Starting up for the short hop to Antwerp (Belgium). Re-registered OO-VGT 17 Feb 1973. I was to photograph it again as N44825 of American Inter Island at Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) in Dec 1981. (Photo ID 248933).

slide scan from the NK collection. - This aircraft started its life with IBERIA in 1957 and was last seen at Carlsbad as N44825 in 1997 with Air Resorts. Seen here while it served for Delta Air Transport between 1972 and 1977; it was one of six of the type operated by this Antwerp-based airline.

Busy apron at Delta Air Transport's base. The two Convair 440s on the left are OO-NVG c/n 333 (no propellors) and OO-VGW c/n 474, which is still in WGAF marks, ex-12+05.

Delta Air Transports Convairs and DC-6Bs were amongst the last piston engine propliners to frequent the skies of the Low Countries (and Southend in England!)

Seen through the glass from the terminal building at Zaventem.

Formerly Iberia's EC-AMU, DAT sold this Convair to American Airlines in 3.77 for use on their Virgin Islands connections. Passed on to All Resorts Airlines in 11.82, stored at Carlsbad, CA in 1990 and scrapped by the end of the decade. The white-top Delta 440 behind is OO-VGJ (ex Cameroon). They flew a five-daily ANR-AMS schedule