GX-1

Episode aired Nov 2, 1987
TV-PG
47m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

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Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)

Action Adventure Crime Drama

Experimental US fighter jet gets shot down over East Germany and MacGyver is sent in to demolish the wreckage while Soviets, who are backed by a psychic, are trying to reach it first.Experimental US fighter jet gets shot down over East Germany and MacGyver is sent in to demolish the wreckage while Soviets, who are backed by a psychic, are trying to reach it first.Experimental US fighter jet gets shot down over East Germany and MacGyver is sent in to demolish the wreckage while Soviets, who are backed by a psychic, are trying to reach it first.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

334

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
The GX-1 is of course a regular F-14. The dog fight between the F-14 and the Mig-28/F-5E was taken from the hit-movie Top Gun (1986).

Goofs
The GX-1 is a 2 seat F-14, the plane they show getting shot down is a one seat F-5 . The footage of both planes is actual footage from Top Gun.

Quotes
[first lines]
MacGyver: [voice-over narration] I'd finished up a little mission in Zurich and the Phoenix Foundation gave me a bonus. Some time off and a first-class flight anywhere I wanted to go. So I took 'em up on it. Signed up for a hot-air balloon rally. Slow and easy over the Alps. No schedule. No time tables. Just watching the birds go by. Enjoying the scenery, smelling the fresh air and reminding myself why eagles don't get ulcers. I did hope we had enough fuel to keep our altitude over the peaks and clear the snow field. We did and, as soon as we got away from the others, everything kind of worked out. Besides, I'd brought along an expert.

Connections
Edited from Top Gun (1986)

Soundtracks
MacGyver Theme
Written by Randy Edelman

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Goofs

When the GX1 flames out and the pilot ejects, you can see 2 people in the cockpit. There is obviously one person leaning forward against the shoulder straps. The second person can be seen (in profile)sitting in the rear seat. However, when the ejection scene is viewed you see only one parachute.

When the first GX1 engine flames out, the plane is in a turn and smoke is pouring from the right engine. However, in the next shot no smoke is visible.

The scenes of the GX1 being chased look very similar to shots from Top Gun.