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Iron Maiden e lo Spitfire

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Cosa lega lo Spitfire agli Iron Maiden?

    • Al festival di Download 2013 a Donington Park, uno Spitfire è passato in volo prima dell'entrata in scena degli Iron Maiden;
    • Uno Spitfire è stato usato come attrazione in un Tour degli Iron Maiden, il "Legacy Of the Beast Tour";
    • Viene mostrato all'apertura del concerto durante la riproduzione del brano "Aces High" che celebra la "Battaglia d'Inghilterra";
    • Questo aereo, dichiarano, è visto come un simbolo di libertà;
    • Un componente la band, il front singer Bruce Dickinson, è un pilota ed un appassionato della storia dell'areonautica;
    • Lo Spitfire riprodotto sul palco, numero di serie AA853, apparteneva al 302 Squadrone;
    • Questo aereo è stato pilotato anche da un pilota Polacco, asso dell'aviazione: Flight Sergeant Wladyslaw Gretkierewicz;
    • Nel dopoguerra questo pilota si è stabilito in Inghilterra ed ha cambiato il propio nome in Edward Edwards;
    • Eddie è il nome della mascotte della band
    Un concerto degli Iron Maiden, con lo Spitfire

    Fonte: Daily Mail
    Testo originale

    There goes the siren that warns of the air raid
    There comes the sound of the guns sending flak
    Out for the scramble, we've got to get airborne
    Got to get up for the coming attack
    Jump in the cockpit and start up the engines
    Remove all the wheel blocks, there's no time to waste
    Gathering speed as we head down the runway
    Got to get airborne before it's too late

    Running (running), scrambling (scrambling), flying (flying)
    Rolling (rolling), turning (turning), diving (diving), going in again
    Running (running), scrambling (scrambling), flying (flying)
    Rolling (rolling), turning (turning), diving (diving)

    Run
    Live to fly
    Fly to live
    Do or die
    Won't you run?
    Live to fly
    Fly to live
    Aces high

    Move in to fire at the mainstream of bombers
    Let off a sharp burst and then turn away
    Roll over, spin 'round to come in behind them
    Move to their blindsides and firing again
    Bandits at eight o'clock move in behind us
    Ten ME-109s out of the sun
    Ascending and turning our spitfires to face them
    Heading straight for them, I press down my guns

    Rolling (rolling), turning (turning), diving (diving)
    Rolling (rolling), turning (turning), diving (diving), going in again
    Rolling (rolling), turning (turning), diving (diving)
    Rolling (rolling), turning (turning), diving (diving)

    Run
    Live to fly
    Fly to live
    Do or die
    Won't you run?
    Live to fly
    Fly to live
    Aces high

    Fonte: LyricFind
    Compositori: Stephen Percy Harris

    Artista: Iron Maiden
    Album: Powerslave
    Data di uscita: 1984
    Genere: Rock
    Tipo album: Singolo
    Testo in Italiano

    Ecco la sirena che annuncia l'attacco aereo
    poi il rumore della contraerea
    diamoci da fare dobbiamo decollare
    bisogna salire e sferrare l'attacco
    salta nella cabina e accendi i motori
    togli i blocchi, non c'è tempo da perdere
    accelerando lungo la pista
    bisogna partire prima che sia troppo tardi

    correre, darsi da fare, volare
    girare, avvitarsi, scendere in picchiata, ritornarci sopra
    correre, darsi da fare, volare
    girare, avvitarsi, scendere in picchiata


    corri,
    vivi per volare,
    vola per vivere,
    fare o morire
    non correrai?
    vivi per volare,
    vola per vivere.
    Gli Assi volano

    avviciniamoci per sparare al grosso dei bombardieri
    una sventagliata secca e poi giriamo
    sul fianco, viriamo e prendiamoli da dietro
    dove non ci possono vedere, facciamo fuoco di nuovo
    banditi, alle 8 ci avvicinano da dietro
    dieci Me-109 escono dal sole
    i nostri Spitfire salgono e virano per affrontarli
    andandogli dritti addosso faccio fuoco

    girare, avvitarsi, scendere in piacchiata,
    girare, avvitarsi, scendere in picchiata, ritornarci sopra
    girare, avvitarsi, scendere in piacchiata,
    girare, avvitarsi, scendere in piacchiata,


    corri,
    vivi per volare,
    vola per vivere,
    fare o morire
    non correrai?
    vivi per volare,
    vola per vivere,
    gli Assi volano

