IRON MAIDEN's Bruce Dickinson Talks About Career In Aviation Which Began On 9/11
April 27, 2012, 12 years ago
Sophie Griffiths from Travel Trade Gazette spoke with IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson, who will be keynote speaker at the Advantage Conference in Malta, discussing the issues affecting the travel industry – a sector that is close to his heart. Here are a few excerpts from the chat:
Dickinson on when career in aviation began: “I’d just completed my line training and was all signed off to fly, and was in New York with the band. It was a really sunny day, and I was sitting on the roof of the hotel by the pool. I had a Boeing 757 manual on my lap, reading up, when a little old lady walked up to the pool attendant and asked if it was true that a plane had flown into the twin towers. I thought it must have been a small private plane, and went back to my reading. Then more people arrived, and someone said it was some sort of airliner, and I thought, ‘Oh boy…’”
Dickinson has travelled around the world, both as a pilot and on the many world tours with Iron Maiden, but Dickinson admits there are still places he wants to visit, in particular Egypt. “I flew there to pick up the stranded holidaymakers, but I’ve never actually spent time there. I’d love to do a Death on the Nile type cruise."
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