Does Tom Cruise Really Know How To Fly Jets?

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 kid, I wanted to fly airplanes, and I wanted to make movies.” With his work, he’s found a way to combine the two, and many of his films, like “Top Gun: Maverick,” are an ode to his beloved hobby. “I’m a pilot myself,” he enthused. “I love flying, and I love aviation, so this is also just a love letter to aviation.” This is why he demanded that he be allowed to fly an F-14 himself, and the studio agreed. “I went through all the pilot training, and then I filmed three flights in the F-14 in one day — it was a dream of mine,” he said.

However, Cruise was flying long before then. He originally got his license in 1994, and as he told WIRED in 2017, he can indeed fly airplanes. “I’m a multi-engine instrument-rated commercial pilot,” he explained. What’s more, he can also pilot a helicopter and got his license so he could film his dream helicopter sequence for “Mission: Impossible – Fallout.” Not too shabby! “I fly aerobatics in that,” he shared. “I’m a commercially-rated helicopter pilot also.” As the movie’s stunt coordinator, Wade Eastwood, told Thrillist, Cruise also underwent stunt training and totally crushed it. “Tom is a great pilot,” he applauded.

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