Bruce Dickinson doubles as Iron Maiden frontman and pilot
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Heavy metal legend Bruce Dickinson was at the controls as Rangers football club flew to Israel for a Uefa Cup tie.
The Iron Maiden frontman piloted a 757 jet from Glasgow ahead of Wednesday's match against Hapoel Tel Aviv.
Dickinson is qualified as a commercial pilot and regularly flies for UK-based charter firm Astraeus.
He specifically asked to fly the Ibrox men to the Israeli city when he learned that the charter firm had landed the contract.
Rangers manager Walter Smith told the club's website: "I know their stuff quite well.
"I remember going to meet the band when they played in Edinburgh a few years ago.
"I would never have thought that Bruce would be flying our plane."
Iron Maiden with Dickinson at the helm are still going strong after two decades of hard rock and an estimated 80 million album sales.
Their hits include Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter, Run to the Hills, The Number of the Beast and The Trooper.
The band played the Glasgow SECC in December last year as part of a successful world tour.
Astraeus, based in Crawley, West Sussex, confirmed that Dickinson was at the controls of Rangers' jet.
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