[Ads-l] Fighter Jet again

[Wilson Gray]

> An F-51 Mustang

I remember when that was a P[ursuit]-51 Mustang.

On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 7:09 AM Geoffrey Nathan <geoffnathan at wayne.edu>
wrote:

> Clicked on a Youtube link featuring James Corden and
> Tom Cruise whose title was
>
> 'Tom Cruise Terrifies James in 'Top Gun' Fighter Jet!'
>
> and it featured Corden being taken for a ride in...
> wait for it...
> An F-51 Mustang, https://bit.ly/3y4VG9O
> The plane that shows up at the end of the recent Top Gun
> movie. After 'Maverick' stops flying real fighter jets
> As we have noted earlier, NOT a 'jet'.
>
> Geoff
>
>
> Geoffrey S. Nathan
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