Heavy metal airlines!
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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Jun 2015 15:09    Post subject: Heavy metal airlines!
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Now THAT'S heavy metal! Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson set to launch his own airline after buying a new plane
    Heavy metal legend is taking on pilots and crew after buying a Boeing 737
    He learned to fly in the 1990s and has a commercial pilot's licence
    Rocker set up his own aviation company in South Wales in 2012
    Airline is applying for licences and has plans to acquire more planes
    Dickinson, 56, was declared cancer free by doctors last month

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson is set to hit a high note of a different kind as he launches a new commercial airline.
Swapping hard rock for the open skies, the heavy metal legend is taking on pilots and crew after buying a Boeing 737 for his latest venture.
The 56-year-old British rocker’s passion for planes is no secret – he set up Cardiff Aviation as a maintenance company for jets in 2012 and obtained a commercial pilot’s licence after he learned to fly in Florida back in the 1990s.

Dickinson said: ‘The reason I do all the things I do now is because I love them. Life is too short to do the things you don’t love doing.

‘I fly airliners and in my spare time I sing a bit.’
Dickinson said the sky is the limit for his airline, VVB, which is now applying for a licence to operate flights within Europe.
The airline will be headquartered at Cardiff Aviation’s base in St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, in South Wales, and it has plans to acquire additional planes.
Dickinson and his Iron Maiden bandmates were one of the most popular and influential acts during heavy metal’s heyday, and they continue to sell out stadiums worldwide.
Despite the demands of a rock and roll lifestyle, Dickinson managed to find time to pursue his passion and become a pilot for the now-defunct UK airline Astraeus.
He has been behind the controls on flights carrying his band members, Liverpool FC and Britons who were airlifted out of Lebanon during the Israel/Hezbollah conflict in 2006.

Formed in east London in the 1970s, Iron Maiden are known for hits such as Number of the Beast and Run to the Hills, and they are putting the finishing touches on a new album following Dickinson’s cancer scare.
Doctors recently pronounced the rocker free from cancer almost a year after his illness was discovered during a routine check-up.
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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Jun 2015 15:11    Post subject:
I hope they play some decent music in the plane(s), unlike some others Laughing
Seriously though, he could try something unusual, or actually he better try something unusual, because aviation is tough business..
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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Jun 2015 16:35    Post subject:
Invasor wrote:
I hope they play some decent music in the plane(s), unlike some others Laughing
Seriously though, he could try something unusual, or actually he better try something unusual, because aviation is tough business..


He was pilot on the plane I took when I went to Iceland some years ago Smile
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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Jun 2015 18:16    Post subject:
Cool Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed, 17th Jun 2015 23:21    Post subject:
Bruce So Much Win

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PostPosted: Sat, 15th Aug 2015 21:22    Post subject:


new album coming, awesome video!
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PostPosted: Sun, 16th Aug 2015 12:52    Post subject:
Video was cool but the music is just bland. Iron Maiden became bland a long time ago with only a few nuggets of goodness here and there. They play "old man rock" instead of the fast heavy metal they kicked arse with.

ps. my humble subjective opinion


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PostPosted: Sun, 16th Aug 2015 14:52    Post subject:
I entirely agree, but I really, really liked this video.
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