Iron Maiden Plane arriving in Melbourne

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Iron Maiden's Ed Force One Lands In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere - February 6 2008
photo by Ros O'Gorman

Ed Force One, the plane piloted by Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, has touched down at Tullamarine airport in Melbourne Australia.

Dickinson is a qualified pilot for British Airways.

Iron Maiden's Boeing 757 jet, dubbed Ed Force One by the fans, is a charter plane from Astraeus. Ed Force One is named after Iron Maiden's mascot, Eddie.

The flight number for the plane is AEU666 (the number of the beast).

Dickinson is flying the plane around the world as part of Iron Maiden's 'Somewhere Back In Time' tour. He will clock up some 80,000 miles over 49 days from London to India To Australia to South America and into North America.

Iron Maiden is playing 21 shows to 400,000 fans in 19 cities on this tour.

They will perform at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena tonight (Wednesday) and tomorrow (Thursday).