IRON MAIDEN Frontman To Take Part In Coventry Airport Show This Weekend

April 3, 2007

Alan Harris of icCoventry.co.uk reports that IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson will be taking to the skies in vintage aircraft at the U.K.'s Coventry airport on Saturday (April 7).

Bruce will be taking the controls of a classic Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer for the show, which is expected to attract about 300 people.

The show will feature classic aircraft including a vintage Dakota — backbone of the D-Day invasion — and the aerial gymnastics of a De Havilland Vampire.

Bruce, a gifted fencer and radio presenter, is a commercial pilot, regularly flying Boeing 757s but people can experience a flight with him in a Pioneer for £55.

Jem Shaw, who works for show organizers Classic Flight, based at Coventry airport, said: "Bruce is a very enthusiastic aviator and a commercial pilot. He spends most of his time in 757s so he likes getting up in something which actually needs somebody to fly it. He is doing this because he loves doing it."

Classic Flight operates historic aircraft for pleasure flying, as well as preserving rare aircraft in flying condition for display and film work.

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