Episode Notes:

Steve Walsh reconnects with fellow naval aviator Peter Cohn to hold the classic Top Gun films up against the school they both actually attended. In this first part of a two part conversation, they work through the early stretch of the experience: the reputation-driven scramble to get selected, the physical beating of back-to-back dogfights, and the long, windowless debriefs that define the real syllabus.

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