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Ed Force One
« on: August 27, 2015, 01:36:51 PM »
Inside Iron Maiden's Sweet-ass Jetliner
Bruce Dickinson has a new set of wings, and it's giant.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a17106/inside-iron-maidens-sweet-ass-jetliner/

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​Lots of bands get to take private jets. Not every band gets to take a private jet flown by its lead singer. Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden has a new set of wheels to ferry his band around the world. It's a Boeing 747-400, and the band is loading in for a tour that will take them aces high across six continents. Dickinson is currently training to fly the brand new, bigger, better Ed Force One

Of course, nothing Iron Maiden related is complete without their mascot Eddie, who is painted on in a few places so you don't mistake this for a Delta plane. The subsonic plane was leased to the band by Air Atlanta Icelandic. The plane can carry 480,000 pounds of equipment and crew, has a 211 foot wingspan, and can reach 0.85 mach, cruising at 45,000 feet altitude. The plane far dwarfs their previous 757.



The author John Wenz seems to appreciate a good pun or allusion.  Probably good people, he is.

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Re: Ed Force One
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2015, 01:44:46 PM »

Gotta love capitalism.  =D
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Re: Ed Force One
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2015, 08:16:20 AM »
FLY320's should apply to be a pilot for them.

Shouldn't take much to transition over to a 747.
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Re: Ed Force One
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2015, 08:20:26 AM »
Quote from: wmenorr67 on August 28, 2015, 08:16:20 AM
FLY320's should apply to be a pilot for them.

Bruce D is an avid pilot, I don't think he'll give up the captain's chair.

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Re: Ed Force One
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2015, 08:24:47 AM »
Quote from: mtnbkr on August 28, 2015, 08:20:26 AM
Bruce D is an avid pilot, I don't think he'll give up the captain's chair.

Chris

True but there are the long overseas hauls where one would need a second pilot.
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Re: Ed Force One
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2015, 08:32:17 AM »
Quote from: wmenorr67 on August 28, 2015, 08:16:20 AM
FLY320's should apply to be a pilot for them.

Shouldn't take much to transition over to a 747.

I'd love to fly the 747, but they can't afford my salary.
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Re: Ed Force One
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2015, 09:22:44 AM »
Looks cool.  However, it strikes me as amusing to see Iron Maiden painted on a big aluminum jet.  Maybe just engineer amusement.
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Re: Ed Force One
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2015, 12:14:09 PM »
Dural Maiden?
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« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2015, 01:09:26 PM »
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Re: Ed Force One
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2015, 01:49:33 PM »
Dang it.  Topped again.  :facepalm:

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