Mission Impossible 8: Tom Cruise spotted flying Second World War biplane as he prepares for latest film

By Grace Hammond
Published 14th Oct 2021, 16:34 BST
This is the first glimpse of Tom Cruise flying a World War II biplane amid as practises for dog fight scenes in Mission: Impossible 8.

The Top Gun actor can be seen learning to fly a 1943 Boeing-Stearman Model 75 with the help of ex-German Air Force pilot Klaus Plasa.

Tom, 59, is reportedly practising in the former military training plane so that he can perform stunt scenes in the next chapter of the Mission: Impossible franchise.The video shows him taking to the skies four times as he flies short circles around the runway in windy conditions at Duxford Airfield, Cambs on September 29.

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Tom was joined at the airfield by film crews who rigged his Model 75, which was once used to train US Air Force and RAF pilots, with two film cameras.

The Top Gun actor can be seen learning to fly a 1943 Boeing-Stearman Model 75 with the help of ex-German Air Force pilot Klaus Plasa.The Top Gun actor can be seen learning to fly a 1943 Boeing-Stearman Model 75 with the help of ex-German Air Force pilot Klaus Plasa.
The Top Gun actor can be seen learning to fly a 1943 Boeing-Stearman Model 75 with the help of ex-German Air Force pilot Klaus Plasa.