Bruce new career
Bruce Dickinson talks about his new career as a commercial jet pilot. Check out 3 articles with Iron Maiden singer at Orange Today, telegraph.co.uk and Yahoo! News respectively.
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its not anew carerr hes been doing it a while!
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[quote=THE CLANSMAN,Sep 8 2002, 01:46 PM]its not anew carerr hes been doing it a while![/quote]
He's had a licence to drive a small plane for a while, but he's only just got a licence to drive large commercial planes.
[quote=THE CLANSMAN,Sep 8 2002, 12:46 PM]its not anew carerr hes been doing it a while![/quote]
"He started flying single engine planes in the early 90s and now flies Boeing 737 passenger jets."
The articles
Iron Maiden star is commercial jet pilot
Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson has a secret second career as a commercial jet pilot.
He flies jets carrying thousands of holidaymakers a week for the airline Astraeus during his breaks between tours.
Dickinson is based at Gatwick and flies to European, North African and Middle East destinations.
He flies as first officer on the planes - the second in command - and was on duty today flying to Greece and back.
An airline spokesman said: "Not many people know, but with the band resting between tours Bruce is enjoying the ultimate boy's toy.
"He started flying single engine planes in the early 90s and now flies Boeing 737 passenger jets."
Story filed: 02:30 Saturday 7th September 2002
Orange Today
This is your pilot (and rock star) speaking . . .
By Bill Stock
(Filed: 07/09/2002)
A rock star whose band is famed for long hair and wild on-stage antics has taken off in a new career: as an airline pilot.
Bruce Dickinson as airline pilot and rock star
Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden, has passed rigorous flight exams to qualify to fly twin-engine passenger jets with a new charter airline based at Gatwick.
He now works as a £35,000-a-year first officer, flying 148-seat Boeing 737s to holiday destinations ranging from Portugal to Egypt.
These days, Dickinson, 44, who once had waist-length, ginger hair and leapt around stage in leathers and skin-hugging tights for crowds of up to 250,000 fans, sets off for work in smart uniform, white shirt and tie.
"The change to real trousers is the end of an era," he said "I usually wear shorts or trousers with an elasticated waistband and my garish trousers in Maiden were the stuff of legend."
Dickinson, still sings with Iron Maiden and in June appeared on Top of the Pops when a re-release of the band's hit Run to the Hills reached No 9 in the charts. The band, with worldwide sales of more than 50 million records, has a huge following, and Dickinson takes holidays from the airline to tour Britain and the world.
Dickinson became fascinated by aeroplanes after attending airshows as a child in Worksop, Notts, where he grew up. At Oundle school he was a member of the combined cadet force and used the school's Link trainer, a basic full-size cockpit simulator formerly used to teach RAF trainees to fly.
"I used to sneak into the shed where it was kept, switch on, jump into the cockpit and fly it. I had no idea what I was doing, but it was great fun."
His dabblings on the trainer came to an end when he was expelled at the age of 16 for "a moment of madness" involving the headmaster's dinner.
Dickinson took up flight training in the early 1990s. He passed his private pilot's licence test, obtained a commercial licence and eventually, with fellow band members, bought a twin-engine aircraft which he piloted for tours in Europe and the US.
In the late 1990s, a friend who was a commercial pilot invited him to act as his co-pilot on a Boeing 737 simulator while he was being checked on for a job with the charter airline British World Airlines.
The simulator instructor was Capt John Mahon, the airline's operations director. "John was curious to find out about my flying skills and invited me to fly the sim. He later asked me for an interview and said he was looking for pilots."
Dickinson started flying as a co-pilot for British World on charter flights around the Mediterranean and to West Africa, before the airline folded at the end of 2001.
When a number of BWA executives launched their own airline, Astraeus, in January, Dickinson went with them.
Capt Mahon, now operations director of Astraeus said: "Bruce demonstrated a high level of flying skill and an operational maturity required for the position. I am delighted at his progression to flying our Boeing 737s."
