Not that I have flown it, but I do internet for the Air Races and have
sponsored a couple of the Unlimited teams. I have had a fair amount of
"hanger talk" about flying the various unlimiteds and stock versions of
the 51 are highly regarded as good platforms. They have some areas of
the envelope that bite hard, but are easy to stay away from with any
effort of paying attention. I came sooooo close to getting a ride one
year just before the crash.
On 5/31/22 1:08 PM, Steven Kenney via AF wrote:
If the P51 is as difficult to master as it is in DCS I gotta give him
some props (pardon then pun). Taildraggers can be a real drag
(sorry again)
On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 3:48 PM Robert <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote:
That is one of two P-51's he owns. He used to fly the two seater
with a instructor all the time to satisfy insurance ( movie, not
aviation ) requirements, but finally got good/comfortable enough
to satisfy the movie insurance companies and have enough "pull" to
negotiate through it and ( this is second hand ) bought the single
seater. The two seater is still his favorite from what I was
also told, as he loves to take his close friends flying. That
a/c has shown up at Reno at least once, but Cruise has not. There
is a good interview with his co star about going flying with him
and his mastery comforting her fears.
Apparently his bit of sailing in this film may have given him
just enough taste to hook him on that according to some of the
crew that was below decks during the sailing scenes, as he asked
about doing some more up on SF bay, where he moved from SD after
the sailing scenes there were too boring.. A few of the crew are
FB friends and were chatting about it when asked. He is amazing
about making _all_ the people involved feel important according
the the crew as long as you are being completely professional.
On 5/31/22 11:46 AM, Steven Kenney via AF wrote:
I met the actual F14 pilot who was the consultant for the film
and flew with Tom Cruise. We had a LAN Party with a bunch of
pilots playing Falcon 4.0 after it was released. Forget his name
but I have pics at home to back it up lol. We watched Top Gun
and he described every scene what they had to do, and how much of
it was fake. He did mention the actors were barfing and couldn't
handle it.
We had a lot of good laughs like one scene Cruise is on the
motorcycle the guy says "he's actually being towed there" and if
you look you'll notice yeah you can't see the wheels its just a
close shot.
Now Tom flies on his own!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1iZtBM23bY&t=1s
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1iZtBM23bY&t=1s> I wonder if
that actually is his P51.
On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 3:34 PM Robert <i...@avantwireless.com>
wrote:
No model a/c ... No continuity errors from wings swept to
unswept
frame to frame. Cruise insisted on all the right stuff so
there would
never be another movie to compare. It was great watching
the interview
on youtube about the bad guys tasking sats on the life sized
model..
On 5/28/22 8:43 AM, Jeff Broadwick - Lists wrote:
> The flying was better
>
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>> On May 28, 2022, at 11:17 AM, Bill Prince
<part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Saw a review in our local rag. Reviewer felt this sequel
might be better than the original.
>>
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>>> On 5/27/2022 7:36 PM, Jeff Broadwick - Lists wrote:
>>> Loved it! First time in a movie theater since Covid.
The P51 was icing on the cake!
>>>
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