Tom Cruise is a licensed pilot in real life and he is actually qualified to fly fighter planes, jet planes, and helicopters. He obtained a license for flying in 1094 and he has gone airborne by himself for several movies including the Mission Impossible franchise. He really flew real fighter places and a helicopter for Top Gun: Maverick. It’s because of his love for performing his own stunts that he trained to be a pilot in real life.
Tom Cruise is one of the most famous movie stars of all time. He also happens to be one of the highest-paid actors in the world. He has not just received Honorary Palme d’Or and three Golden Globe Awards and he has not just been nominated for four Academy Awards, speaking of his acting career’s legacy. He has made bank with his movies which have collectively grossed over $4 billion in North America and over $11.5 billion worldwide. Now, he is one of the highest-grossing box-office stars of all time.
And there must be very few people who deserve it more than him because it’s only rare that you meet anyone who’s more dedicated to his career and who works insanely for it than Cruise. He is as big as he is because he gives it all and he goes all out for his movies like, because he is an action hero who loves doing his own stunts, he learned to fly a plane. When his fans ask if Tom Cruise is a pilot in real life, if he can really go airborne, if he can actually fly a plane, and if he is qualified or licensed to do that, there’s no ‘no’ to that answer because he is definitely a pilot in a capacity. It was himself flying in Top Gun: Maverick.
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Is Tom Cruise Actually a Real Licensed Pilot? Can He Fly a Jet? Can He Fly a Fighter Plane?
Tom Cruise (@tomcruise) is so extra and in the best way. We saw it in his acceptance speech for an award he won which he gave while flying a fighter plane. Yeah, you read it right. Tom Cruise really likes to be on top and he even got there and reached new heights when he won the MTV Award for the best performance in a movie for last year’s blockbuster sequel Top Gun: Maverick.
Tom Cruise’s fans want to know if he is a pilot in real life after he gave his acceptance speech while flying a fighter plane.
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And he was not there to accept the award because as it turned out, Tom Cruise was busy being a pilot and flying a fighter plane so, he gave his acceptance speech from there. In a clip where he thanked viewers for the fan-voted honor, he was actually airborne. He was in the plane high in the sky wearing sunglasses and speaking into a headset and he already had his golden popcorn trophy with him inside the aircraft.
Thank you so much for this award. I make these films for you. I love you. I love entertaining you. To know how much you enjoy it, how much you appreciate it, there’s just no better feeling.
This impressive stunt of the actor has left his fans with their mouths wide open in shock and awe and it has also left them wondering if Tom Cruise is a pilot in real life. They are curious to know if he is qualified to fly that fighter plane and if he was licensed to do so because ‘he was actually flying it himself for real, right?’ They also want to know now if he was truly flying the jet plane in Top Gun: Maverick.
Tom Cruise is a licensed pilot and owns several aircraft.
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To answer that question, whether or not Tom Cruise is a pilot in real life and if he is really qualified and licensed to really fly fighter planes and jet planes, and if he actually went airborne by himself in Top Gun: Maverick, well he is. Tom Cruise may be an actor by profession but he has also learned to fly planes. So, he is a licensed pilot in real life and he is actually qualified to be going airborne all by himself.
He has been a licensed pilot in real life since the year 1994. Since obtaining his flying license, he has been qualified to fly fighter planes and jet planes. He even has a license to pilot a helicopter. He has been trained by the military to fly aircraft as he has been doing in movies. Because he likes to do his own stunts, he really learned to do all that. He has shown his exceptional skills at flying in movies like Mission Impossible franchise and Top Gun: Maverick.
Tom Cruise flew real fighter jets and helicopters in Top Gun: Maverick.
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Tom Cruise himself talked about being a pilot in real life when he stated in an interview with James Corden while on a test drive of his P-51 that he has several types of flying licenses including commercial and fighter jet licenses. Speaking of that, he owns several aircraft as well.
For Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise flew real fighter jets and helicopters. However, he was denied permission from flying an F-18 by the Navy. Producer of the movie, Jerry Bruckheimer told in an interview with USA Today,
He (Cruise) flies a P-51 in the movie and he flies helicopters. He can do just about anything in an airplane. [But] the Navy wouldn’t let him fly an F-18.
