Question: Would you feel comfortable trusting your life to the piloting skills of Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of metal legends Iron Maiden pictured at right? Because that’s what a couple of hundred people desperate to get out of New York City since being stranded there by Hurricane Irene are going to do later today.
Reports the Daily Mail:
The 53-year-old rocker is set to fly one of the first flights out of New York City following the devastation of Hurricane Irene.
The singer/songwriter will fly 200 passengers from Newark airport in New Jersey to Reykjavik for budget airline, Iceland Express, in the Boeing 757 used by the band during their recent world tour.
The plane, which was leased to the band by charter airline Astraeus who Bruce regularly flies for, is complete with the Iron Maiden logo and their famous mascot, Eddie, who has appeared on almost all of the band’s album and single covers as well as in their live shows.
So this is the plane Dickinson will fly them out on…
I have to admit, that’s pretty bada$s. Almost worth being stranded for a few days for. Oh, and speaking of Bruce Dickinson…
And finally, this Ryan Adams cover of Iron Maiden’s “Wasted Years” is pretty dope…
(HT: Paula Froelich)
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“Question: Would you feel comfortable trusting your life to the piloting skills of Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of metal legends Iron Maiden pictured at right?”
What kind of ignorant knownothing are you? Way to judge a book by it’s (20+ years out of date) cover. As it goes, Mr. Dickinson’s an extremely accomplished pilot (as well as Olympic fencer, author, radio DJ, the list of stuff he can do goes on and on), has years of commercial flying under his belt and regularly helps out with flying rescue missions, often when bullets are flying.
Judgemental hack.
Dear Cajun Boy:
Pull your head out of your ass for a few minutes to receive the proper dressing down you’re about to receive, jerk.
I’d trust my life to Iron Maiden’s frontman any day over those other overworked stick jockeys from those other airlines.
Take a ride on Flight 666? Damn straight. Bruce Dickinson has been doing stuff like this since your daddy was still swimming in your grandpa’s balls. He has more talent than anyone in the business, and then some. You’re a blog writer. That makes you a journalist about as much as my standing in my garage makes me a BMW.
I guarantee you, you’d shit yourself if you were ever in any of the situations Bruce has put himself time and again to help his fellow man. Can you say the same thing?
Thought not.
Kindly retract your entire article, issue an apology to the man, then get a real job. You clearly have no idea what goes on in real life. May I suggest something safe, such as javelin catching, or nuclear bomb defusing, because I would never trust my life to someone as ignorant as you.
Wow so, overreact much?
Dope cover, but lacks the rock of the original.
Cajun Boy needs to be taken out back and severly beaten for being the dumbass he is. Respect You MotherF**ker!
I’m not a big Iron Maiden fan, but I’d trust my life to CAPTAIN Bruce Dickinson’s flying skills any day of the week.
FYI, Captain Bruce Dickinson has over 7000 hours stick time in heavies (aviation term for airliners), a feat that most pilots take years to get to and is a highly competent airline pilot who has flown 737s as well as 757s on his commercial pilot’s logbook.
As others have said, you might do well to do your research before writing an asinine article such as this based on your biased opinion of an individual. In other words, get your head out of your ASS.