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Arrival of Ed Force One by Iron Maiden in São Paulo / GRU Airport
Arrival of Iron Maiden's Ed Force One in São Paulo / GRU Airport.
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After taking off thirty minutes late in Fortaleza-CE as scheduled, the ED Force One landed in São Paulo thirty minutes later than estimated and under heavy rain! And to add a touch to that moment, the band's vocalist Bruce Dickinson was the one who landed the aircraft at GRU Airport.
After take off thirty minutes late in Fortaleza as planned, the ED Force One landed in São Paulo thirty minutes after the estimated and under heavy rain! And to give it a bit more this time, the band's vocalist, Bruce Dickinson was the one who landed the aircraft at GRU Airport.
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About Ed Force One
For The Book of Souls tour, the band Iron Maiden chartered the Boeing 747-400 aircraft with registration TF-AAK, which belongs to the Icelandic-based Air Atlanta Icelandic airline.
Popularly known as the “jumbo”, the aircraft gained success from appearing in movie scenes, the four-engined jet earned its nickname and was named by band and Ed Force One fans.
Ed Force One owns the Boeing 32868 / LN:1325 manufacturing serial and was manufactured in 2003 performing its first flight on March 5, 2003. On March 31, 2003, the aircraft was delivered to the commercial airline Air France operating under F-GITH registration until October 2015! Thus, retired by the French airline. From October to December 2015, the aircraft was stored on the ground without performing any type of operation. On December 21, 2015, the jumbo was acquired by Air Atlanta Icelandic receiving the current registration that ED Force One operates TF-AAK for its 2016 tour.
About Ed Force One
For the tour The Book of Souls, the Iron Maiden band chartered a Boeing 747-400 aircraft with registration TF-AAK, which belongs to the airline Air Atlanta Icelandic headquartered in Iceland.
Known popularly "jumbo", the aircraft gained success appearing in movie scenes, the jet equipped with four engines won nickname and was named by the band and fans of Ed Force One.
Ed Force One has the serial manufacturing of Boeing 32868 / LN: 1325 and was manufactured in 2003 making its first flight on March 5th, 2003. On March 31st, 2003, the aircraft was delivered to commercial airline Air France operating with the F-GITH record until October 2015! Only retired by the French airline. From October to December 2015, the aircraft was stored in soil without performing any type of operation. On December 21st, 2015, the jumbo was acquired by Air Atlanta Icelandic getting the current enrollment that ED Force One operates TF-AAK for their tour in 2016.
Aircraft General Information
General Information Aircraft
Serial number: 32868 LN:1325
Type: 747-428
First flight date: 03/05/2003
Test registration: N/A
Seat configuration: C36 Y396
Engines: 4 x GE CF6-80C2B1F
Aircraft Operators
Operators of the Aircraft
Air France
Delivery date: 03/31/2003
Registration: F-GITH
Remark: Stored 10/2015
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Air Atlanta Icelandic
Delivery date: 12/21/2015
Registration: TF-AAK
Remark: Damaged on 12 March 2016 following a collision with a tug
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