Tom Cruise went Top Gun when he added a vintage WWII P-51 Mustang to his collection of business jets. A qualified pilot, he flies the gleaming "Kiss Me Kate" himself.

Getting the gun camera and gun sight to point in exactly the right direction was important on a WWII fighter. Here’s how they did it on the P-51 Mustang.

-The P-51’s durability and firepower, with six .50 caliber machine guns, made it a formidable opponent. -Mustang pilots shot down nearly 5,000 enemy aircraft, with over 250 achieving ace status.

Typically, the early Mustangs came with two 0.50-caliber nose-mounted and four 0.30-caliber wing-mounted machine guns. The RAF originally used the P-51 as a tactical-reconnaissance aircraft and as ...

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The P-51 was fast and maneuverable, but that's not what made it deadly — that honor goes to the six .50 caliber machine guns packed onto the airframe. The P-51 could also be fitted with 10 5 ...

Top Gun: Maverick Had Tom Cruise Flying His Own P-51 Mustang Plane ( Photo Credit – Movie Still ) Tom Cruise, Hollywood’s most charismatic actor, recently broke many records with his Top Gun ...

It’s a high-flying achievement. Tom Cruise took the skies in his P-51 Mustang plane Sunday to accept his MTV Movie Award for Best Performance in a Movie for the film “Top Gun: Maverick ...

Tom Cruise flew his own P-51 Mustang in the ending sequence of Top Gun: Maverick. The 2022 movie Top Gun: Maverick was a long pending sequel to the 1986 movie Top Gun.

Tom Cruise did his own jet flying in "Top Gun: Maverick." But not an F-18. The Navy said no, even to Tom Cruise. ... "But he flies a P-51 in the movie and he flies helicopters.