Tom Cruise Purchased P-51 Mustang Fighter
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was an American long-range single-seat fighter aircraft that entered service with Allied air forces in the middle years of World War II. The P-51 became an icon and one of the war's most successful and recognizable aircraft.
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Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (pronounced /ˈtɒməs ˈkruːz ˈmeɪpɒθɚ/; born July 3, 1962), better known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American actor and film producer. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006.
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Awesome! .. he flys the P51 in Top Gun Maverick... Tom Cruise has not lost his cool and neither has the F14 and P51👍✈️
I love to see the stars involved in aviation, it's a hobby that transcends earthly problems, and allows a certain freedom no matter who you are on the ground.
Like Harrison Ford says, "You are just another pilot with another tail #"
Hey tom, glad you finally got it, in '96 i saw it at Van Nuys, they told me the hold up. returning to L.A. in sept. will be trying to get back in the industry, hope to run in to you. always dreamed I'd own one of those.
If I were him, I'd have named the Mustang "Risky Business". A little love to what really launched his career.
T Stahler, or how about "Toms Cruiser" ?
He is top gun of Hollywood today
@Shamwowdood
That's easy to say. Hangar costs alone cost about @6000.00 per year, so imagine what it would cost for 70years of hangar time. Then there's maintenance, certification, and on and on!
One of the few things you have to be careful with on the Mustang, is to not firewall it down the runway and lift off, WITHOUT some opposite rudder. That much power and torque they have a knack of wanting to roll a bit when wheels lift off.
Not a big of Toms but kudos to him for being prepared to spend a couple million bucks to preserve a fine piece of aviation history.
Now Tom Cruise is really "Maverick". He can really fly a real plane!
People love to hate you when you are successful. Sounds like a lot of bitter jealousy in this forum. I don't care what his personal beliefs are, I don't let it bother me. That is a beautiful plane and I heard he is a good pilot actually. People need to stop following the tabloids and chill out.
Just FYI: The TF-51D is the two-seat version of the Mustang. It is not a trainer, it was a remanufactured war surplus P-51 that was updated and refitted for sale for foreign air forces. It actually has a aerodynamic improvements and slightly improved engine over the original P-51, and they sell for a similar amount; about $2million.
It’s still a trainer, that’s what the “T” means. Even if used for combat, it is a trainer plane. Still better because you can bring a passenger up.
It's a P-51K. No such think as a pt-51.
It's not a trainer, it's a P51K with a modified seat.
I would give almost anything, for a P-51 Mustang and a Supermarine Spitfire. As you know Spitfire saved GB, but the P-51 won the war in air. I just love that magnificent sound of a RR Merlin engine.
Budy.. The war days of WW2 is over. Respect for those who faught it! It's not Tom's fault the war started. I think anyone with a feiling for flying and the beauty of a bird like the Mustang has right to want one forthem selfs. And a few lucky ones actually buy one! What a dream! It's not a suprice he got one. He did play Maveric in the TOPGUN Movie, He obiesly got cauht in the feling of a warbird. He probebly couldent get a TOMCAT ;) So he went for the next best! The mustang, erfekt sense!
Edit: Tom Cruise is Top Gun in Hollywood still.
I'm no fan of Tom Cruise (or his religion), but he has been flying for about 15 years now. This is his second P-51, a former F6 recon model, that has had the rear seat conversion for passengers, or for a check pilot. Formerly the Montana Miss, he had it changed to Kiss Me Kate in 2006. It's maintained at Valhalla Aviation, and yes, he has been know to take quite a few people up.
@v12tommy This is his second P-51, a former F6 recon model, that has had the rear seat conversion for passengers, or for a check pilot. Formerly the Montana Miss, he had it changed to Kiss Me Kate in 2006. It's maintained at Valhalla Aviation, and yes, he has been know to take quite a few people up.
i guess he is still the top gun decade later
@MrSolracable mustangs with a passenger seat are flown from the front seat. TF-51 dual control mustangs are instructed from the rear.
Well look on the bright side: at least Tom Cruise has a great taste in aircraft.
If he wrecks the P-51 it can never be replaced.
if i had that much bleedin money, i would buy every vintage war plane i could get my hands on. then make shure every damn on of them was in flying condition. letting these beauties rust out in a scrap yard somewhere is friggin criminal
Cool, There was also a Russian named Alexander de Seversky who established the Seversky Aircraft Company which became the Republic Aviation Corporation. Under which he designed the P-47 Thunderbolt.
So, you aint jealous, you just envious?
Thats for setting me straight on that one...
This news show up on my feeds after I wayched Top Gun Maverick
God bless America
God bless my balls.
Frank Green .....yeah a country where a citizen can go out & buy an air plane like the P-51.........
I want one too .......
@rustyATV I can confirm that it is in fact an original P-51 used during WWII, and not a remanufactured aircraft. I don't remember the exact details, but it was only used towards the end of the war, and it was used for reconnaissance or something like that, rather than as a fighter. Maybe that info might help you to determine the correct model number. I wish I could remember if it had an Allison or a Merlin, but it was so long ago I just don't remember.
