The Iron Maiden Jet
Well I've seen the tour posters around town, but hadn't really considered the implications.
Iron Maiden, the heavy metal band, are currently on a world tour and the tour posters show a Boeing 757 with "Iron Maiden" branded across the fuselage, and a big Mummy (ancient bandaged type, not milk & cookies after school type) on the tail.
Now, I got a kick out of their stuff in the 80's. Who couldn't love "Run to the hills", but little would I have ever suspected I'd find myself all these years later, sitting in the Qantas club in Sydney awaiting a flight to Melbourne last sunny Monday morning, and what is sitting before me on the tarmac, through the soundproof glass - THE IRON MAIDEN JET. Now I'm not one to go in for the cult of celebrity, but hey these guys are heavy metal icons and I'm sitting here looking out at their jet! And to think I don't have any of their stuff on my Zune to put on and make this a complete morning!?! Will have to remedy that...
It's a shame my KJAM can't get a better shot.. That's it in the centre of the shot, just past the Qantas tail...
UPDATE: Thanks to Ron McMahon who has provided a link to a decent picture of it in the comments section... http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/12/23/220533/picture-astraeus-unveils-heavy-metal-757-for-iron-maiden-tour.html 
