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Bruce Dickinson - To Start His Own Airline


As if Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson isn't busy enough, he's decided to take his love of flying to the next level by starting his own small airline. Bruce Dickinson has spent his life singing in the legendary band Iron Maiden. Now, the frontman is working on an altogether different type of metal: airplanes.

Dickinson just finished a three-year world tour with Iron Maiden, but he's also been a pilot for 25 years, and is now focusing on a new solo act. He set up last year a company that mixes airline leasing, plane maintenance and pilot training ? all in the Welsh valleys. The business, Cardiff Aviation, plans to build an airline fleet of up to 10 aircraft within a few years and fill a market niche from its 132,000-square-foot hangar in St. Athan, Wales, Dickinson says speaking to The Wall Street Journal.



Courtesy of the band's Facebook page


Having clocked more than 7,000 hours flying time working part time as an airline pilot for British World Airlines and Astraeus Airlines, Bruce Dickinson also occasionally flew his band around the world for gigs. In 2008, Iron Maiden decorated an Astraeus Boeing 757 in their own branded livery and flew it on a world tour.

At Cardiff Aviation's hangar, he sells maintenance and repair services to aircraft-leasing companies and airlines. Dickinson also aims to convince leasing companies to turn over their old, unused and unloved planes. He'll refurbish them, sublease them, and use his pilots to fly them, to help bolster airlines' fleets in busy periods, like the summer holidays.




Source: online.wsj.com
Band profile: Iron Maiden
Posted: 13.08.2014 by LeChron James


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13.08.2014 - 13:33
Big-Al

Congratulations to him.
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13.08.2014 - 13:35
raveneffect

Dont think this is new, I've been hearing this for the last 3 years now.
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13.08.2014 - 16:33
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
First mid-air metal festival coming soon?
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DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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13.08.2014 - 16:43
DeathSlyzer

Written by Boxcar Willy on 13.08.2014 at 16:33

First mid-air metal festival coming soon?

Wow dude! Imagine if that could actually happen...

I don't know why my mind got blown so much from that idea, but it might have something to do with me not sleeping at all last night. :p
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13.08.2014 - 21:08
Mariusz

Bruce is God
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13.08.2014 - 21:52
MrClansman1

Big respect! Such an inspiring person.
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14.08.2014 - 02:41
!J.O.O.E.!
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Lots of metallers do great things outside metal. It's just most of them aren't lucky enough to be in bands that can ask for a million dollars per festival headline which they use to buy a fleet of planes.
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14.08.2014 - 07:28
AngelofDeth
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Quote:
Now, the frontman is working on an altogether different type of metal: airplanes.


Genius writing.
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14.08.2014 - 11:03
BloodTears
ANA-thema
Written by Guest on 14.08.2014 at 02:41

It's just most of them aren't lucky enough to be in bands that can ask for a million dollars per festival headline which they use to buy a fleet of planes.


Do they really get a million dollars per festival headline? Wuf...
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29

Like you could kiss my ass.


My Instagram
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14.08.2014 - 12:07
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by BloodTears on 14.08.2014 at 11:03


Do they really get a million dollars per festival headline? Wuf...

Pretty sure that's what Marcel said once. He'll have to confirm it
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14.08.2014 - 13:47
raveneffect

They probably got that ammount once or twice, but I dont believe they do it everytime. The average value I see floating on the Internet reports are between 300 and 600k, but again, thats the Internet...
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14.08.2014 - 14:34
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Guest on 14.08.2014 at 12:07

Written by BloodTears on 14.08.2014 at 11:03


Do they really get a million dollars per festival headline? Wuf...

Pretty sure that's what Marcel said once. He'll have to confirm it



Metallica gest a million euros per festival headline usually so I am pretty sure Iron Maiden gets the same, since they are just as big a crowd drawer.
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14.08.2014 - 20:05
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
Flyin' Maiden
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15.08.2014 - 01:36
angel.
Evil Butterfly
Big meh !
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15.08.2014 - 02:39
Mattybu

Written by Alex F on 14.08.2014 at 20:05

Flyin' Maiden


Sky'rn Maiden
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15.08.2014 - 02:56
Lit.
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Written by angel. on 15.08.2014 at 01:36

Big meh !

Really? And what did you do this weekend?
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15.08.2014 - 12:34
angel.
Evil Butterfly
Written by Guest on 15.08.2014 at 02:56

Really? And what did you do this weekend?

Chill out !
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