Come fly the metal skies!

[David Rogers]

When he is not touring he is a F/O for some british charter company.

'Some' British Charter Company ?! ...... he flies for the wonderful Astraeus (as Hitchhiker pointed out above), and I have personally been piloted by the great man! ....from Gatwick to Faro (Portugal).

That was a 737NG, so if he's 757 now he must have changed type ratings.

[dnoize]

'Some' British Charter Company ?! ...... he flies for the wonderful Astraeus

Like i said: some british charter company :P

(as Hitchhiker pointed out above)

Totally missed Hitchhikers post saying that *oops* *slapping myself on the forehead now*

, and I have personally been piloted by the great man! ....from Gatwick to Faro (Portugal).

gossshhhh...can i have your autograph now ? (just teasing ya david )

That was a 737NG, so if he's 757 now he must have changed type ratings.

Actually i always thought he started on the 757, at least thats what he said himself in "flying heavy metal" and also in this interview:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...ineindustry.g2

according to wiki he flies 757 too, but ive also read he flies the 737 (doesnt every smart pilot ? ) So i guess he flies both...some chairter company...uhmmm... i mean the wonderful Astraeus has both the 737 and 757 in the fleet

anyway, flying heavy metal is a must see for every aviation lover.

Stef

[HitchHiker]

Now play nice guys! I would love to see the UK show but across the pond here they dont think were smart enough for brit television. I've had a hard time finding the show even on DVD and I thought all the hitory/disco channel stuff was released to video?

I can tell you that he will by flying the plane on tour at least part of the way.

Well in any case its cool to hear that most of you have a Maiden story of your own to tell. A little off topic but last year my bro and I drove 6 hours into LA on a saturday to catch Maiden, but missed half the show due to two of those hours in the car. We hit Saturday afternoon rush traffic, it took us two hours to drive what would normally be 45mins and to top it no accident, no construction just too many damn cars and not enough route planning! The other time I missed them on their reunion tour (1999) due one of the three guitarists having a sprained finger, that one hurt. Cmon how many axes do they need?

[ivar hestnes]

The movies can be seen at the link below

http://www.stage6.com/Flying-Heavy-M...-E02---Jet-Set

Enjoy

[David Rogers]

gossshhhh...can i have your autograph now ? (just teasing ya david )


Actually i always thought he started on the 757, at least thats what he said himself in "flying heavy metal" and also in this interview:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...ineindustry.g2

according to wiki he flies 757 too, but ive also read he flies the 737 (doesnt every smart pilot ? ) So i guess he flies both...some chairter company...uhmmm... i mean the wonderful Astraeus has both the 737 and 757 in the fleet

anyway, flying heavy metal is a must see for every aviation lover.

Stef

Take your chill pill Stef ....... I certainly wasn't bragging that I flew on an Brucie Astraeus flight, just saying really - I'm not a metal fan and I wouldn't have even have known who he was but one of the guys I was going on hols with is a huge fan and we was peeing himself with excitement that it had turned out to be a 'Captain Brucie' flight.

As you pointed out, he must be rated on both.

hey you used to be a realy nice guy 'til I switched away from Boeing bits Stef.... (...... I'm just teasing you back ).

[dnoize]

Take your chill pill Stef ....... I certainly wasn't bragging that I flew on an Brucie Astraeus flight, just saying really - I'm not a metal fan and I wouldn't have even have known who he was but one of the guys I was going on hols with is a huge fan and we was peeing himself with excitement that it had turned out to be a 'Captain Brucie' flight.

As you pointed out, he must be rated on both.

hey you used to be a realy nice guy 'til I switched away from Boeing bits Stef.... (...... I'm just teasing you back ).

LOL i know you are, hence all the smileys in both our posts...

For people that are afraid this is a flame war...nahhh...we just both love sarcasm....

And david.....i really like busses too....just dont tell anyone...shhhhhhtttt

Stef

[HitchHiker]

LOL every forum needs these tags [/insert sarcasm here/]!

I should point out that a couple of the guys in the band especially the bassist play football (yes your kind) very competively and at least the bassist could have been a pro. Bruce ****inson also gave up a spot on the UK Olympic fencing team to tour with maiden instead. Personally I dont see the need for fence building in the olympics but he was good!

If theres one thing we can probably all agree on, its that the plane does have a killer paint job (no pun intended).