IRON MAIDEN Frontman Takes To The Skies

March 20, 2007

Gordon Simpson of This is Wiltshire reports:

IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson took to the sky this afternoon to launch the 11th Kemble Air Day.

The heavy metal rocker, who is also a commercial airline pilot, was part of a mini display involving vintage Hunter and Vampire planes.

The day was a taster ahead of the main event, which will take place on Father's Day, Sunday, June 17.

The theme for this year is the 100th birthday of Frank Whittle, who invented the jet engine, and 70 years of British jet aviation.

The Red Arrows, which used to be based at the Cotswold airfield, are also scheduled to perform.

Dickinson said: "It's a great airfield and event to support, and it has a nice theme this year.

"It's a great story and I don't think people are aware just how switched on the British aviation industry was in the '50s, '60s and '70s."

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