Iron Maiden frontman and pilot Bruce Dickinson recently took a flight in a classic DC-3.
The flight took place in the Canadian province of Alberta. The aircraft that the rockstar briefly piloted underwent a seven-month renovation, led by the “Plane Saves” team. As the name implies, it saves, reforms and puts various types of planes to fly again.
In a video that can be seen above, Bruce is invited to the flight between the city of Edmoton to Calgary, where the band's next show would be, and Bruce went to the city flying in this classic plane from the 30s.
As we can see in the video at a certain moment Bruce sat in the position of commander, and for a few moments he piloted the aircraft.
“It is a very difficult thing to maintain aircraft and it involves a large number of people, I know because I have a company that does this”, said Bruce after the flight.
Cardiff Aviation:
Bruce has a company called Cardiff Aviation, which provides maintenance services for Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 aircraft.
The company conducts pilot training, in addition to having a Boeing 747-400 simulator.
Today the company has over 100 employees and is headquartered in Gatwick, Luton, Stansted, about 20 minutes' flight from London, Cardiff Aviation even has its own runway of 1825 metres.
Bruce also piloted the last two Ed Force Ones, from 2008 to 2011 (Boeing 757), and from 2015 to 2017, the classic Boeing 747, he flew with Bruce around the world, including Brazil.
