Iron Maiden....
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skyscraper101
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I’ve been on the Iron Maiden plane, and Bruce was piloting 
Other than that, I’ve never really liked the music but kind of dig one or two tracks like Fear of the Dark. It’s mostly pretty cheesy old metal to my ears though. I couldn’t point to a single album I like
Other than that, I’ve never really liked the music but kind of dig one or two tracks like Fear of the Dark. It’s mostly pretty cheesy old metal to my ears though. I couldn’t point to a single album I like
I’ve been on the Iron Maiden plane, and Bruce was piloting
Other than that, I’ve never really liked the music but kind of dig one or two tracks like Fear of the Dark. It’s mostly pretty cheesy old metal to my ears though. I couldn’t point to a single album I like
skyscraper101
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Cool story. I always liked that he had this little sideline going on. I guess you have to do a certain number of flying hours to keep your license.
skyscraper101
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They blates should’ve played the Olympics in London which I thought was a big oversight.
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
I read his autobiography last year, his aviation exploits are quite something, full on proper airline pilot/owner. He also used to fly WW1 fighters in this lot:
There's some mad stories in the book, personal favourite was when the band went to play a gig in the middle of the Bosnian war.
www.screamformesarajevo.com
In 1994 Sarajevo began a descent into chaos.Amongst the madness, 2 UN personnel: decided it would be fun to persuade a rock star (Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden) to come and play a gig to the population. Scream for Me Sarajevo tells the story, in all its madness, of musicians who risked their lives to play a gig, and the people who risked their lives to see them.
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Dickinson learned to fly recreationally in Florida in the 1990s[130] and now holds an airline transport pilot's licence. He regularly flew Boeing 757s in his role as captain for the now-defunct UK charter airline Astraeus,[131] which, from 16 September 2010, employed him as Marketing Director.[132] One of his key roles in that position was to promote Astraeus' services by increasing their number of videos,[133] leading to the UK Civil Aviation Authority releasing a video featuring Dickinson on aircraft loading safety in June 2011.[134]
Following Astraeus' closure on 21 November 2011, Dickinson branched into entrepreneurship when he launched Cardiff Aviation Ltd on 1 May 2012, an aircraft maintenance business based at the Twin Peaks Hangar in St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.[135] According to The Wall Street Journal, in January 2013 Cardiff Aviation had created 40 jobs and hoped to have over a hundred personnel by the summer of 2013.[136] In June 2013, The Daily Telegraph reported that the business had expanded to between 60 and 70 employees and are in discussions to set up their own airline.[137] In August 2015, Cardiff Aviation signed a deal to provide airline support to Air Djibouti,[138] for whom Dickinson piloted their maiden flight the following year, a Boeing 737 from Cardiff to Djibouti.[139] As a result of his ventures in business, he has delivered keynote speeches at events around the globe, including Queen Mary University of London's Innovation Showcase in November 2012,[140] Connect2Business, Stockholm in March 2013,[141] Aviation Week's MRO Europe Conference, London in October 2015[142] and "Blog Now, Live Forever", Mumbai in October 2015.[143]
Iron Maiden's Boeing 747-400, Ed Force One, as used during The Book of Souls World Tour in 2016.
His role as a pilot has led to some high-profile flights, which include returning a group of British RAF pilots from Afghanistan in 2008,[144] 200 UK citizens from Lebanon during the Israel/Hezbollah conflict in 2006,[145] and 180 stranded holiday makers from Egypt following the collapse of XL Airways UK in September 2008.[146] In addition, he flew Rangers F.C. and Liverpool F.C. to away matches in Israel and Italy in 2007 and 2010 respectively.[147]
For the 2008–09 "Somewhere Back in Time World Tour", he piloted Iron Maiden's chartered Boeing 757, dubbed "Ed Force One", specially converted to carry the band's equipment between continents,[66] which subsequently led to a documentary film, Iron Maiden: Flight 666.[148] Dickinson flew "Ed Force One" again for "The Final Frontier World Tour" in 2011.[149] For the 2016 The Book of Souls World Tour, the band upgraded to a Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet, which meant that Dickinson had to undertake type conversion to fly the aircraft.[76] In 2014, Dickinson purchased a Fokker Dr.I triplane replica G-CDXR and joined the Great War Display Team, which re-enacts First World War air battles at airshows across the UK.[150]
Iron Maiden are \m/
Home Page
Home Page for The Great War Display Team, Pilots and Airshows.
www.greatwardisplayteam.com
There's some mad stories in the book, personal favourite was when the band went to play a gig in the middle of the Bosnian war.
Scream For Me Sarajevo
A story of hope in a time of war. Available to order now the DVD, Blu-ray, Digital & Soundtrack. The astonishing story of the most unlikely of rock concerts, performed by Bruce Dickinson and his band Skunkworks in 1994, in the midst of the Siege of Sarajevo.
www.screamformesarajevo.com
In 1994 Sarajevo began a descent into chaos.Amongst the madness, 2 UN personnel: decided it would be fun to persuade a rock star (Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden) to come and play a gig to the population. Scream for Me Sarajevo tells the story, in all its madness, of musicians who risked their lives to play a gig, and the people who risked their lives to see them.
