2024年2月7日 · Iron Maiden's Boeing 747, 'Ed Force One,' was originally a commercial passenger aircraft for Air France. The 747 was specially modified to carry the band's stage gear and crew for their world tour. The aircraft was later leased for private charters and regular passenger use before being stored in 2022 and potentially scrapped.

2023年9月13日 · Of the three ‘Ed Force Ones,’ only the first one continues to operate nowadays. This plane, registration G-OJIB when it flew with Iron Maiden, is currently employed by FedEx Express, with a registration number N938FD. It is a 34.52 …

2024年5月30日 · Iron Maiden has actually used several aircraft, with different planes taking on the moniker of Ed Force One over the years. The first example of this was a Boeing 757-200 — the same kind of ...

2024年8月29日 · The aircraft that Iron Maiden used for its 2016 world tour was first delivered to Air France in 2003. It operated it for over ten years, operating it as F-GITH. However, it was transferred to Air Atlanta Icelandic in 2015. Just a year after the aircraft was received, Air Atlanta Icelandic leased it to Iron Maiden for their world tour.

2023年1月29日 · IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson, ... Dickinson, who also chairs aviation maintenance firm Caerdav, added: "The 747 is the most beautiful and easy plane to land … It's just like landing an ...

2024年2月28日 · They customized that plane again with their logo and “The Book of Souls” artwork. But this time they also added the names of every city they would play during that tour. In a special video about that aircraft on Iron Maiden’s Youtube channel, Bruce Dickinson talked the 747. “(Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage) This is stupendous.

2016年6月7日 · A one-and-a-half-minute video clip offering a rare look inside IRON MAIDEN's Boeing 747 plane — introduced by the band's lead singer and chairman of Cardiff Aviation, Bruce Dickinson — is ...

2020年9月2日 · When Maiden embarked on their Final Frontier world tour in 2011, they'd planned to use the same plane. But a last-minute change led the group to use one of Astraeus’ other 757s.

The aircraft, along with the second 757 to bear an Iron Maiden livery, G-STRX, both came from Dickinson’s 'day job' airline, Gatwick based charter carrier Astraeus. The band had originally intended to use the same plane for its second, 'Final Frontier' airborne tour …

2022年9月20日 · Iron Maiden release video charting their journey across the world onboard customised Boeing 747 jumbo Ed Force One. ... And in this guise, with Iron Maiden down the side of it, it just blows the doors off ever other plane on the planet. “Honestly, if you wanted me to swap for Air Force One, I wouldn’t do it.” ...