Lockheed Martin recently released “Behind the Scenes of Top Gun: Maverick” footage, in which the film’s Production Designer, Jeremy Hindle, weighed in on the craft’s conception. Hindle explains that compared to the original design of the SR-71, “We lowered it a little bit. It also made it look a little sleeker and faster… Through their design team, we learned how to make the plane look angry, mean, insanely fast.” Director Joseph Kosinski also commented, adding that “it felt like something that could truly fly.” Even Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell himself – Tom Cruise – remarked, “We wanted that moment in the Darkstar flight when you just feel not only the command of flight, but the beauty of flight.”