steve Cook via NFBNet-Members-List <nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
> >
> *Date:* March 1, 2023 at 9:37:53 AM PST
> *To:* nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
> *Subject:* *[Nfbnet-members-list] Events*
> *Reply-To:* Steve Cook <cookcafe at sc.rr.com>
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> 
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> Hi All,
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> Please feel free to share with your networks!
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> We hope you will join us in March for 2 great audio described movies and a
> presentation from Accessible Pharmacy! There is no video only audio for
> these movies! Bring your adult drink, popcorn, snacks, chips ETC! There is
> more information below the Zoom information about each event.
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> Friday, March 3, 2023 at 8:00 PM Eastern
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> Top Gun
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> Friday, March 10, 2023 at 8:00 PM Eastern
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> Top Gun Maverick
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> Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 11:00 AM Eastern
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> Accessible Pharmacy
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> Top Gun
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>
> United States Naval Aviator Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell and his
> Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) Lieutenant Junior Grade Nick "Goose"
> Bradshaw, stationed in the Indian Ocean aboard the USS Enterprise, fly the
> F-14A Tomcat. During an interception with two hostile MiG-28s,[a] Maverick
> missile-locks on one, while the other hostile locks onto Maverick's
> wingman, Cougar. Maverick drives it off, but Cougar is so shaken that
> Maverick defies orders to land and shepherds him back to the carrier.
> Cougar resigns his commission. Maverick and Goose are sent in his place by
> CAG "Stinger" to attend Top Gun, the Naval Fighter Weapons School at Naval
> Air Station Miramar.
>
>
>
> Before the first day of instruction, Maverick unsuccessfully approaches a
> woman at a bar. He learns the next day she is an astrophysicist and
> civilian Top Gun instructor, Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood. She becomes
> interested in Maverick upon learning of his inverted maneuver with a
> MiG-28. In Maverick's first training hop, he flies below 10,000 feet (3,000
> m), breaking a major rule of engagement, to defeat instructor Lieutenant
> Commander Rick "Jester" Heatherly. Maverick and Goose also buzz the control
> tower when specifically told not to do so. They are reprimanded by chief
> instructor Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf.
>
>
>
> Privately, Jester tells Viper that while he admires Maverick's skill, he
> is not sure if he would trust him as a teammate in combat. In class,
> Charlie objects to Maverick's aggressive tactics against the MiG-28, but
> privately tells him she admires his flying; they begin a romantic
> relationship.
>
>
>
> On training Hop 19, Maverick abandons his wingman "Hollywood" to chase
> Viper. As a result, first Hollywood and then Maverick are defeated in a
> demonstration of the value of teamwork. Jester tells Maverick his flying is
> excellent, but criticizes him for leaving his wingman. Maverick’s rival,
> Lieutenant Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, calls his behavior "foolish", "dangerous"
> and worse than the enemy, to which Maverick responds “I am dangerous”.
>
>
>
> Maverick and Iceman, the leading contenders for the Top Gun Trophy, chase
> an A-4 in Hop 31. As Iceman has trouble getting a lock on the A-4, Maverick
> pressures him to break off so that he can move into firing position.
> However, Maverick's F-14 flies through Iceman's jet wash and suffers a
> flameout of both engines, going into an unrecoverable flat spin. Maverick
> and Goose eject, but Goose fatally slams into the jettisoned aircraft
> canopy.
>
>
>
> The board of inquiry clears Maverick of any wrongdoing, but he is shaken
> and guilt-ridden, and considers quitting. He seeks advice from Viper, who
> flew with Maverick's father in the Vietnam War-era air battle where he was
> killed. Contrary to official reports faulting Mitchell, Viper says he died
> heroically. He tells him he can succeed if he regains his self-confidence.
> Maverick chooses to graduate and congratulates Iceman, who has won the Top
> Gun Trophy. Iceman, Hollywood, and Maverick receive immediate deployment
> orders to deal with a crisis situation; they are sent to the Enterprise to
> provide air support for the rescue of the SS Layton, a disabled
> communication ship that drifted into hostile waters.
>
>
>
> Aboard Enterprise, Iceman and Hollywood are assigned to provide air cover,
> with Maverick and RIO Merlin on standby. Iceman expresses his concerns to
> Stinger about Maverick's mental state, but is told to just do his job.
> Iceman and Hollywood are pulled into a dogfight with what first appear to
> be two MiGs, but turn out to be six. After Hollywood is shot down, Maverick
> is scrambled. He goes into a spin after encountering another jet wash, but
> recovers. Shaken, he breaks off, but then re-engages and shoots down three
> MiGs. Iceman destroys a fourth, and the remaining two MiGs withdraw. Upon
> their triumphant return to Enterprise, the pilots share their newfound
> respect for one another. Finally confident and able to let go of the guilt
> caused by the training accident, Maverick later throws Goose's dog tags
> overboard.
>
>
>
> Offered the choice of any assignment, Maverick chooses to return to Top
> Gun as an instructor. He and Charlie reunite at a bar in Miramar.
