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From Biarritz (France) to Cordoba (Spain)

We left Biarritz on the morning of September 6th, in glorious sunshine, being rewarded with some spectacular views as we flew across the Pyrenees into Spain. While Jörg and Peter flew the 400 odd nautical miles direct to Cordoba, the other crews elected for a refuelling stop at Valladolid.

However we all arrived at Cordoba in good order only to find that, contrary to expectations, it was not a recognised point of exit for Morocco and that the Flight Plan, which needed to be filed 24 hours in advance, required Jerez to be nominated as our departure airport.

Consequently, the next morning we made an early departure to fly the 150 miles to Jerez. This is a busy international airport, but thanks to Jörg's successful re-organisation of the flight plan the previous day, and to his powers of persuasion when dealing with the police and airport authorities, we quickly negotiated the security arrangements and were airborne again after an hour and a half and on our way for the short 60 mile leg to Tangier.