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Iron Maiden

Великобритания

Heavy Metal

http://www.ironmaiden.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ironmaiden
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24 апр 2025 :	BRUCE DICKINSON Says He Was 'Pleasantly Shocked' By IRON MAIDEN's First Rehearsal With New Drummer SIMON DAWSON
12 апр 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN To Begin Rehearsing With New Drummer SIMON DAWSON 'In A Couple Of Weeks': 'It Should Be Great', Says ADRIAN SMITH
20 мар 2025 :	ALICE COOPER Says IRON MAIDEN Should Be Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: 'They Have Their Own Army Out There'
19 мар 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN's Aviationtag Celebrates History Of Band's Chartered 'Ed Force One' Plane
17 мар 2025 :	Official IRON MAIDEN Documentary Coming This Fall
15 мар 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN – Limited Edition Trooper Warrior Pack, The Ultimate Collector Set Available For Pre-Order
12 мар 2025 :	BRUCE DICKINSON Considered Quitting IRON MAIDEN In 2015 – “I Would Have Offered To Help Them Find Another Singer”
10 мар 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN: 'Infinite Dreams - The Official Visual History' Book Due In The Fall
23 фев 2025 :	IRON MAIDEN's DAVE MURRAY: 'We Will All Know' When It's Time To Retire
10 фев 2025 :	BRUCE DICKINSON Rules Out Using Backing Tracks At IRON MAIDEN Concerts: 'If It's Not Real, It's Not MAIDEN'
7 фев 2025 :	NICKO MCBRAIN Opens Up About Decision To Retire From Touring With IRON MAIDEN: 'I Wish I Could Still Play With The Guys'
4 янв 2025 :	BRUCE DICKINSON On IRON MAIDEN's 2025 Tour: 'We're Gonna Be Doing Stuff We've Never, Ever Done Before'
23 дек 2024 :	IRON MAIDEN’s ADRIAN SMITH Remembers Meeting DAVE MURRAY – “We Were The Only Kids In Our Neighborhood With Long Hair”
19 дек 2024 :	IRON MAIDEN's STEVE HARRIS: 'It's Amazing That This Band's Been Going For 50 Years'
13 дек 2024 :	IRON MAIDEN Guitarist ADRIAN SMITH On Writing "Wasted Years" - "If STEVE HARRIS Hadn't Heard It By Accident, I Would Never Have Played It To Him"
12 дек 2024 :	IRON MAIDEN Shares Video Recap Of 'The Future Past Tour'
11 дек 2024 :	CHRIS JERICHO Says NICKO MCBRAIN Has 'Earned His Right To Step Down' From Touring With IRON MAIDEN
11 дек 2024 :	IRON MAIDEN Pays Tribute To NICKO MCBRAIN In New Video Recapping His Final Concert
8 дек 2024 :	Watch: BRUCE DICKINSON Pays Emotional Tribute To NICKO MCBRAIN At Drummer's Final Concert With IRON MAIDEN
8 дек 2024 :
7 дек 2024 :	IRON MAIDEN's NICKO MCBRAIN Announces Retirement From Touring: Tonight Will Be 'My Final Gig' With The Band
3 дек 2024 :	IRON MAIDEN's 'Legacy Of The Beast' Mobile Game Is Coming To A Close
6 ноя 2024 :	BRUCE DICKINSON Was Willing To Help IRON MAIDEN Find 'A Great Replacement' If He Couldn't Sing Following His Cancer Diagnosis
3 ноя 2024 :	See IRON MAIDEN Perform In Philadelphia During Fall 2024 'The Future Past' Tour
2 ноя 2024 :	IRON MAIDEN's The Future Past World Tour Lands In Toronto; Fan-Filmed Video Of Entire Show Streaming
31 окт 2024 :	IRON MAIDEN’s Debut Album Hitting UK Charts For The First Time Following Death Of PAUL DI’ANNO

29 июл 2016

IRON MAIDEN Looks Back At 'Fun' It Had With 'Ed Force One' On 'The Book Of Souls' Tour (Video)

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN have posted a 13-minute video feature in which they "look back at the fun" they had with Ed Force One, their customized jumbo jet, captained by the band's lead singer, Bruce Dickinson. Check it out below.