>
>
>
> Cast
>
> Tom Cruise as LT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell: A US Navy pilot. The character
> was loosely based on Duke Cunningham and his accomplishments during the
> Vietnam War.[9]
>
> Kelly McGillis as Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood: Instructor of Top Gun and
> Maverick's love interest. The character is based on a real-life person,
> Christine Fox, who worked at Naval Air Station Miramar.[10]
>
> Val Kilmer as LT Tom "Iceman" Kazansky: One of Top Gun's students and
> Maverick's rival turned wingman.
>
> Anthony Edwards as LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw: Maverick's radar intercept
> officer and best friend.
>
> Tom Skerritt as CDR Mike "Viper" Metcalf: Commanding officer and
> instructor of Top Gun. A veteran of the Vietnam War who served with Duke
> Mitchell, Maverick's father. The character was based on a real person: Rear
> Admiral Pete "Viper" Pettigrew, a former Navy aviator, Vietnam War veteran
> and Top Gun instructor, who served as a technical advisor on the film and
> also makes a cameo appearance in the film as a colleague of Charlie's.
>
> Michael Ironside as LCDR Rick "Jester" Heatherly: A Naval Aviator, and Top
> Gun instructor
>
> John Stockwell as LT Bill "Cougar" Cortell: Maverick's former wingman
>
> Barry Tubb as LTJG Leonard "Wolfman" Wolfe: Hollywood's radar intercept
> officer
>
> Rick Rossovich as LTJG Ron "Slider" Kerner: Iceman's radar intercept
> officer
>
> Tim Robbins as LTJG Sam "Merlin" Wells: Cougar's radar intercept officer
> (later Maverick's during the climax)
>
> Clarence Gilyard as LTJG Marcus "Sundown" Williams: Chipper's radar
> intercept officer (later Maverick's during the end of training)
>
> Whip Hubley as LT Rick "Hollywood" Neven: A student from Top Gun and
> Iceman's wingman during the climax
>
> James Tolkan as CDR Tom "Stinger" Jardian: Commander of the USS Enterprise
> Carrier Air Group
>
> Meg Ryan as Carole Bradshaw (wife of LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw)
>
> Adrian Pasdar as LT Charles "Chipper" Piper: A Naval Aviator and student
> of Top Gun
>
> Aaron and Adam Weis as Bradley Bradshaw: Goose and Carole's son
> (uncredited)
>
>
> Top Gun Maverick
>
>
>
> More than 30 years after graduating from Top Gun,[a] United States Navy
> Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is a test pilot. Despite many
> achievements, repeated insubordination has kept him from flag rank;[b] his
> friend and former Top Gun rival, Admiral Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, now
> commander of the Pacific Fleet, often protects Maverick. Rear Admiral
> Chester "Hammer" Cain plans to cancel Maverick's hypersonic "Darkstar"
> scramjet program in favor of funding drones. To save the program, Maverick
> unilaterally changes the target speed for that day's test from Mach 9 to
> the final contract specification of Mach 10. However, the prototype is
> destroyed when he cannot resist pushing beyond Mach 10. Iceman again saves
> Maverick's career by assigning him to the Top Gun school at NAS North
> Island for his next assignment, but Cain tells Maverick that the era of
> crewed fighter aircraft will soon be over.
>
>
>
> The Navy has been tasked with destroying an unsanctioned uranium
> enrichment plant, located in an underground bunker at the end of a canyon,
> before it becomes operational. It is defended by surface-to-air missiles
> (SAMs), GPS jammers, and fifth-generation Su-57 fighters as well as older
> F-14 Tomcats. Maverick devises a plan employing two pairs of F/A-18E/F
> Super Hornets armed with laser-guided bombs,[c] but instead of
> participating in the strike, he is to train an elite group of Top Gun
> graduates assembled by Air Boss Vice Admiral Beau "Cyclone" Simpson.
>
>
>
> Maverick dogfights his skeptical students and prevails in every contest,
> winning their respect. Lieutenants Jake "Hangman" Seresin and Bradley
> "Rooster" Bradshaw—son of Maverick's dead best friend and RIO Nick "Goose"
> Bradshaw—clash: Rooster dislikes Hangman's cavalier attitude, while Hangman
> criticizes Rooster's cautious flying. Maverick reunites with former
> girlfriend Penny Benjamin, to whom he reveals that he promised Rooster's
> dying mother that Rooster would not become a pilot. Rooster, unaware of the
> promise, angrily resents Maverick for dropping his Naval Academy
> application—impeding his military career—and blames him for his father's
> death. Maverick is reluctant to further interfere with Rooster's career,
> but the alternative is to send him on the extremely dangerous mission. He
> tells his doubts to Iceman, who has terminal throat cancer. Iceman advises
> that "It's time to let go" and reassures him that both the Navy and Rooster
> need Maverick.
