Tom Cruise's new taxi

[Harry O]

Which aircraft is he using?

Cruise hires luxury copter for London flights | Irish Examiner (http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/cruise-hires-luxury-copter-for-london-flights-576472.html)

Cruise hires luxury copter for London flights
Monday, December 03, 2012 - 09:51 AM

Tom Cruise has hired a helicopter to fly him around London.

The 'Mission: Impossible' actor has splashed out on a luxurious chopper designed by Hermes for his stay in the UK while he films his upcoming movie 'All You Need Is Kill' - in which he plays a soldier fighting a war against aliens.

The Sun newspaper describes the limited edition helicopter as a "living room in the sky" that boasts cream leather interior and noise-minimising walls to guarantee a quiet flight.

Tom, 50, recently brought London's Trafalgar Square to a standstill as he filmed helicopter and tank scenes in the busy tourist destination.

Despite complaints, a spokesman for the City of Westminster insisted the disruption was worth it because the movie "raises the profile of the city and is good for tourism".

[heli14]

Which aircraft is he using?

the article mentions Hermes - the only Hermes aircraft I know of in the London area (for charter anyway) is EC135 G-SENS, from Capital at Oxford

[Need money]

G-SENS - thats the one, saw a picture of it in one of the papers over the weekend - landed at Lords.

[heli1]

This'll be the same film for which Warner Bros hired some Lynx parts from The Helicopter Museum ,agreed a payment and now their agent who signed the contract is reneging and refusing to pay the full amount ?

[Tallguy]

Accurate as ever, when they say cream leather interior do they actually mean the orange cabin seats or brown cockpit seats, or are they referring to a completely different aircraft that is in fact a flying living room?

[chopper2004]

add the EC135 Hermes to the list of a./c he's flown in

F-14A (guessing he and the other Top Gun cast got free backseat rides at Miramar)
BK-117 (Mission Impossible II)
Bell 205 (Mission Impossible III)
Puma HC.1

Cheers

[Bravo73]

add the EC135 Hermes to the list of a./c he's flown in

F-14A (guessing he and the other Top Gun cast got free backseat rides at Miramar)
BK-117 (Mission Impossible II)
Bell 205 (Mission Impossible III)
Puma HC.1

Cheers

FYI, but he also flies his own P-51.

[Rosh]

add the EC135 Hermes to the list of a./c he's flown in

F-14A (guessing he and the other Top Gun cast got free backseat rides at Miramar)
BK-117 (Mission Impossible II)
Bell 205 (Mission Impossible III)
Puma HC.1



Add to that: looping and rolling the Red Bull Bolkow (4:30 mins onwards on the link), and taking a spin in the RedBull F1 car.

I'm not envious at all.... not at all!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyW8FdzH9dg

[Ian Corrigible]

Tom Cruise's old taxi (from a week ago): Cruise v Puma (http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/501311-cruise-v-puma.html)

I/C

[Brilliant Stuff]

There are only 4 Hermes in the world.
Japan 1
Denmark 1
Britain 1
?

[MartinCh]

Bril Stuff, the fourth one got no fixed abode if CRUISEing one someone's mega yacht. Possibly.

[Ian Corrigible]

FAS (http://www.falconaviation.ae/works/the-eurocopter-135/)cinating! :E

I/C

[MartinCh]

I guess we got the winner of quick quiz - I/C.

[Bellrider]

Two years ago Tom used our 40 years old BH06 for flying around Berlin (movie "Operation Welküre")
Perhaps it was a low budget movie:(:(??
And all the ******* scientology staff we found under the seats.....after the mission.:}:)

[Brilliant Stuff]

Hermés looks lovely but it's well overpriced.....