According toThe Sun, the sequence was being rehearsed 2000 ft above Cambridge.
Cruise was photographed practicing the stunt, which appears to involve a World War II biplane.
The vintage aircraft was tailed by another plane, presumably to rehearse the camera movements.
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Filming has only just wrapped on Mission: Impossible 7 but Tom has not given himself a break.
And trying to film jaw-dropping scenes with an 80-year-old plane is particularly dangerous.
Filming on theseventh Mission Impossible moviewrapped in September.
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Both films are being directed byChristopher McQuarrie, who also helmed the fifth and sixth installments in the franchise.
Set images from the seventh Mission Impossible film have revealed elaborateset-pieces that involve vintage locomotives.