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