    Traduzione di AngoloTesti
    REVEALED: Amazing history of the Battle of Britain plane that flew above Iron Maiden's concerts – uncovered after their lead singer insisted: 'If we're going to put a Spitfire up there, I want to know the back story'

    • Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, 60, is a qualified pilot and 'aviation geek'
    • He flew an inflatable replica Spitfire above the stage during band's recent tour
    • Singer said 'If we're going to put a Spitfire up there, I want to know the real back story' and educated himself about the background of the plane

    It was built as a stage prop for the heavy metal band Iron Maiden - and turned into a fascinating history lesson for them and their fans.
    Now the life-like replica Spitfire, complete with propellers that turn, which was a highlight of their latest concert tour could end up as a museum exhibit too.
    The replica, which is in fact an inflatable, 'flew' over the stage on wires during the opening song, 'Aces High', about the Battle of Britain, of their theatrical two-hour shows.
    In an interview with the Daily Mail, their frontman Bruce Dickinson, 60, told how, before the tour started, he unravelled the truth about the real plane it was based on - to avoid coming under fire from plane-spotters and military historians.
    The singer, who is also a warplanes enthusiast and a qualified pilot, said: 'Being a bit of an aviation geek, I said, Ok, is this is a Battle of Britain Spitfire? They said, What do you mean?

    'I said, well it's got 20mm cannons and they didn't fit those on Spits until later, so where is this Spitfire from? They said, Does that matter? I said, Yes, it does matter! If we're going to put a Spitfire up there, I want to know the real backstory.
    'They had pulled it off the internet where it was available as a 3-D model. I know people who are into war planes and to put something up unthinkingly and go, Well it's just a Spitfire, is not good enough.'

    It was based on a Mark Vb Supermarine Spitfire with the serial number AA853, which also appears on the replica's fuselage, and was built in 1941, shortly after the Battle of Britain.
    Dickinson and the band's management researched the real plane at the archives of the Royal Air Force Museum London.
    They discovered it saw most of its service with the RAF's 302 Squadron, which was comprised of Polish pilots. Many Polish airmen made their way to Britain after Hitler invaded Poland in September 1939.

    The commander of 302 Squadron when AA853 was delivered to it in October 1941 was Stefan Witorzenc, a Polish fighter ace who had scored four confirmed 'kills', or recorded shootings-down of enemy aircraft, in the Battle of Britain.
    He finished the war with five confirmed kills in total, the last in September 1941, and received the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in 1942.
    Witorzenc survived the war and returned to Poland in 1948. But it was only in 1957, after the end of Stalinism, that he was allowed to join the Polish People's Army Air Force. He died in Warsaw aged 86 in 1994.
    AA853 is often referred to as 'Witorzenc's Spitfire', but many Polish pilots flew in it, the Polish Airmen's Association UK say.

    The Mail has confirmed, via the Operations Record Book of 302 Squadron held in the National Archives, that another pilot who flew AA853 was Flight Sergeant Wladyslaw Gretkierewicz. He was also awarded the DFC and the Polish Cross of Valour with two bars.
    He remained in the UK after the war and in 1946 married Dorothy Thomson, a great niece of the 19th century Scottish explorer of Africa Joseph Thomson, in whose honour the Thomson's gazelle was named and whose travels inspired H Rider Haggard to write King Solomon's Mines.
    Wladyslaw was naturalised as a British citizen in 1960, changed his name to Edward Edwards, and worked as a French polisher and upholsterer. He died aged 68 in 1984, and Dorothy four years later aged 66. They lived in Lincoln and had no children.

