Tom's Top Gun squadron
Hun Lee  |  by www.dailymail.co.uk. All rights reserved. 17.07 | 2:27

He was seen inspecting his latest flyer, a Second World War Mustang P-51 which he is believed to be buying for 1.8 million. Tom, 44, took friends along to Bob Hope airport in Burbank, California, to show off the plane and an onlooker said: "He was like a kid with a new toy.

" Tom Cruise is reprising his Top Gun role in real life - and is well on his way to having his own fighter plane squadron. Above: Tom with Kelly McGillis in the 1986 film 'Top Gun'

He already owns a Mustang P-51, a refurbished 1943 model, which he keeps in a hangar at Bob Hope airport. He also has a stunt plane called the Pitts Special S-2B and in the late Nineties spent 21million on a Gulfstream IV jet, which he fitted with a cinema and a deep Jacuzzi.

The onlooker said of Tom's newest addition to his squadron: "He could not wait to check out the plane and was talking about his plans to take it out for a first spin. The other pilots are all very jealous because it's very impressive." Scroll down for more.

.. Plane crazy: Tom, third left, with his latest aircraft

Tom has been fascinated by flying since starring in Top Gun in 1986 with Kelly McGillis, who played an aviation instructor he finds romance with.

His latest Mustang makes him even more of a flying rival for fellow Scientologist and actor John Travolta, who owns three Gulfstream jets, a Learjet and a customised Boeing 707B, which he keeps outside his home in Florida. The Mustang entered service in the middle years of the Second World War. It was designed in America to meet British requirements and was used by the RAF and the US Air Force.

It flew on reconnaissance missions and as a bomber escort in raids over Germany, making use of its speed and versatility.

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Keywords: Top Gun, World War, Kelly Mcgillis, Second World, Bob Hope, Tom s, Mustang p, Second World War
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