Eli5 how they did the practice runs on Top Gun Maverick

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Hopefully not a spoiler – when they are “practicing” that specific terrain for the mission they are practicing in the US. Does their monitor simulate the terrain on their screen? How are they practicing the steep climb into and out of the target space without actually being at that topology? I assume it’s not just movie hand-waving since they had navy consultants for the movie – so how do you practice flying a specific course without being actually on that course physically?

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Nav markers based on GPS probably. For example. Go to this point, then this point, then this point. At this point climb to x feet then decent to x feet by this point etc

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Hopefully not a spoiler – when they are “practicing” that specific terrain for the mission they are practicing in the US. Does their monitor simulate the terrain on their screen? How are they practicing the steep climb into and out of the target space without actually being at that topology? I assume it’s not just movie hand-waving since they had navy consultants for the movie – so how do you practice flying a specific course without being actually on that course physically?

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Nav markers based on GPS probably. For example. Go to this point, then this point, then this point. At this point climb to x feet then decent to x feet by this point etc

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