His role as a pilot has led to some highprofile flights, which include returning a group of british raf pilots from afghanistan in 2008, 140 200 uk citizens from lebanon during the israelhezbollah conflict in 2006, 141 and 180 stranded holiday. Iron maidens new boeing 747 plane arrives at cardiff. Iron maiden the band is using this plane for their ongoing book of souls world tour, which has a concer. Iron maidens custom boeing 747 ed force one leaves cardiff bound for fort lauderdale and the start of the book of souls world tour. The plane called ed force one after the bands mascot, eddie. Iron maidens boeing 747400, ed force one, as used during the book of souls world tour in 2016. Iron maidens new 747 ed force one jetliner is the most. The story of the iron maiden boeing 747 actually begins far before they came to acquire the aircraft. Cnn iron maidens personal boeing 747 collided with a tow truck saturday at an airport in chile, causing major damage to the aircraft and injuring two airport workers on the ground, the band said. Step inside ed force one iron maidens, bruce dickinsons boeing 747400. Fgith, the former air france 747400 that would become tfaak and ed. The aircraft, named ed force one after a competition on the bands website, 147 was flown by dickinson, as he was also a commercial airline pilot for astraeus, and plays a major role in the awardwinning documentary, 258 iron maiden.
F gith, the former air france 747400 that would become tfaak and ed. Iron maiden are gearing up to release their forthcoming book of souls album next month, and theyll spend much of. The book of souls world tour was a concert tour by iron maiden, held in support of their sixteenth studio album, the book of souls. Go inside iron maidens new boeing 747 plane video on february 17, hundreds of rock fans turned up at the airport in cardiff, wales, united kingdom to catch see iron maidens newandimproved branded private tour plane. Take a rare look inside ed force one, iron maidens own. Air atlanta icelandic boeing 747400 iron maiden book of souls world tour 2016 livery choose scale 172 scale 1100 scale 1144 scale 1200 scale 1400 scale 1500 scale enter quantity. Flight 666 is a concert documentary film featuring the british heavy metal band iron maiden.
This iron maiden boeing 747400 ed force one book of souls model jet airplane comes with a detachable stand, logo and. A fourminute report from made in cardiff tv can be seen below. Ed force one landing in las vegas 2016 the book of souls world tour iron maiden duration. Last night the world had its first look at the latest incarnation of iron maidens touring plane, ed force one streamed the planes landing at cardiff airport on the social media channel periscope. Revell of germany iron maiden ed force one boeing 747400. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Iron maiden ed force one boeing 747 book of souls world. Iron maiden unveils its awesome boeing 747 for book of. Iron maiden loves heavy metal on the ground and in the sky. Go inside the cockpit of iron maidens ed force one. British heavy metal legends iron maiden have posted photos of their newandimproved branded private tour plane after it landed at the airport in cardiff, wales, united kingdom.
Flown by captain and lead singer bruce dickinson, the impressive boeing 747 has the book of souls album. The music and the aviation worlds were wowed recently by the iconic metal band iron maidens unveiling of their tour plane, a 747400 with their name blazed across it. The fathers of heavy metal, rock band iron maiden, used the ed force one boeing 747400 jumbo jet on their the book of souls world tour in 2016. The ed force one jet theyll be taking to the skies for their massive, sixmonth long book of souls world tour this year is bigger and better than any of the two previous iterations. Next year, hell fly his band around the world in a boeing 747400 jumbo jet. Two of the refurbished 747400 s engines were damaged during a saturday runway incident in santiago, chile, which injured two workers. This boeing features the iron maiden logo, ready for their book of souls. The plane, a boeing 747400, began its illustrious life as a commercial passenger aircraft for air france as fgith in 2003. When iron maiden announced they were using a 747 for their world tour, we knew we wanted to work with them to bring the plane hometo boeing, where it was built, boeing spokesperson mary k. Iron maidens bruce dickinson gives tour of bands plane ed force. Iron maidens boeing 747 grounded after runway incident in. Skymarks wings iron maiden boeing 747400 skr899 for sale. Iron maiden boeing 747400 ed force one book of souls. Iron maidens 747400, known as ed force one, is traveling the globe in support of the bands book of souls world tour.
