Iron Maiden: Flight 666

Iron Maiden Flight 666 is a concert documentary film featuring the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The film follows the band on the first leg of their Somewhere Back in Time World Tour between February and March 2008, during which they travelled on their own customised Boeing 757, Ed Force One, which used the callsign 666.

Iron Maiden Flight 666 documents the opening leg of the bands Somewhere Back in Time World Tour, which took place between February and March 2008. During this leg of the tour, the group travelled 50,000 miles encompassing India, Australia and North and South America in just 45 days, performingshows incountries to half a million fans. To achieve this, the band travelled in their own Boeing 757, nicknamed Ed Force One after the bands mascot, Eddie, which was specially converted to carry the band, their crew and twelve tonnes of equipment.The aeroplane was largely piloted by the bands lead singer, Bruce Dickinson, who was then employed by Astraeus Airlines. According to Dickinson, who came up with the idea, Ed Force One meant they could visit countries where The bean counters said its just not worth going and allowed them to do an almost Europeantype itinerary, but an on intercontinental basis. As a result, the band were able to perform in Costa Rica and Colombia for the first time. The aircraft was flown under the callsign 666, a reference to their 1982 single The Number of the Beast, which provided the films title. ........

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