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  1. Is Tom Cruise a Pilot in Real Life? Is He Actually Qualified to Fly?

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  2. Top Gun Maverick: Is Tom Cruise a qualified pilot?

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  3. So How Does One Teach Tom Cruise To Fly Top Gun: Maverick Fighter

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  4. Is Tom Cruise a Pilot in Real Life? Is He Actually Qualified to Fly?

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  5. Watch Tom Cruise Pilot Fighter Jets in Spectacular Top Gun Maverick

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  1. Is Tom Cruise a real pilot? All about his flying dream

    Cruise told the outlet that Top Gun allowed him to fulfill two dreams: flying and acting. "All I ever wanted to be was a pilot or an actor, so Top Gun was a huge moment in so many respects, including my passion for aviation," Cruise said. "I got to actually fly in an F-14 jet which was a dream come true, and play a character I loved in ...

  2. Top Gun Maverick: Is Tom Cruise a qualified pilot?

    Tom Cruise has actually had a pilot's licence for almost 30 years now, after securing his qualification in 1994. Cruise does in fact have his pilot licence (Picture: Paramount) Cruise thought it ...

  3. Can Tom Cruise fly fighter jets? When he got his pilot's licence and

    Cruise, who has been a licensed pilot since 1994, did fly a P-51 propeller-driven fighter plane and a few helicopters for the movie. The planes aircraft carriers and military bases are also real ...

  4. What Planes Does Tom Cruise Own?

    Summary. Tom Cruise is a licensed pilot with qualifications as a multi-engine instrument-rated pilot and helicopter flying skills. Cruise owns a collection of airplanes, including a vintage P-51 Mustang fighter from World War II and a Gulfstream IV G4 jet. There may be additional aircraft in Cruise's fleet, such as a HondaJet and a Bombardier ...

  5. Top Gun 2: Why Tom Cruise Wasn't Allowed To Fly An F-18 Fighter Jet

    Cruise originally wanted to fly a real Boeing F-18 fighter jet in the film, but the US Navy denied his request due to insurance concerns and the high cost of the plane. Cruise's dedication to doing his own stunts enhances the storytelling and creates a level of authenticity that can't be achieved in any other way.

  6. Tom Cruise Tells US Navy He Wants To Fly F/A-18: Here's What The Brass

    Tom Cruise on the set of Top Gun: Maverick. Photo courtesy of Facebook. If you're a pilot, you probably already know that Tom Cruise is a pilot, and an accomplished one, too. It's one thing to have the dough to buy a P-51. It's another to have the skill to fly it, which he does on a regular basis!including to and from the movie location!

  7. Tom Cruise goes hypersonic in new Top Gun movie, but doing it in real

    The opening sequence of the blockbuster film Top Gun: Maverick depicts Tom Cruise piloting a futuristic aircraft up to Mach 10, or ten times the speed of sound. In reality, decades of research has ...

  8. Welcome to Tom Cruise's Flight School for 'Top Gun: Maverick'

    Max Temescu. In the middle of shooting Top Gun, producer Jerry Bruckheimer realized he had a huge problem: With the exception of Tom Cruise, all the actors playing Navy pilots kept vomiting in the ...

  9. How Tom Cruise Trained Top Gun: Maverick Co-stars For Flight

    Tom Cruise helped create a flight training program for Top Gun: Maverick. Here's what his co-stars — including Monica Barbaro, Glen Powell, Greg Tarzan Davis, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Miles ...

  10. Tom Cruise Talks Flying in Real Fighter Jets for 'Top Gun: Maverick

    Tom Cruise is ready to take Top Gun: Maverick to the skies—literally. For the sequel to his iconic film, Cruise wanted to actually fly in real jets.

  11. So How Does One Teach Tom Cruise To Fly Top Gun: Maverick Fighter

    Mission: Impossible's Tom Cruise can be seen flying in Top Gun: Maverick, but as a civilian, he could not fly the primary fighter jet of the film, the F-18 Hornet.He had to start on certain ...