If it has a cooling duct scoop on top of the engine cowling just behind the prop, it's an Allison. If it has no scoop, it's a Merlin
That plane in the video has a Merlin engine.
@@vincentwade1 Thanks. I didn't know about the scoop. I always looked at the exhaust. The exhaust stacks on the Allison were more of a half moon shape, compared to the round ones on the Merlin.
Mission Impossible ... Your P-51 with self destruct in 5 seconds.
I betcha dollars to donuts that the passenger on board that flight was Mr. Matt Jackson, well-known Reno Air Races P-51 race pilot and friend of Tom Cruise.
@elijah5674 I can't go into details, but I can personally vouch for the fact that he has owned it since at least 2003. Of course it wasn't the "Kiss me kate" back then as he wasn't married. It isn't the P-51D model but a later model either the P-51K or P-51H. Obviously I haven't seen it in half a decade, but when I did see it, it was by far the cleanest example of a P-51 I have ever seen. I wasn't allowed to take pictures, but I wish I had pictures of the internal wing structure...gorgeous!!
I'm a reborn WWII fighter pilot.
Oct. 3, 2019---Didn't Cruise had a pilots license. But this plane was modified to carry 2 people, with the 2nd person showing behind Cruise as he gets in it. Makes me wonder if the 2nd guy was actually the pilot.
I didn't know that, Thanks for the info. I just did a quick search of Edgar Schmued, it also turns out he designed the f-86
@v12tommy Most likely it's a TF-51D, which is a remanufactured P-51D produced by Cavalier Aircraft. The K's were merely D models with a different prop, and there are no H models airworthy.
I don't begrudge him what he's earned.
I do wonder if he's enough of a pilot for that machine, or if there's someone helping in back. Those are not easy to fly safely.
If he is, more power to him!
You're absolutely right. It's more of a trophy plane for him. The guy that sat behind him is the one that's most often seen flying this bird.
KutWrite ....looks like on this video he has help but TOM (i hear) is an action guy
(not a pussy) .....he probably learned to solo fly it by now....
@v12tommy That may very well be. To remanufacture something means to refurbish by renovating and reassembling, in this case, starting with an existing airframe and rebuilding it. All of the Cavalier Mustangs started as military surplus. Go search Cavalier Mustang on Wikipedia. Cavalier even attempted a turboprop offshoot. And I may be wrong about the H model; I found recent pictures of one flying, though the one in this video is clearly not an H as they are very noticeably different.
instructor in the back lmao.
Ahh hell, I got 3 P-51 Vintage Mustang War Birds, I fly em' often, Ol' Tom ain't got nothin on me , except - mine run on LIPO Batteries, and all 3 fit in my 2 car garage ! Ahhh - Haaaaa ~ !!!
@jollyrogger51 That is a P-51 with controls in the rear for the instructor! They were used to train pilots after they moved up from the AT6. You can't take friends up for a joy ride, till you have been certified by the FAA. which means you have been checked out in this airframe type, and can solo it.
Next time do your research!
@MoxleyMauser that P-51 does not have any WWII history the only vintage part on it is the V-12 engine, someone in northern California is reproducing the whole aircraft every part of it. so if tom crushes this one there's no reason to worry
The fuselage fuel tank is removed and a second seat installed. Not uncommon, as it allows for paying passengers.
and piloting the plane himself (cuts to footage showing tom cruise with a pilot sitting behind him)
@deanfromhell87 A P-51 is safer in the hands of an enthusiastic celeb than a pylon racer who will inevitably chop it up or even crash it.
guessing this was the plane in the movie
@upupaepops yeah, I remember now. I had remembered there was something different about it being the recon model, but I didn't remember the details. I had forgotten the name too, but then my dad mentioned that it was the Montana Miss.
So he doesn't maintain it himself anymore? He used to have his own hangar and stuff.
omg... this is just wrooong!!!
@Waltham1892
Yo relax dude! He did not get it for free or from drinking like you probably do!
He worked to become rich and famous as he is, and then went thru all the schooling required to get ALL his licences, just like anyone else who wants to be pilot and certification!
Instead of jealousy, use that energy to get what you want in life- like Tom did!
You're guessing.
First he flies Nicole Kidman, and the a Mustang. There is no fucking justice in the world...
tom cruise, please dont crash this beautiful plane. Because if you do, here is what will happen.
1) I will enlist in the air force and become a fighter pilot, no matter how long it takes.
2) I will get into the top gun program.
3) My co-pilot will die in an accident after we get caught in Ice Man's jet wash.
4) I will fly my jet into your mansion.
I understand Tom got his pilots license in Canada. Is the Mustang registered there or here in the US of A? I believe an FAA cert. is required to fly an American registered aircraft in the U.S.
His copilot is Xenu :P
crazy cuz im going in this plane on satuday
May not be Top Gun in Hollywood these days?