Several of Dickinson's passengers have been taken aback to find themselves being flown by a famous rock star.
"We have had Iron Maiden fans on board who when they heard my name being announced as first officer asked the hostesses if it was the rock star. When told it was they spent the flight with their jaws on the floor then ask if they can have a chat with me," he said.
"After we landed a couple of fans have put their heads around the door and have said 'Oh my God, it is him'."
Dickinson is master of the airwaves in another way - he hosts two three-hour rock music programmes on Saturday and Sunday for the new BBC digital radio station 6Music.
However, flying is his real passion. "It's a great job. Every time I arrive at the aircraft to start a flight I think: 'Wow, someone has lent me this for the day'. Nothing else compares."
Telegraph.co.uk
BTW, I have the scan of the print version of the Telegraph one.
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Meh, i was about to post this, i have the news of the world article :- I like the tittle
[b][size=5]FLYIN' MAIDEN[/size][/b]
[b]Rocker Bruce is airline pilot[/b]
[b]HE'S a famous rock star-but these days Bruce dickinson is more likely to run into a headwind than a head banger [/b]
Because the iron maiden singer has a new job as an airline pilot
Bruce, 44, [i]right[/i], whose heavy metal band have sold 50 millon albums, has qualified as a £35,000 a-year first officer with gatwick-based airline Astraeus. The star, who songs include flight of Icarus, jets hoilday makers to destinations such as Portugal and Egypt on Boeing 737s. (darkark:- wasn;t they the jets that hit the two towers?) Married with three kids, Bruce admits Maiden fans are amazed when they find out heis in the cockpit.
He said "When they hear my name announced as first officer they ask the hostesses if its the rock star. Afte we've landed, a couple of fans have put their heads around the door and said, 'Oh my god, it [b]IS[/b] him.' "
Talented Bruce, who remains a member of Iron Maiden, is also a radio DJ, an authorand an expert swordsman.
Maiden Singer Enjoys Career As Pilot
Sat Sep 7,11:21 AM ET
LONDON (AP) - Bruce Dickinson, singer for chart-topping heavy metal veterans Iron Maiden, is hitting new heights in his second career as a commercial airline pilot.
AP Photo
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"It's a great job," Dickinson was quoted as saying by the Sunday Telegraph newspaper. "Nothing else compares."
Charter airline Astraeus confirmed that Dickinson, 44, serves as first officer on Boeing 737s flying between Britain and holiday destinations in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
The band — famous for long hair and high-pitched hits like "Run to the Hills" — formed in the late 1970s and still has a loyal following.
"We have had Iron Maiden fans on board who when they heard my name being announced as first officer asked the hostesses if it was the rock star," Dickinson was quoted as saying.
"When told it was they spent the flight with their jaws on the floor then ask if they can have a chat with me."
Dickinson, who gained his commercial pilot's license in the 1990s, still performs with Iron Maiden during holidays from his airline job. In June, a rereleased "Run to the Hills" reached No. 9 on the British singles chart.
Yahoo! News
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Foo Fighters frontman, Dave Grohl has told fans on the Foos messageboard of his excitement at being inducted into the prestigious Kerrang! Hall Of Fame at the recent Kerrang! Awards.
'Oh, the Kerrang awards......what can I say? Lots of booze, lots of "boos" (whenever someone mentioned Nickelback, which bummed me out a little. Give em a break! They're Canadian fer chrissakes!!). [i][b]Saw some friends, made some new ones. Did you know that Bruce Dickenson from Iron Maiden is a pilot now? Yup. He's pretty cool.[/b][/i] Zoe Ball gave me a bottle of Absynthe and a sweet smile. Tony Iommi was his usual cool self. Perfect gentleman, like a Count, or a King. Rad. The Icarus Line boys were in fine form. Gotta love 'em. I had my Mom and girl in tow, so I didn't stay long. Headed back to the hotel bar a nd spent the rest of the night wondering why we got the Hall of Fame award. Those Kerrangers are too nice to us. Cheers to 'em'.
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