Bruce Dickinson - Wikipedia
Dickinson learned to fly recreationally in Florida in the 1990s[130] and now holds an airline transport pilot's licence. He regularly flew Boeing 757s in his role as captain for the now-defunct UK charter airline Astraeus,[131] which, from 16 September 2010, employed him as Marketing Director.[132] One of his key roles in that position was to promote Astraeus' services by increasing their number of videos,[133] leading to the UK Civil Aviation Authority releasing a video featuring Dickinson on aircraft loading safety in June 2011.[134]
Following Astraeus' closure on 21 November 2011, Dickinson branched into entrepreneurship when he launched Cardiff Aviation Ltd on 1 May 2012, an aircraft maintenance business based at the Twin Peaks Hangar in St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.[135] According to The Wall Street Journal, in January 2013 Cardiff Aviation had created 40 jobs and hoped to have over a hundred personnel by the summer of 2013.[136] In June 2013, The Daily Telegraph reported that the business had expanded to between 60 and 70 employees and are in discussions to set up their own airline.[137] In August 2015, Cardiff Aviation signed a deal to provide airline support to Air Djibouti,[138] for whom Dickinson piloted their maiden flight the following year, a Boeing 737 from Cardiff to Djibouti.[139] As a result of his ventures in business, he has delivered keynote speeches at events around the globe, including Queen Mary University of London's Innovation Showcase in November 2012,[140] Connect2Business, Stockholm in March 2013,[141] Aviation Week's MRO Europe Conference, London in October 2015[142] and "Blog Now, Live Forever", Mumbai in October 2015.[143]
Iron Maiden's Boeing 747-400, Ed Force One, as used during The Book of Souls World Tour in 2016.
His role as a pilot has led to some high-profile flights, which include returning a group of British RAF pilots from Afghanistan in 2008,[144] 200 UK citizens from Lebanon during the Israel/Hezbollah conflict in 2006,[145] and 180 stranded holiday makers from Egypt following the collapse of XL Airways UK in September 2008.[146] In addition, he flew Rangers F.C. and Liverpool F.C. to away matches in Israel and Italy in 2007 and 2010 respectively.[147]
For the 2008–09 "Somewhere Back in Time World Tour", he piloted Iron Maiden's chartered Boeing 757, dubbed "Ed Force One", specially converted to carry the band's equipment between continents,[66] which subsequently led to a documentary film, Iron Maiden: Flight 666.[148] Dickinson flew "Ed Force One" again for "The Final Frontier World Tour" in 2011.[149] For the 2016 The Book of Souls World Tour, the band upgraded to a Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet, which meant that Dickinson had to undertake type conversion to fly the aircraft.[76] In 2014, Dickinson purchased a Fokker Dr.I triplane replica G-CDXR and joined the Great War Display Team, which re-enacts First World War air battles at airshows across the UK.[150]
Iron Maiden are \m/
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
In all my years of work I’ve met some of the biggest stars on the planet. There’s only one I’ve ever asked for a selfie with...
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
souljacker
innit
Great, great band. My intro to them was this
In full volume at my local fleapit, the ABC, Reading.
In full volume at my local fleapit, the ABC, Reading.
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
I've not seen them yet. Will remedy at earliest opportunity.
maomao
普費斯
Number of the Beast ffs. Loads more but Number of the Beast is an almost perfect metal album. If you'll pay to see Metallica but you can't appreciate Number of the Beast then you actually have objectively terrible taste.
I read his autobiography last year, his aviation exploits are quite something, full on proper airline pilot/owner. He also used to fly WW1 fighters in this lot:
Home Page
Home Page for The Great War Display Team, Pilots and Airshows.www.greatwardisplayteam.com
There's some mad stories in the book, personal favourite was when the band went to play a gig in the middle of the Bosnian war.
Scream For Me Sarajevo
A story of hope in a time of war. Available to order now the DVD, Blu-ray, Digital & Soundtrack. The astonishing story of the most unlikely of rock concerts, performed by Bruce Dickinson and his band Skunkworks in 1994, in the midst of the Siege of Sarajevo.
In 1994 Sarajevo began a descent into chaos.Amongst the madness, 2 UN personnel: decided it would be fun to persuade a rock star (Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden) to come and play a gig to the population. Scream for Me Sarajevo tells the story, in all its madness, of musicians who risked their lives to play a gig, and the people who risked their lives to see them.
