"I was scared!," Cruise told the audience at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, while playing footage of that harrowing scene.
"As always, I will do everything I can to entertain an audience and put as many people into your theaters... I'm an aerobatic pilot and I've always wanted to do that," he added.
Cruise, 52, said being a part of the franchise's fifth installment, which hits theaters July 31, is a "dream come true".
He had filmed it in eight times to perform the death-defying stunt.
"He's actually out there doing these things. He really did it.