Working with our blueprints and library of reference material as well as the customers photographs, factory direct models master artisans created this famous airplane into an amazing one of a kind detailed display model. Revell revell04950 boeing 747400 iron maiden model kit. Iron maidens ed force one 747 tour jet badly damaged in. Two airport workers hospitalized with injuries after boeing 747 collides with tow truck. Maidens sixteenth and firstever double studio album, the book of souls, was released worldwide on september 4, 2015 through parlophone records bmg in the u. If youve ever wanted to know what the inside of a rock stars plane looks like, nows your chance. Iron maiden things briefly looked grim for iron maidens ed force one, a modified boeing 747400 that recently was damaged in a towing accident on a runway in chile. Inflight 200 1200 iron maiden the book of souls world.
The new ed force one lands at cardiff airport late on feb 17th, ahead of iron maidens the book of souls world tour. Its launch and supporting tour were delayed to allow vocalist bruce dickinson time to recover from the removal of a cancerous tumour in early 2015. Iron maidens ed force one completed its part of the book of souls tour. Iron maidens ed force one 747 badly damaged in accident.
Iron maiden the band is using this plane for their ongoing book of souls world tour, which has a concert in toronto the following day. Forget a tour bus, iron maiden has a tour boeing 747 and this. It is the bands first studio double album, and also their longest to date, with a total length of 92 minutes. Iron maiden ed force one boeing 747 book of souls world tour. Plastic sprue, decalsheet waterslide markings boeing 747400 air atlanta icelandic. Ed force one brought iron maiden to four canadian stops during their soldout the book of souls world tour. Bruce dickinson of iron maiden flying his twin prop plane to paris from biggin hill airport in 1998. Iron maiden inside ed force 1 bruce dickinson takes delivery of. Bruce dickinson to pilot 747 jumbo jet for iron maiden tour. Iron maiden is currently in the middle of a sixcontinent, 35city tour in a chartered 747.
How iron maiden made the boeing 747 badass again adweek. Iron maidens ed force one, a boeing 747400, as used during the book of souls world tour in 2016. Iron maiden will soon be touring in support of its forthcoming album the book of souls, and hoo boy, is it a good time to be in iron maiden. Saying goodbye to iron maidens ed force one flightradar24 blog. Multicamera video footage shot inside the cockpit of iron maidens fully repaired ed force one plane as it took off from fortaleza, brazil during the. The film follows the band on the first leg of their somewhere back in time world tour between february and march 2008, during which they travelled on their own customised boeing 757, ed force one, which used the callsign 666 flight 666 is coproduced by torontobased banger films. Vocalist bruce dickinson, who is a commercial pilot, trained for his license to fly the massive 4 engine jet and revell has commemorated the occasion by recreating it as a 1144 scale model. The band travels on its tours aboard a jet called ed force one, flown by lead singer and pilot bruce dickinson and just upgraded last. Now poised to take to the road and the skies yet again, this time with their very own 747 jumbo jet piloted by bruce dickinson, iron. Iron maiden ed force one fight 666, 747 landing in. Read how ed force one was repaired in just 10 days.
Read about what happened to ed force one on march 12th. But when we say hit the road, we really mean airline runways, since frontman bruce dickinson is a licensed pilot and the metal legends are set to tour in a personalized boeing 747. A oneandahalfminute video clip offering a rare look inside iron maidens boeing 747 plane introduced by the bands lead singer and chairman of cardiff aviation, bruce dickinson is. This iron maiden boeing 747400 ed force one book of souls model jet airplanewas hand crafted using the finest philippine mahogany and sealed to last for generations. What you need to know about iron maidens new aeroplane louder. The bands gear will now be loaded before plane and band embark for fort lauderdale, florida to begin the book of souls world tour.
Iron maiden unveils its awesome boeing 747 for book of souls. Bruce dickison talks to us about his new plane and you can see just. On 21 october 2015, fgith completed its last commercial flight with. Air atlanta icelandic boeing 747400 iron maiden book of. Forget a tour bus, iron maiden has a tour boeing 747 and this fascinating video gives fans of the group a rare peek inside it. This year, righteous metal band iron maiden will be touring around the world in this boeing 747 jumbo jet codenamed ed force one, piloted by lead singer bruce dickinson. Veteran heavy metal band iron maiden have their very own boeing 747400 jumbo jet.
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