First sign of President Obama coming to town one month later.

Resting under the wing of a CL-215 water bomber.

Traffic control veteran.

Willy Messerschmitt designed the Saeta (Arrow) basic trainer and light attack aircraft. Like the Fouga Magister it was powered by two small Marboré turbojets.

Served in the Spanish Armada as a trainer.

This Bird Dog served with 407 Escuadrilla de Enlace (Liaison Squadron).

Developed from the earlier C.201 and C.202, the C.207 was similarly unsuccesful and used only by the Spanish air force.

US serial, 53-4921.

Spain bought 72 new Mirage F.1s and 24 second-hand examples, including this one from Qatar.

The history of this aircraft is unclear but it is certainly not a genuine Spanish air force Storch. The reported construction number belongs to a French-built MS.500, registered F-BBAS between 1959 and 1966. The Museo del Aire says that it is a Fi 156A obtained from the Autotechnik Museum in Germany. Other sources say it is a Fi 156C-2, with Scramble adding it is a composite airframe, and the c/n is given by others as 2027/2.

Two Dornier aircraft undergoing work at the Museo del Aire - a Do 24 flying boat and a Do 27 utility aircraft. Claude Dornier's first postwar product, the Do 27 was designed in Spain and built locally as the C.127.

One of three KC-97L tankers supplied to Spain. Note the auxiliary J47 turbojet. Old USAF lettering is coming through on the bulbous nose.

A Swedish pensioner enjoying the Spanish sunshine.