Continuity mistake: The mole by Christian Bale's eye switches sides when he's in the oasis near the start, presumably a flipped shot.
Continuity mistake: In the first scene when Maverick enters the airbase on his motorcycle it is mid-morning based on the sun and shadows. When he takes off in the test jet it is pre-dawn.
Suggested correction: The movie sequencing/reveal is shoddy for this. Prior to him uncovering the motorcycle and heading out he slaps the calendar on the wall where it says, If I recall, "Mach 8." the day before on the calendar says something like "training" or "physical test" or something (I honestly forgot). That happens the first day ("afternoon") as shown with him on the treadmill; he sleeps on-base to get up "pre-dawn" and that's when the admiral arrives and he takes off.
This shot is likely referring to the fact that at Mach 10 he's travelling so fast towards the west that the sun (which only just set) appears to be rising again, as he outraces the darkness.
Travelling that far west would bring aircraft and pilot well over the pacific. No chance to find a lift back there.
In the beginning, Maverick wakes up in the early morning. He drives to the hangar in late morning, prepares for takeoff during the whole day and takes off at dusk, not dawn. Then he first flies eastwards into the night; after turning west, he flies into the sunset. He should outrace the darkness and see the sun rising again at that speed; however, this is not actually shown. Most viewers still misinterpret his start to be at dawn, which would be reinforced by the "rising" sun.
I've watched this movie many more times since my comment. The runway assigned is "21", which has a heading of 210°, roughly southwest. This puts him facing the setting sun, but at his speed he's covering such a distance that he's actually seeing it "set" again. Even with the turn, the POV of the breakup appears still heading west. Somehow he ends up in rural (Northern?) California, walking all night to arrive at the diner for breakfast.
Suggested correction: No. Maverick gets up in the morning, comes to the base during the day and takes off at dusk. He is flying for a while into the sundown in the west before crashing at night. After a walk, he reaches the diner at dawn of the next day. According to the script, the flight was scheduled at 19:00, but Maverick flew at 18:30. This explains why Cain misses the launch. The dialogue was not shown in the film, only Cain's "I'm early. And so are you. Care to explain?" remains.
Continuity mistake: After Becky charges the drone she climbs down without refitting the glass cover. Later a buzzard lands on the top of the tower, on the red cover.
Continuity mistake: In the beginning of the movie, Mavis stares at the window. When Drac sings to her, the window is closed in the first shot, but in the next shot it's opened. (00:01:00)
Continuity mistake: When Chloe, Nate, and Sully rest and talk about wine, Sully holds the glass differently between shots. One shot it's by the stem another by the foot/base.
Continuity mistake: At 00:41:28, When Otto sits in his car, the steering wheel has no logo of the car's brand, but later on 01:08:45 the car's brand (Chevrolet) is visible when Marisol drives the car. (00:41:28 - 01:08:45)
Continuity mistake: In the scene outside the hospital, when Gale and Sidney try to make the protagonist reconsider her plan to leave, Courteney Cox's hair changes position in front of either shoulder several times between shots.
Continuity mistake: At the wedding, Christine tells Stephen something quite hurtful; wide-eyed, he asks her how long did she have it in the barrel; a black partygoer walks behind him but is gone in the reverse shot. Moreover, she replies "Long time" and a couple walks past her, only to walk again past Stephen in the next shot.
Continuity mistake: Jack and Neytiri successfully save their children and eliminate four soldiers from a group of six. However, during the extraction scene, all six soldiers reappear.
Suggested correction: The point is, they are not just six, they are (I think 12 in total)... Lo'ak doesn't sport the second group, which is why he miscounts them as "only six."
Continuity mistake: When Daniel Radcliffe presents a special item he has put on white gloves, then a second later his gloves disappear. He no longer handles the item with gloves throughout the rest of the movie.
Continuity mistake: Towards the end of the movie, after the baseball game they go to the blue Chevy truck. One scene shows the blue truck with wheels from a Toyota Tacoma, then seconds later shows a different set of wheels on it.
Continuity mistake: Towards the end of the movie, Malcolm, Grant, Ellie, and Maisie are in a Jeep that tumbles down a hill. As it is tumbling, an impact extinguishes the headlights and interior lights. However, as the Jeep comes to rest at the bottom of the hill, the lights are back on. They remain on for all the following scenes. (01:44:53)
Continuity mistake: Marion's shoes change when in the museum, from heels to flats.
Continuity mistake: In the final battle, Kevin (as a rabbit) runs up a wall and smashes his foot into tiger Svengeance's head. Svengeance's helmet is not on his head in this shot, but in the very next shot his helmet is back on.
Continuity mistake: The first time we see the scene of Birdie sitting poolside waxing about her and Miles' fame, she brings her left hand up to hold down the side of her large hat, which obscures the camera from seeing Ms. Brand sitting down next to her, and when done speaking she pulls the hat down from the brim. When the scene is shown later a second time from Brand's point of view, when Birdie is talking she isn't holding the side of her hat, and takes it off from the top.
Continuity mistake: In the final battle, Lin Mi Sheng has her hair pinned up in a French twist. Her hair changes very frequently between shots and combat sequences. Sometimes it switches from a French twist to a slick chignon.
Continuity mistake: When Sarah fires at the jeep chasing them she brings the weapon back in with the slide in the normal position, in the next shot it is in the locked back empty position. (01:26:50)
Continuity mistake: When Nick and Javi switch shoes, the camera shot on the floor shows that the shoes they have already switched are on their right feet. When they switch permanently, they both give each other a right shoe.
Continuity mistake: During the police chase at the start, when Chief Luggins begins to climb out of the driver's window, there are no spotlights on her vehicle, but in the next shot, two spotlights are suddenly mounted over the side view mirrors. (00:07:40)
Continuity mistake: At the pleasure island before Lampwick gets into the wheel of fortune, he has his glass full of beer, then it is empty, then full again.