Having a band member that can drive a tour bus is great, but Iron Maiden's got one with an off-stage skill that beats that by 37,000 feet; a member that can fly the tour jet.
In addition to his role as singer, musician and songwriter in one of Rock's preeminent Metal bands, Bruce Dickinson is a licensed commercial pilot with qualifications to fly the band's 747 jumbo jet. He also developed a pilot and aircraft servicing training company, a craft beer branding partnership with a brewery and hosted his own BBC Radio program. Bruce was born on this day in 1958 in Nottinghamshire, UK.
Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on August 7 include...
1952 Free & John Mayall's Bluesbreakers Andy Fraser born.
1970 Fleetwood Mac adds Christine McVie.
1970 Moody Blues release A Question Of Balance.
1970 200,000 attend the Goose Lake Music Festival in Lenoi, Michigan. Bob Seger, Jethro Tull, Chicago, Ten Years After, Mountain, the James Gang, Rod Stewart, the Stooges, Brownsville Station, the Flying Burrito Brothers and more perform.
1974 Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band marries actress Faye Dunaway.
1982 Sting sues Virgin Music, claiming undervalued sale of early material.
1986 Suit filed against Ozzy Osbourne claiming his song Suicide Solution inspired a young fan to take his own life is dismissed.
2007 Evolution Of the Groove featuring Carlos Santana guitar solos added to Miles Davis songs released.
2008 Genesis wraps up reunion tour.
2020 Deep Purple releases Whoosh!
