ACES HIGH: BRUCE DICKINSON COMPLETES 747 TRAINING FOR IRON MAIDEN WORLD TOUR
Release date: 19 February 2016Iron Maiden frontman and Cardiff Aviation chairman Bruce Dickinson has completed his 747 pilot training, ready to fly the band on their The Book of Souls world tour on board Ed Force One. Dickinson, who is already qualified to fly a variety of aircraft ranging from Fokker triplanes to the Boeing 737, has now clocked up the requisite hours in simulators both at British Airways at Heathrow and at Cardiff Aviation’s own training facilities in South Wales. He has been learning alongside cadets from Air Atlanta Icelandic, which puts dozens of trainees through