Bruce Dickinson - Wikipedia
Dickinson learned to fly recreationally in Florida in the 1990s[130] and now holds an airline transport pilot's licence. He regularly flew Boeing 757s in his role as captain for the now-defunct UK charter airline Astraeus,[131] which, from 16 September 2010, employed him as Marketing Director.[132] One of his key roles in that position was to promote Astraeus' services by increasing their number of videos,[133] leading to the UK Civil Aviation Authority releasing a video featuring Dickinson on aircraft loading safety in June 2011.[134]
Following Astraeus' closure on 21 November 2011, Dickinson branched into entrepreneurship when he launched Cardiff Aviation Ltd on 1 May 2012, an aircraft maintenance business based at the Twin Peaks Hangar in St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.[135] According to The Wall Street Journal, in January 2013 Cardiff Aviation had created 40 jobs and hoped to have over a hundred personnel by the summer of 2013.[136] In June 2013, The Daily Telegraph reported that the business had expanded to between 60 and 70 employees and are in discussions to set up their own airline.[137] In August 2015, Cardiff Aviation signed a deal to provide airline support to Air Djibouti,[138] for whom Dickinson piloted their maiden flight the following year, a Boeing 737 from Cardiff to Djibouti.[139] As a result of his ventures in business, he has delivered keynote speeches at events around the globe, including Queen Mary University of London's Innovation Showcase in November 2012,[140] Connect2Business, Stockholm in March 2013,[141] Aviation Week's MRO Europe Conference, London in October 2015[142] and "Blog Now, Live Forever", Mumbai in October 2015.[143]
Iron Maiden's Boeing 747-400, Ed Force One, as used during The Book of Souls World Tour in 2016.
His role as a pilot has led to some high-profile flights, which include returning a group of British RAF pilots from Afghanistan in 2008,[144] 200 UK citizens from Lebanon during the Israel/Hezbollah conflict in 2006,[145] and 180 stranded holiday makers from Egypt following the collapse of XL Airways UK in September 2008.[146] In addition, he flew Rangers F.C. and Liverpool F.C. to away matches in Israel and Italy in 2007 and 2010 respectively.[147]
For the 2008–09 "Somewhere Back in Time World Tour", he piloted Iron Maiden's chartered Boeing 757, dubbed "Ed Force One", specially converted to carry the band's equipment between continents,[66] which subsequently led to a documentary film, Iron Maiden: Flight 666.[148] Dickinson flew "Ed Force One" again for "The Final Frontier World Tour" in 2011.[149] For the 2016 The Book of Souls World Tour, the band upgraded to a Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet, which meant that Dickinson had to undertake type conversion to fly the aircraft.[76] In 2014, Dickinson purchased a Fokker Dr.I triplane replica G-CDXR and joined the Great War Display Team, which re-enacts First World War air battles at airshows across the UK.[150]
Iron Maiden are \m/
Have that on audiobook read by himself. It's actually quite inspiring, his just have a go attitude, the way he comes across. Surviving throat cancer and going back out on tour. Of course a hell of a lot of luck helped with all that, granted.
Maybe got a few years in them yet. Bruce had just turned 60 a little bit before. Did all the classics. Pyrotechnic stuff etc.
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Yes, the throat cancer was quite something to read about and an eye opener for me. He really kicked its arse, must have been very difficult.
I hope so, AC/DC certainly kept going long enough for me to catch them when they still had some life in them and they're quite a bit older than IM and Bruce is as fit as a butchers dog i'd say.
Oh yeah, champion fencer as well. lol.
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
I used to be a very active fencer as a kid, and my main coach at the time was a coach at the club Bruce Dickinson attended (Redditch I think...). So I used to hear about him a bit, and I knew who Maiden were, but didn't think much of it otherwise.
Eventually I ended up at the same competition as him, the Hereford and Worcester Open, and he was placed in my pool for the first round of pools. I was pleased to get to see him finally, and even happier to get to fence him. I was a very good fencer at the time, a young teenager who ended up placing 7th in that competition out of a 100 or so seniors, but Bruce Dickinson Utterly. Kicked. My. Ass. Completely demolished me. He was a phenomenally good fencer. He could have made more of his fencing if he hadn't been an international rock star and commercial airline pilot too.
Since then, I've become a huge Maiden fan, and wish I'd got a photo with him at the time. Still, saying he kicked my ass is a good claim to fame I guess.
Eventually I ended up at the same competition as him, the Hereford and Worcester Open, and he was placed in my pool for the first round of pools. I was pleased to get to see him finally, and even happier to get to fence him. I was a very good fencer at the time, a young teenager who ended up placing 7th in that competition out of a 100 or so seniors, but Bruce Dickinson Utterly. Kicked. My. Ass. Completely demolished me. He was a phenomenally good fencer. He could have made more of his fencing if he hadn't been an international rock star and commercial airline pilot too.
Since then, I've become a huge Maiden fan, and wish I'd got a photo with him at the time. Still, saying he kicked my ass is a good claim to fame I guess.
Lorca
Call in Sick Tomorrow
haha the first ever gig i went to was iron maiden at the birmingham odeon in 1986. i was just turned 16 and a massive ac/dc fan. me and my mate were sat right at the very back in the cheap seats, in complete awe of all these long-haired beavis and butthead types headbanging all around us! i remember being very excited by the appearance of that mummy thing on the stage and buying a tshirt outside and being collected outside by my mum, which was quite embarrasing since i was this hard rocker. i had one of them denim jacket covered in judas priest and deep purple patches etc - also very embarrasing! 
This, but Powerslave.
maomao
普費斯
I was replying to a man who paid to see Metallica in 2019. I could have picked their worst album and the point would have stood.
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Opinions will very I'm sure, but I'd start with these for their classic gallopy metal thing.
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