It’s not unusual for musicians to pursue other things as side hobbies - Queen’s Brian May returned to university to complete his doctorate in astrophysics many years later, for example.
But few examples are quite like Iron Maiden’s frontman, Bruce Dickinson. Not content with being an international level duellist, he became a commercially licensed airline pilot in the 1990s, flying Boeing 757s.
In particular, when the band embarked on their 2008-09 “Somewhere Back In Time World Tour”, the band had chartered a 757, dubbed “Ed Force One” which was decorated in the band’s logo along the fuselage and their mascot, Eddie, on the tailfin - and Bruce flew the band, crew and equipment.
For the 2016 “The Book of Souls World Tour”, the band had upgraded to a Boeing 747-400 ‘jumbo jet’, for which Dickinson had to obtain a suitable type-rating as an upgrade to be able to fly it. This jet was also dubbed Ed Force One, and decorated in Iron Maiden imagery.