CoreyT Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 When I was at work on Friday, I noticed there were vans parked here with camera equipment being off loaded. I work at the Boeing Flight simulator campus where pilots get trained. John Travolta trained here back in 2005 since he owns his own Boeing Jet and parks it at his house. Iron Maidens lead singers name is Bruce Dickinson, and Boeing also has a 747-8 vice president and chief project engineer with the same name. The two got together for a photo shoot during the singers training on a 747-8 simulator. Wish I had known he was here, but I bet it was pretty much kept hush hush. The sims are right above our lunchroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennis Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Cool! I have a dream of getting on a flight (with Iceland Air, isn't it?) and hear: "this is Captain Dickinson. Scream for me, business class!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyT Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 I remember seeing a few years back some pics of their Boeing 757 jet he flies the band around in, outrageous paint job. I saw another one too that had an ever better paint job than the above one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Very cool. I remember a few years ago, he actually flew some stranded folks home from Egypt. I couldn't find the full story anywhere, here's a link I found about it on Metal Hammer. Up The Irons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamGuy Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 That's awesome... I've been a Maiden fan since I was a kid... the older kids in my neighborhood got me listening to them. I had the sweetest 3/4 length blue sleeved shirt back in the day. It had some bloody looking dude on it and said purgatory... oh how my mom loved that shirt. She eventually made it disappear... Anyhow, that's cool... nobody that exciting comes to my work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I missed Maiden in Atlanta, I am very regretful, I was trying to go to San Antonio this week, meet with friends and see them there but it ain't happening. Damned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaleb Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I'd love to see Maiden in the future. I'm a huge fan. A lot of musicians I like are licensed pilots, including Bruce and Alex Lifeson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamprock Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 There are a couple of documentaries about the band touring around the world in "Ed Force One." One is from 2008; the other is from 2011, and both are great if one is interested in the logistics of such undertakings. They're both on YouTube in full if anyone is interested: Flight 666- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6VzJ9FvS9Q Behind the Beast- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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