>
>
>
> After Iceman dies, Cyclone removes Maverick as instructor following a
> training incident in which an F/A-18F is lost. Cyclone relaxes the mission
> parameters, so they are easier to execute but make escape much more
> difficult. During Cyclone's announcement, Maverick makes an unauthorized
> flight through the course with his preferred parameters, proving that it
> can be done. Cyclone reluctantly appoints Maverick as team leader.
>
>
>
> Maverick flies the lead F/A-18E, accompanied by a buddy lazing F/A-18F[d]
> flown by Lieutenant Natasha "Phoenix" Trace and WSO Lieutenant Robert "Bob"
> Floyd. Rooster leads the second strike pair, which includes Lieutenant
> Reuben "Payback" Fitch and WSO Lieutenant Mickey "Fanboy" Garcia. The four
> jets launch from an aircraft carrier, and Tomahawk cruise missiles destroy
> the nearby air base as they approach. The teams destroy the plant, but the
> SAMs open fire during their escape, as anticipated. Rooster runs out of
> countermeasures, and Maverick sacrifices his plane to protect him.
> Believing Maverick to be dead, the others are ordered back to the carrier,
> but Rooster returns to find that Maverick ejected and is being targeted by
> an Mi-24 attack helicopter. After destroying the gunship, Rooster is shot
> down by a SAM and ejects. The two rendezvous and steal an F-14 from the
> damaged air base. Maverick and Rooster destroy two intercepting Su-57s, but
> a third attacks as they run out of ammunition and countermeasures. Hangman
> arrives in time to shoot it down, and the planes return safely.
>
>
>
> Later, Rooster helps Maverick work on his P-51 Mustang. Rooster looks at a
> photo of their mission's success, pinned alongside a photo of his late
> father and a young Maverick, as Penny and Maverick fly off in the P-51.
>
>
>
> Cast
>
> Tom Cruise as Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell: A test pilot and flight
> instructor, training a group of Top Gun graduates for a specialized
> mission[15]
>
> Val Kilmer as Admiral Tom "Iceman" Kazansky: The commander of U.S. Pacific
> Fleet, close friend and former rival of Maverick
>
> Miles Teller as Lieutenant Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw: An F/A-18E pilot in
> the mission training group. He is the son of Maverick's late RIO and best
> friend, LTJG Nick "Goose", and Carole Bradshaw. Rooster was previously
> portrayed by twins Aaron and Adam Weis in Top Gun in uncredited roles.
>
> Jennifer Connelly as Penelope "Penny" Benjamin: Maverick's rekindled love
> interest, who is a single mother, a bar owner, and the daughter of an
> admiral[e]
>
> Jon Hamm as Vice Admiral Beau "Cyclone" Simpson: The commander of Naval
> Air Forces
>
> Glen Powell as LT Jake "Hangman" Seresin: An F/A-18E pilot and mission
> candidate
>
> Lewis Pullman as LT Robert "Bob" Floyd: Phoenix's F/A-18F WSO and mission
> candidate[f]
>
> Ed Harris as Rear Admiral Chester "Hammer" Cain: Maverick's superior and
> head of the Darkstar program[g][16]
>
> Monica Barbaro as LT Natasha "Phoenix" Trace: An F/A-18F pilot and mission
> candidate
>
> Charles Parnell as RADM Solomon "Warlock" Bates: The commander of the
> Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center and an acquaintance of
> Maverick's
>
> Jay Ellis as LT Reuben "Payback" Fitch: An F/A-18F pilot and mission
> candidate
>
> Danny Ramirez as LT Mickey "Fanboy" Garcia: Payback's F/A-18F WSO and
> mission candidate
>
> Greg Tarzan Davis as LT Javy "Coyote" Machado: An F/A-18E pilot and
> mission candidate
>
> Bashir Salahuddin as Chief Warrant Officer Four Bernie "Hondo" Coleman: A
> friend of Maverick's
>
> Manny Jacinto as LT Billy "Fritz" Avalone: An F/A-18E pilot and mission
> candidate
>
> Raymond Lee as LT Logan "Yale" Lee: An F/A-18F pilot and mission candidate
>
> Jake Picking as LT Brigham "Harvard" Lennox: Yale's F/A-18F WSO and
> mission candidate
>
> Jack Schumacher as LT Neil "Omaha" Vikander: An F/A-18F pilot and mission
> candidate
>
> Kara Wang as LT Callie "Halo" Bassett: Omaha's F/A-18F WSO and mission
> candidate
>
> Lyliana Wray as Amelia Benjamin: Penny's daughter
>
> Jean Louisa Kelly as Sarah Kazansky: Iceman's wife
>
> James Handy as Jimmy: An old bartender at Penny's bar
>
> Chido Nwokocha as Mission Controller
>
> Chelsea Harris as Admiral's Aide
>
> Anthony Edwards, Meg Ryan, as well as Aaron and Adam Weis appear as the
> Bradshaw family in archive footage from Top Gun, along with Kelly McGillis
> as Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood.
>
>
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