Flying Down to Quito
August 4, 1969
An early morning (departure at 5:30 a.m. from Tocumen Airport) Ecuatoriana flight from Panama City to Quito provided my first view of the Andes. After an intermediate stop in Cali, the Andes began to unfold--sometimes just outside the Lockheed Electra's windows. The peaks were so close it seemed you could touch them! As the flight neared Quito, Cotopaxi could be see off in the distance. Quito truely was up in the mountains.
Over the Andes
Cotopaxi in the Clouds
Cotopaxi aloft
Descending into Quito
