DALLAS – On the big screen, Maverick flies F-18 fighter jets; in real life, it’s an Embraer ERJ-135 aircraft that bears the Top Gun livery.
The jet, registered N259JX, was built in 2001 for American Eagle, a regional subsidiary of American Airlines (AA), and flew until 2014 when it was retired in Brazil. The ERJ-135 (then registered as PP-WTH in the South American prefix) was sold to JetSuiteX (XE), aka JXS, an American air taxi operator.
As a boutique airline, XE delivers premium flights that any passenger can purchase at a very low cost.
Paramount Pictures agreed for XE to be the official read more ⇒
Source:: “Airways Magazine”