When heavy metal pioneers Iron Maiden set out on their world tour in 2016, lead singer Bruce Dickenson will pull double duty as pilot of the massive Boeing 747-400 that will take the band to concerts ...

Once a commercial jet reaches the end of its life, it might be stripped down for parts, turned into an enormous firefighting plane or, if it's been owned by an iconic rock band, it could be chopped ...

Delta inherited its fleet of Boeing 747 jumbo jets in its takeover of Northwest Airlines. Nancy Kuehn | MSPBJ To continue reading this content, please enable ...

The music and the aviation worlds were wowed recently by the iconic metal band Iron Maiden's unveiling of their tour plane, a 747-400 with their name blazed across it. Sadly, less than a month later, ...

Amid much fanfare, United Airlines wrapped up its Boeing 747 farewell tour on Nov. 7. Now it’s Delta's turn. And SkyMiles members can bid to be part of the festivities. Delta, the last U.S. airline ...

MUKILTEO — It was a final chance to say goodbye. Delta Air Lines is retiring Boeing’s 747s from its fleet and flew one of the last ones — N674US — to Paine Field on Monday on a farewell tour. That ...

Yes, it has come to this: a heavy metal band uses an entire 747 jet as its tour bus, but when that band is the legendary Iron Maiden - and when you think about what its shows look like - this ...