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There were two teams in action at Stockholm-Airport Arlanda. There was the work party that sweated inside and then there was the happy-go-lucky party consisting of our apprentice and our historian. They spent the first part of the day walking from terminal to terminal on a quest to a perfectly clean window or an opening in the fences that would fit a lens. They gave up when they got to Terminal 3 and then headed for the Spotter Pavilion along the so-called Third Runway. The Third Runway is more of a rush hour feature and once the morning rush dies down, there really isn’t all that much traffic. But they are a persistent duo and stayed out in the sun well into the afternoon – so it’s not only mad dogs and Englishmen that stay out in the midday sun. Overtaken by hunger and with the wind having turned, the brave duo returned to Terminal 5. They remained indoors until it was time to leave for London City.

The photos below is the catch of the day.

  


The apprentice at the Spotter Pavilion with the third runway in the background
       
  Terminals 3 & 4


Ethiopian - Boeing 757-231 - ET-ALY - MSN 28480 - arriving from Addis Abeba


Another shot of this African bird


Scandinavian Airlines - Airbus A330-343X - SE-REF - MSN 568 - rolling on runway 01L Chicago-bound as SK945


UPS - Boeing 757-24APF - N432UP - MSN 25463 - parked on apron S seen from Terminal 3


Scandinavian Airlines - McDonnell Douglas MD-82 - LN-RMS - MSN 53368


TUIfly still wearing the Hapag-Lloyd Express colours - Boeing 737-75B - D-AGET - MSN 28109 - X34341 returning to Hannover


Skyways - Fokker 50 - SE-LEC - MSN 20112

Spotter Pavilion North of the Third Runway (01R/19L)
After a bit trial and error the duo ended up on the wrong bus (No 10) and had to walk a kilometre or so. Had they taken the correct bus (No 583), they would have had to walk a hundred metres or so to reach the pavilion from bus stop Skogsvägen.


Malaysia Airlines - Boeing 777-2H6ER - 9M-MRQ - MSN 28422 - MH91 arriving from Newark Liberty Airport


Scandinavian Airlines - Boeing 737-683 - OY-KKS - MSN 28322 - taxiing on Whisky


Air France - Airbus A320-211 - MSN 188 - AF2062 arriving from Paris-CDG


Lufthansa - Airbus A320-211 - D-AIQA - MSN 172 - LH3002 arriving from Frankfurt


Flygcentrum i Stockholm AB - Piper PA-31-350 - SE-KGH - MSN 31-7305007 - built in 1973


Scandinavian Airlines - Boeing 737-683 - LN-RRO - MSN 28288


Alitalia - McDonnell Douglas MD-82 - I-DATB - MSN 53221 - AZ140 arriving from Milan MXP


Blue1 - Avro RJ85 - OH-SAK - MSN E2389 - KF0443 arriving from Helsinki-Vaanta (Vanda)


Scandinavian Commuter - DHC-8-Q400 - OY-KCE - MSN 4057


SAS Norge - Boeing 737-405 - LN-BRQ - MSN 25348 - SK864 arriving from Oslo


Not the best overview of Apron Kilo from the parking lot behind the Spotter Pavilion. With the wind coming in from the southwest, the Third Runway closed and it was time to move on.

Back at Terminal 5


Lufhansa Regional / Eurowings - CRJ200ER - D-ACRF - MSN 7619


Scandinavian Airlines - McDonnell Douglas MD-82 - LN-RMS - MSN 53368


Small and large T-tails


Alitalia - McDonnell Douglas MD-82 - I-DATB - MSN 53221 - "Bergamo"


Next stop Milan MXP


Scandinavian Airlines - Boeing 737-683 - LN-RPA - MSN 28290 - SK2544 arriving from Glasgow


Nordic Leisure - McDonnell Douglas MD-83 - SE-RDM - MSN 49662


KLM - Boeing 737-406 - PH-BDY - MSN 24959 - KL1113 arriving from Amsterdam-Schiphol


Estonian Air - Boeing 737-5Q8 - ES-ABD - MSN 26323 - OV7924 departing for Tallinn


Icelandair - Boeing 757-256W - TF-FIU - MSN 26243 - FI307 being pushed back with destination Reykjavik


THY Turkish Airlines - Boeing 737-8F2 - TC-JGV - MSN 34419 - TK1794 on Yankee heading for Istanbul


Finnair - Airbus A319-112 - OH-LVC - MSN 1309 - AY642 heading for Helsinki


Sterling - Boeing 737-8Q8 - OY-SEC - MSN 28221 - nicknamed "The Flying Banana"


SAS Norge - Boeing 737-705 - LN-TUH - MSN 29093 - SK868 arriving from Oslo
In the background SAS Sverige - Boeing 737-683 - OY-KKH - MSN 28301 - no destination known for this aircraft, probably a destination within Sweden since ACARSD.org does not have any info on it for this day.


Blue1 - Avro RJ85 - OH-SAI - MSN 2385 - KF414 has just started to taxi for its return to Turku


Iberia - Airbus A321-211 - EC-IJN - MSN 1836 - IB3336 arriving from Madrid


TAP Portugal - Airbus A320-214 - CS-TNG - MSN 945 - TP500 arriving from Lisbon


Scandinavian Airlines - McDonnell Douglas MD-87 - OY-KHU - MSN 53336 - being pushed back


Aeroflot - Airbus A319-111 - VP-BWJ - MSN 2179 - SU219 arriving from Moscow


Scandinavian Airlines - McDonnell Douglas MD-82 - OY-KHC - MSN 49435 - SK733 arriving from St. Petersburg


Norwegian Air Shuttle - Boeing 737-3Y0 - LN-KKN - MSN 24910 - Sigrid Undset - DY2235 arriving from Krakow


Thai International Airways - