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File Under ‘Good to Know’: Iron Maiden Has a Custom 757, and the Band’s Frontman Flies It

Sideview of custom Iron Maiden airplane

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We’re late to this news right alongside Jaunted:

Yes, this airplane totally exists and yes, we feel kinda late to the news since it’s actually been tooling around the world since notorious heavy metal band Iron Maiden customized an Astraeus Airlines Boeing 757 in 2008 to fly around on their world tours.

It wasn’t until this week that we really learned what we were missing, when Lonely Planet’s US Editor Robert Reid hopped onboard “Ed Force One” for a tete-a-tete with Iron Maiden frontman (and the plane’s Captain) Bruce Dickinson. You can read the first bit of Reid’s adventures here.

This just rules. Full story via Jaunted.

Mike Richard
Founding Editor
Mike Richard has traveled the world extensively since 2008. He's kayaked in Antarctica, tracked African wild dogs in South Africa, and survived a near-miss great white shark attack in Mexico. He loves the great outdoors, good bourbon, and he (usually) calls Tulsa home. He also enjoys speaking in the third person.

One Comment

  1. Holy bajesus. I was ON THAT PLANE twice during my recent trip to Italy. It does the Newark to Iceland and Iceland to London legs of some of Iceland Express’s codeshare flights.

    Coincidentally, as cool as it looks outside, the seats are much closer together than on any other plane I’ve ever flown (so much for leg room), and recline only about 5 degrees. Not so good for an overnight flight.

    Also, the notice on your tray table about how you can use your seat cushion for flotation is in Arabic.

    Be thankful you haven’t had a 5 hou flight on that plane.

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