As well as being the lead singer for Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson's interests and non-musical activities include writing, broadcasting, fencing, beer brewing and aviation. Bruce has competed internationally in fencing, where he placed 7th in Great Britain. He also founded a fencing equipment company under the brand name "Duellist".

Dickinson learned to fly recreationally in Florida in the 1990's and now holds an airline transport pilot's license. He regularly flew Boeing 757s in his role as captain for the now-defunct British charter airline "Astraeus".

For the 2008 "Somewhere Back in Time World Tour", he piloted Iron Maiden's chartered Boeing 757, dubbed "Ed Force One", specially converted to carry the band's equipment between continents, which subsequently led to a documentary film, "Iron Maiden: Flight 666". Dickinson flew "Ed Force One" again for "The Final Frontier World Tour" in 2011. For the 2016 "The Book of Souls World Tour", the band upgraded to a Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet, which meant that Dickinson had to undertake type conversion to fly the aircraft.

Dickinson's role as a pilot has led to some high-profile flights, which include returning a group of British RAF pilots from Afghanistan in 2008, 200 British citizens from Lebanon during the Israel/Hezbollah conflict in 2006, and 180 stranded travelers from Egypt following the collapse of XL Airways UK in September 2008.

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