    Their nephew David Swaine, 56, a printer, also from Lincoln, said: 'Edward was a lovely man, a proper gentleman. I'm very proud of him. By coincidence, I went to see Iron Maiden in the 1980s and am still a fan. I think it's brilliant that they built the replica Spitfire.'
    Wladyslaw's use of the name Edward will strike an eerie chord with Iron Maiden and their fans because the band's ghoulish mascot - which appears on all their album sleeves and on stage with them as a 12ft walking monster - is called Eddie.

    Dickinson, whose business interests outside the band include two aviation companies, one repairing airliners and the other training pilots in flight simulators, said: 'The Spitfire is a symbol of freedom".

    'The Poles were ferocious fighter pilots and while AA853 may have had more of a 'ward and deter' role than those that took part in the Battle of Britain, its history and those who flew in it should not be forgotten.'
    The singer, who attained a history degree before joining Iron Maiden in 1981, combined being a rock star with working, for nearly ten years until 2011, as a commercial airline pilot for Astraeus.
    During their recent 'Legacy of the Beast' tour, Iron Maiden, who have sold more than 100 million copies of their albums, played their greatest hits, including The Number of the Beast and Run to the Hills, to 750,000 fans at 38 sold-out concerts across Europe. The tour ended on August 11 with a second night at the 20,000-capacity O2 Arena in London.

    Dickinson has often addressed the crowd about the replica Spitfire, telling them how 'young people a third of my age went off to fight against Nazism', and reminded them that this year is the RAF's centenary.
    The replica, made of a pliable synthetic canvas, is 90 per cent life-size. It was designed like that to give the audience the best perspective given the stage's size.
    The band have not ruled out taking it on concert tours to other countries, but are also considering offering it to war museums to display.
    Dickinson, back in robust health after being treated for cancer of the tongue in 2014, said: 'Inflatables a few years ago were pretty awful contraptions but now they are incredible - people don't believe that what we've got up there is inflatable. You could actually send it on tour on its own to places for people to look at.


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    Eddie Edwards (his English name), third from left, a Polish pilot who flew Spitfires for the UK

    Fonte: Daily Mail
    The Mail has confirmed, via the Operations Record Book of 302 Squadron held in the National Archives, that another pilot who flew AA853 was Flight Sergeant Wladyslaw Gretkierewicz. He was also awarded the DFC and the Polish Cross of Valour with two bar

    Fonte: Daily Mail
    Eddie, who flew for the 302 squadron, not only shares his name with the mascot of metal band, Iron Maiden, but the band have used a Spitfire prop on stage on their latest tour, bearing the serial number from his squadron

    Fonte: Daily Mail
    Eddie Edwards (his English name) pictured with the spitfire

    Fonte: Daily Mail
    IRON MAIDEN: Bruce Dickinson spiega perchè lo Spitfire è al 90% della dimensione reale

    Il Legacy Of The Beast Tour degli IRON MAIDEN si sta avvicinando alla conclusione. Dopo le tre date italiane (qui il report di Trieste) e le ultime in Europa, la band si sposterà nel Regno Unito dove chiuderà il tour con due concerti all’O2 Arena diLondra.
    L’icona più riconoscibile di questo tour è di certo lo Spitfire che pende sopra il palco durante il brano iniziale Aces High. L’aereo è [un modello gonfiabile] una replica esatta al 90% delle dimensioni reali di uno Supermarine Spitfire, dello squadrone 302 che era in servizio nel 1941.

    Il cantante Bruce Dickinson ci spiega perchè è di dimensioni ridotte:
    “Lo avremmo voluto fare di dimensioni reali, ma abbiamo dovuto ridurlo del 10% per farlo stare nei palchi dei festival. A parte questo, è una replica perfetta di uno degli aerei migliori mai progettati.”


    POST 25/07/2018

     
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