Airfield Mural Honors ‘Top Gun’ Inspiration to Fly

For the past two years Seattle-area artist Myron Curry has created larger-than-life images at Dick Scobee Field in homage to local aviation connections.

Monday, November 04, 2024 at 11:47 AM ET

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Murals are painted on the airside of the hangars at Auburn Municipal Airport-Dick Scobee Field (S50) in Washington state. [Courtesy: Meg Godlewski]

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Auburn Municipal Airport-Dick Scobee Field (S50) features a series of aviation-themed murals created by artist Myron Curry.
These murals commemorate diverse figures and inspirations, including astronaut Dick Scobee, Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Joe Jackson, and the local Valley Fliers flight club.
The latest addition is a mural of Lieutenant junior grade Nick "Goose" Bradshaw from the original *Top Gun* movie, sponsored by a local pilot who credits the film with inspiring his aviation career.
The airport's murals and memorial benches are designed to be aviation-related and serve to inspire current and future generations of pilots.

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What do student pilots, astronaut Dick Scobee, a Medal of Honor recipient, and the original Top Gun movie have in common? You’ll find them all immortalized in murals at Auburn Municipal Airport-Dick Scobee Field (S50) in Washington state.

For the past two years Seattle-area artist Myron Curry created larger-than-life images that pay homage to local aviation connections. The latest mural to appear on the airside of the municipal hangar is one that depicts the likeness of a fictional Naval aviator, Lieutenant junior grade Nick “Goose” Bradshaw, a character from the original Top Gun movie.

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.