Seriously? Thee guy is worth over $600 million and is one of the highest paid actors in the world.
Look real close, the instructor is seating in the back. behind him. unless old Tom has 200+ hours in one. I really don't think he can solo this plane yet.
Doesn't Tom have ADD or something along those lines ? Wonder how that affects his flying or would it ?
no it wouldnt
+MrDevlin350 Most pilots have ADD
@Scharfschutzen1 Is Tom Cruise German?
Considering the massive amount of Mustangs still flyable today (plus a bit more being added from time to time) and that because of that the P-51 is a bit "devaluated" in the market of warbirds (good an interceptor as it has always been, I admit it) I wouldn´t be surprised if that plane cost Tom no more than 3$...
A Mustang; how original... The easiest-to get WWII warbird beside the Spitfire (which I like better, though) and probably the F4U Corsair as well. I find the P-51 even in my soup!
💚💜💚💜
Why were they so surprised that he fly his plane himself??
How could he look over the dash?
Booster seat.
@@mattlf9120.might have to add some 2×4 blocks to the peddles.
@@gerald4027 lol
That lucky son of a bitch. And I didn't know he was also a pilot.
@grunt182820 yeah, but the said toss will use that load of cash to keep that plane shiny and air-worthy.
must have sat on a cushion just to see over the dashboard...
meanwhile hundreds of people just died from hunger
Is there a connection between celebrity scientologists and pilots?
If only the pilot of the plane in ww2 could see what is happening to that poor bird
(Final post, I'm feeling long winded tonight, erm, does that expression still apply online?) I agree he may indeed have worked very hard for it, I just can't see paying actors and entertainers so much... But Congrats on the Stang, have fun, buy me one too =P
Aww, I'm sure David Miscavage isn't too happy about that
I wonder if Tom needs a booster seat to see.
That's a two man trainer. I wonder who is flying that plane?
With instructor in the back seat of dual control P51. Quite dangerous AC in the hands of a low hour pilot.
how is it single seater theres 2 people in the cabin?????
@snicks3211 you are so right!
the man is licensed to fly the thing and that's not something you just apply for. so stop hating just because you think his crazy religion is crazier than your crazy religion.
@TISAC1 Pylon racers modify the shit out of the planes. Chopped canopy, new engines, etc. You don't know that?
Someone that has so much money they don't know what to do with it. I am just pissed that he has a p51 lol!
and what would you have put?
@jollyrogger51 LOL, the "jet"? Are you serious?
This guys got more money than brains.. hes so been so rich for so long hes forgotton what its like for the rest of us. a 30million dollar house? how many people live in it?????????????
I didnt even know he could fly ???????
who is tom cruise?
kool
@elijah5674 I just recently saw Tom Cruise on Top Gear and he was talking about how he owns one.
Yeah..... explained just as you'd expect someone from Hollywood with NO real knowledge of the subject to describe it. Kinda like the old story of the blind group of men trying to describe an elephant by touching and feeling just one part.
Trying to make up for having slower lap times then Mr. Bean on the ground.
Trust me. There's WAY dumber guys that him flying jets over your house even as we speak.
hes looking to fight xenu!
it would be ironic if he bought a F-14
does he know anything about the p51?
Well, Cruise has been flying for decades and has owned and flown a variety of stunt and high performance aircraft. He probably got more training in it that your average WW2 pilot before they went into combat.
@proffromgview
Why would you say that about him? Do you know him personally?
Or are you just jealous that he can pretty well get his hands on anything he wants?!
God that WAS my favorite plane until he climbed aboard.
I doubt he piloted it himself.
@Waltham1892
Maybe for you it's all the same but not for me!
"Jealous" implies hating someone, "Envious" implies ADMIRING someone!
Jealousy gets you nowhere, Envious gets you everywhere.
Personal Example: If I were "jealous" of Jimmy page/Eddie van halen instead of "envious" , I would never be where I am today in music!
I'm REAL sorry to hear that the quickly dwindling supply of P-51's had to go to someone like this. I do NOT understand his "celebrity." Certainly gets no more money from me. By the way, I spent 4 years at the real N.A.S. Miramar, maintaining GCA RADAR and TACAN.
@Dominoes282 They need piloting skills to take control of Xenu's DC-3.
scientology not withstanding I like to see a man spending money like Cruise......lots
of fun & a good investment too....Ahhh. the GOOD LIFE ....
TOM ....... how about a ride ???
people this guy has all the time and money in the world to learn and earn his way and license to fly jesus accept that he CAN and you and I probably wont:(
Talk to me Goose.
stuop the all jealous haters and go get ypurs and dont put down someone who is successful just because your not
IMO actors/entertainers/pro athletes are all over paid... Sure they should earn decent pay, but some are just outrageous with how much money they have... (Obviously not ALL of them) Just my opinion, and it will likely remain that way until somebody can actually prove to me that being an actor is hard enough to warrant paying enough money to afford a $30mil house... or until Tom Cruise buys me a P-51 as well =P
im guessing top gun made him do this