slide scan from the NK collection. - Transeuropa acquired seven Friendships from IBERIA and operated them from 1980 until they suspended operations in February 1982; all of the Fokker 27s were taken over by AVIACO. EC-DBN, originally a Garuda Indonesia aircraft and seen here still wearing the basic IBERIA colour scheme, was finally flown by CUBANA as CU-T1293 and scrapped at Havana in the late 90ies.

Off on the morning service to Madrid, this 440 was registered to Iberia in March 1957 and was transferred to the Fuerza Aérea Española as T-14-2 in October 1972. Sold in Mexico as XA-LAF in 1981, wfu/stored 1994 and later scrapped.

K25 slide scan. Delivered to Iberia 1968 , Trans Europa 1981 and Aviaco 1982. To Cubana as CU-T1290 1994, withdrawn 1996. To Myanmar as XY-AEW 2001, withdrawn and stored by 2006.

The tower of Almería. (Nikon D610 + Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S)

Evening departure to MAD

Taken during my first visit to Spain when I was just 15. Stayed in a villa a short walk from the boundary fence and would be woken by the sound of the early morning Convair starting up for the service to Madrid. Still one of my all-time fave shots