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marty552
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Has tom cruise flown a jet?

Sat Jan 14, 2023 3:48 am

I've tried to find sources but both films say he didn't fly one, but I'm asking if he's actually flown a jet at any time.

To me, it would be weird for him to do a huge amount of stunts, thrill activities and not fly a jet one time.
 
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Re: Has tom cruise flown a jet?

Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:35 am

Would have to inquire with someone familiar with his activity at VNY or elsewhere. His records are sanitized from the FAA airmen search engine.
 
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Re: Has tom cruise flown a jet?

Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:07 am

He flies a HondaJet, when he was in Norway he flew into the town I live in in his HondaJet.
 
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Re: Has tom cruise flown a jet?

Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:28 am

marty552 wrote:
I've tried to find sources but both films say he didn't fly one, but I'm asking if he's actually flown a jet at any time.

To me, it would be weird for him to do a huge amount of stunts, thrill activities and not fly a jet one time.


Don't know what you mean. at least for Top Gun one and two many shots were filmed in the air. The actors actually flew in the backseat of those Hornets and Tomcats. I believe he owns the L39 you see in Top Gun II, so he flew those sequences in the movie.

Link to a segment
 
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Re: Has tom cruise flown a jet?

Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:50 am

I know it's not a jet but he owns the P51 from the second movie. It's a high speed high performance aircraft that has (IIRC) kills against the Me262 during the war. Should definitely count for something.
 
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Re: Has tom cruise flown a jet?

Sat Jan 14, 2023 1:37 pm

Dutchy wrote:

Don't know what you mean. at least for Top Gun one and two many shots were filmed in the air. The actors actually flew in the backseat of those Hornets and Tomcats. I believe he owns the L39 you see in Top Gun II, so he flew those sequences in the movie.

Link to a segment


There was a L39 in TopGun Maverick?
 
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Re: Has tom cruise flown a jet?

Sat Jan 14, 2023 1:42 pm

889091 wrote:
Dutchy wrote:

Don't know what you mean. at least for Top Gun one and two many shots were filmed in the air. The actors actually flew in the backseat of those Hornets and Tomcats. I believe he owns the L39 you see in Top Gun II, so he flew those sequences in the movie.

Link to a segment


There was a L39 in TopGun Maverick?

It was the cameraplane, but I don’t remember it featuring in the film.
 
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Re: Has tom cruise flown a jet?

Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:09 pm

Dutchy wrote:

Don't know what you mean. at least for Top Gun one and two many shots were filmed in the air. The actors actually flew in the backseat of those Hornets and Tomcats. I believe he owns the L39 you see in Top Gun II, so he flew those sequences in the movie.

Link to a segment

That wasn't Top Gun - that was for James Corden's show. Don't recall the L39 being in the movie.

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