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In my teenage years I was put off the idea of a career in flying, because I'd convinced myself that you had to be a boffin with degrees in maths and physics, which were my weakest subjects.

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Bruce Dickinson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 7
Aircraft Pilot
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