It's a signature moment in the classic 80's beach-volleyball documentary Top Gun. Two Naval aviators swagger past a parked line of Grumman F-14 Tomcats. "I feel the need," Tom Cruise's Maverick character declares to his buddy Goose, who joins in the chorus. "The need... for speed!" Mav and Goose were bragging about the sound-barrier-busting velocity only a few pilots get to experience. Still, whether your winged ride's top speed is Mach two or 100 knots, there is one universal truth: if you're firing up an airplane, you've probably got somewhere to go or a mission to accomplish.
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