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RAF Pilots Flown Home by Bruce Dickinson
From The Independent:
RAF pilots flown home courtesy of Iron Maiden
Bruce Dickinson, the singer with heavy metal outfit Iron Maiden, has in the past performed for British troops in Iraq. On Sunday, he did his bit for our boys in Afghanistan.
Dickinson, a qualified pilot for British airline Astraeus, was behind the controls of a Boeing 747 that the Ministry of Defence had chartered to transport a group of RAF pilots back home.
“A lot of them recognised him because they are Maiden fans, but he was there in his professional capacity as a pilot,” says an RAF spokesman. “He gave out lots of signatures to the guys.”
And from The Mirror:
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson takes the pilot’s seat of a Boeing 757
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, 50, shocked 106 members of the RAF returning from Afghanistan, when he took control of a Boeing 757 and flew them from Cyprus to RAF Wittering, Cambs, on Sunday.
But don’t panic, he’s a trained pilot.
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Dear Bruce, I have been a maiden fan since the age of 11, now that i am 31 my only wish is to meet you someday, a single hand shake and a photo would be sufficient for me to immortalise the moment. I am from the small island of malta, I came for the aero GP last year to see you or maybe meet you but it turned out to be a tragedy that day when pilot Vargas died durung the GP. Well at least i got your authograph on a piece of business card from one of the drivers who happened to be a friend of mine. Hope to meet you someday. You’re fantastic man