IRON MAIDEN Singer To Pilot ICELANDIC EXPRESS Flights

May 11, 2011

According to CBC News, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson will pilot some Icelandic Express flights in the jet the British rock band used for touring. The discount airline is leasing Ed Force One the customized Boeing 757 used by IRON MAIDEN to transport the band, its 60-member crew and 12 tons of equipment as they tour the world and some flights will be piloted by Dickinson, who also happens to be a commercial pilot.

As previously reported, IRON MAIDEN's official photographer John McMurtrie has been on the road with the band since Ed Force One first took to the skies back in January 2008, capturing not only the "Somewhere Back In Time World Tour" but also the current "Round The World In 66 Days" leg of "The Final Frontier Tour". This extensive coverage is soon to be made available in the form of a glossy, hardback IRON MAIDEN photographic book. Tentatively entitled "On Board Flight 666", it will be published by Orion Books later this year and will feature hundreds of stunning photos which give an exclusive, behind-the-scenes pictorial documentation of the tours. Many of the images will be accompanied by captions, allowing the reader a first-hand glimpse into life aboard Ed Force One and its groundbreaking exploits on this intimate visual journey into the world of MAIDEN.

All photos by John McMurtrie

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