A tandem-seat development of the I-11 Peque, the I-115 served as a military trainer from 1956. It was nicknamed Garrapata (Tick) for its reluctance to leave the ground!

The 47J Ranger was a stretched variant of the standard Bell 47.

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.

Nicely restored over recent years, this UH-1 used to serve Esc 78, the helicopter training school at Granada. Prior to that served in the SAR role as Z.10B-52 with additional registration EC-STL. Ex 73-22069

First flown on 7 April 1942, the HM-1 was designed by Pedro Huarte Mendicoa. 190 examples were built by AISA here at Cuatro Vientos in the 1950s.

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

Nicknamed Pepo, the AC-12 helicopter first flew in 1954. Twelve examples were eventually built, and used by the Spanish air force's helicopter flying school for a couple of years.

A Swedish pensioner enjoying the Spanish sunshine.

Juan de la Cierva worked in Britain from 1926, but this autogyro was sold to Spain in the 1930s. Registered to the Spanish Air Ministry until 1961.

The Fokker C.I was a two-seat scout based on the famous D.VII fighter. It did not see combat in WWI, but became an important aircraft in the Dutch air arm after Anthony Fokker's return to Holland. The C.II variant was a three-seat passenger transport, and the C.III a Hispano Suiza-engined C.I.

The Spanish version of the F-5, the SF-5, had the official local designation A.9 for an attack aircraft, with the photo reconnaissance SRF-5A becoming the AR.9.

The three-seet Farman F.400 first flew in 1934. This genuine aircraft represents an F.402 model, used as a liaison and ambulance aircraft by the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. It is however an F.404, F-PBAY, formerly F-AMGY.