  12. Inside Tom Cruise's Flight Training for 'Top Gun: Maverick'

    The ASTC (Aviation Survival Training Curriculum) that Tom Cruise and all the new aviators on Top Gun: Maverick had to complete to qualify for the extensive flying sequences included classrooms on ...

  13. Proof Tom Cruise really flew his own fighter jet in 'Top Gun 2'

    In a featurette for the movie released Wednesday, Cruise defends his decision to eschew CGI for actually piloting a jet. "You can't act that, the distortion in the face. They're pulling 7½, 8 G ...

  14. Did Tom Cruise Learn to Fly for 'Top Gun: Maverick'? What We Know

    Yes and no. Tom loves to do his own stunts, and he is fully capable of flying a private plane — but some of the fighter jets in the Top Gun sequel can only be piloted by aviators with military experience. In 2018, Paramount confirmed (via Fighter Jets World) that while Tom does fly "certain aircraft" in Top Gun: Maverick, he will not be ...

  15. The Navy refused to let Tom Cruise fly an F/A-18 in 'Top Gun: Maverick'

    Tech & Tactics. Tom Cruise can do almost anything, but he absolutely cannot fly a $70 million Navy fighter jet. In a new interview with Empire magazine ahead of the release of Top Gun: Maverick ...

  16. Top Gun: Maverick actor Tom Cruise can fly fighter jets and helicopters

    However, the skills to fly a fighter jet do not come easy. But, for the actor, this was not his first time interacting with a fighter jet. For the movie Top Gun, he learned to fly such military-grade jets, starting with the F-14. Also read: Tom Cruise to dogfight world's most advanced Russia-made Su-57 fighter jet in Top Gun: Maverick

  17. Tom Cruise returns to the danger zone in 'Top Gun: Maverick'

    Embed. Transcript. Three Decades after the original Top Gun, Tom Cruise returns to lead a fresh squadron of Navy fighter pilots in Top Gun: Maverick. AILSA CHANG, HOST: It's been 36 years since ...

  18. Tom Cruise to Fly Last Manned Fighter Jet in 'Top Gun 2'

    Instead, Tom Cruise is set to return in the starring role as a test pilot for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter — a plane that could well be the last manned fighter aircraft made in the West.

  19. Is Tom Cruise a pilot?

    Source: YouTube. Yes, Tom Cruise is a licensed pilot. Yes, Tom Cruise can fly and has a license to pilot several aircraft as he obtained his flying license in the year 1994. He flies fighter jets ...

  20. Does Tom Cruise Really Know How To Fly Jets?

    Yes, Tom Cruise does really know how to fly. YouTube. Tom Cruise doesn't just talk the talk — he loves flying, and he really does know how to fly. As he told Conan O'Brien in 2019, "As a little ...

  21. What Planes Does Tom Cruise Own? Can He Fly A Jet?

    Can Tom Cruise Fly An F-18? Unfortunately, no. Even though Tom Cruise performed many of the action scenes himself in Top Gun 2, he is not qualified to pilot a military aircraft, according to the U.S. Navy. Was The F-22 Used In Maverick Top Gun? The F-22 Raptor did not appear in Top Gun despite audience expectations.

  22. From Fighter Planes to Real Estate: Every License Tom Cruise Has

    In Top Gun which Cruise filmed in 1986, he played the role of a maverick pilot who flew fighter jets. The actor currently is in possession of a license that allows him to fly a fighter jet — without animation or CGI or suspenders involved. The license enabled him to fly a fighter F-18 on the sets of Top Gun: Maverick.

  23. Jerry Bruckheimer Says Tom Cruise Flying Planes Is Really The ...

    Tom Cruise is known far and wide as an actor who gets very involved in the movies he makes. He does all his own stunts, and even knows how to fly planes, making sure that anytime you see him on ...

  24. 12 Things You Might Not Know About Tom Cruise

    Nonetheless, there's still plenty to know about his life and career. Tom Cruise started doing stunts early on. He was a pretty good high school wrestler. Cruise auditioned for Risky Business ...