# Heavy Metal Heroes?

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**Created:** [September 14, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-heroes/463537 "2008-09-14T06:08:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-heroes/463537/1 "2008-09-14T06:08:37Z")

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Do you have a heavy metal hero? If so, how does he match up against [Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson](http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJAb85O4PUp58tYZLEBdL-07vyyw)?

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> Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson flew to the rescue of holidaymakers left stranded abroad after Britain’s third largest tour operator collapsed, newspapers reported Sunday. The heavy metal hero is also a Boeing 757 pilot and flew a specially-chartered Monarch Airlines flight from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt to London Gatwick Airport.