Toward the end of last year, Air Charter Service received the interesting charter request: the client required a customized B747-400 for four months, to fly 48 sectors, covering six continents and carrying 22 tons of cargo on each leg and with IRON MAIDEN's singer flying it. The request was the first step towards creating the latest incarnation of IRON MAIDEN's Ed Force One — nicknamed after the band's mascot Eddie, whose manic image proudly adorns the tail.

IRON MAIDEN had experience and expertise with circumnavigation tours on the previous incarnations of Ed Force One, but these tours used a smaller B757 aircraft and were nowhere near the scale and reach of this latest project. Through Bruce Dickinson's relationships within the aviation industry, IRON MAIDEN had already picked out the ideal aircraft, but the operator, Air Atlanta, decided they needed more capacity to deliver such a massively complex undertaking. So they invited Air Charter Service to join them to deal with mountain of logistics required.

This tour presented particular challenges for all involved. After closely engaging with the band's management team, the first thing ACS did was to assemble an experienced team to work with the aircraft's operator, Air Atlanta, to make the thousands of necessary arrangements for the 48 legs in the 21 countries that the tour was visiting. ACS was responsible for arranging flight permissions outside of Europe and fuel as well as handling agents. Arranging such things on an ad-hoc basis is very different to a scheduled carrier who lands at the same airport at the same time every day. And at most airports, ACS had to deal with three separate companies — the cargo handlers for the 22 tons of stage equipment, VIP handling agents for the band and their "Killer Krew," as well as regular check-in desks for anyone else that was on board. Group commercial director Matt Purton said: "We must have dealt with more than 100 different handling agents and 300 other suppliers over the course of the four months that we were involved in the tour."

While ACS was making the initial necessary arrangements, preparation of the aircraft was under way in Sharjah, UAE. IRON MAIDEN's management had arranged for the aircraft to have its livery drastically modified with extra special decals along the length of the fuselage and the tail and the cabin seating was reconfigured to accommodate the band. The newly created Ed Force One then arrived at Cardiff Airport on February 17. On arrival, the aircraft interior was completely empty of supplies, so the next major job for ACS staff was a three day shopping expedition to stock the aircraft up with almost ten tonnes of day-to-day items to cover the needs of the passengers for the next four months.

The band's aviation-mad frontman, Bruce Dickinson, took up flying in 1993 and so was keen to take the controls on most of the flight sectors. He was formerly captain of the (now-defunct) U.K. charter airline Astraeus and launched Cardiff Aviation Ltd. in 2012.

It was not all plane sailing though, as in Santiago, Chile, when the plane had been closed up and everyone had settled in to their hotels for the night, airport workers moving the aircraft were involved in an incident involving a loose steering pin and an airport tug, which saw damage occur to two engines and the undercarriage as well as injury to two workers present as the tug was crushed. Suddenly Ed Force One was grounded but of course the show must go on, one way or another. Within hours, IRON MAIDEN's management, Air Atlanta, Rock-It Cargo and ACS all pulled together to make the necessary arrangements including alternative charters to take the band to the next show in Argentina, a charter and some scheduled seats were found for IRON MAIDEN's "Killer Krew" and the 20-plus tons of stage equipment and production was trucked successfully over a difficult pass through the Andes Mountains over the border into Cordoba. Alternative transport had to be rapidly arranged for the Argentine and Brazilian shows. Two massive new engines, engineers, parts, cowlings and tools were flown in from Europe, and within ten days, Ed Force One was once again ready to take to the skies. And we were all very happy to hear that the two airport workers made a full recovery.

To take a band, road crew and production equipment in a B747 around the world and into territories not previously visited by the band was ground-breaking: nothing like this had ever been attempted by anybody before. ACS worked seamlessly with IRON MAIDEN's tour management throughout, in order to meet the exacting needs of the tour logistics, concert schedule and the band and crew requirements.

Bruce and the rest of IRON MAIDEN continue to tour Europe, finishing up in Germany on August 4.

IRON MAIDEN Looks Back At 'Fun' It Had With 'Ed Force One' On 'The Book Of Souls' Tour (Video)

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30 июл 2016

maedhros

клёвая у них бортовая команда.