666 in Aviation

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2014-01-21, 07:58 PM
Gintaras B.

666 in Aviation

Well, it's not about Iron Maiden: Flight 666 - World Tour 2008.
Don't know, how many are aware, that one of biggest Heavy Metal band's singer - Bruce Dickinson is a pilot as his day job and he flew himself Iron Maiden across the world on 2008 World tour as a captain of Boeing 757...

Well, it is about Delta Airlines Boeing 747 with registration N666US.
I was going thru and editing photos from last year and I noticed that I've taken photos of that Delta reg.
I'm not superstitious...but I do wonder, what others think about? What a superstitious passenger would think if he would find out that he was flown on a aircraft with this kind of registration?

http://www.airport-data.com/images/a...959/959282.jpg

http://www.airport-data.com/images/a...959/959280.jpg
2014-01-21, 08:24 PM
megatop412

Gintaras, as a connoisseur(and purveyor) of heavy metal music, I am certainly aware of that amazing concert movie. It rules! The Number of the Beast!!!

And as for N666US, well....you know I had to have it, and would love to fly to Japan on it
http://media10.dropshots.com/photos/...5/b_132310.jpg
2014-01-21, 08:49 PM
Gintaras B.

Fly on N666US and to listen to http://youtu.be/SvVmRvAyjxU ???
2014-01-21, 09:04 PM
boeing727

I think Finnair had a flight 666, I remember that article in the news.
2014-01-21, 09:58 PM
RWB

An individual here in town has had a 666 number for as long as I can remember http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N666TM on several different aircraft. As far as Iron Maiden, I remember when they did the whole Ed Force One thing in 2008, they started the US tour in May 08 here in San Antonio and I was checking Flightaware multiple times a day and snooping around the airport not knowing the 757 was just for the world tour earlier in the year. I remember this one http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N666TV being parked at Signature 3 days before the show thinking it was somehow associated with them, but it was owned by a guy from Mexico that has a business here.

I don't think the majority of airline passengers ever see the actual tail number.
2014-01-21, 11:57 PM
Gerard

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Originally Posted by RWB

I don't think the majority of airline passengers ever see the actual tail number.

Or give a "bleep". :tongue::biggrin:
2014-01-22, 12:10 AM
Gintaras B.

"Flight 666" - Ed Force One reg: G-OJIB
2014-01-22, 01:01 AM
RWB

Quote:

I think Finnair had a flight 666, I remember that article in the news.

They still do, and the destination is HEL, Helinski http://flightaware.com/live/flight/F...215Z/EKCH/EFHK

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Ed Force One reg: G-OJIB

2nd one in 2011 was G-STRX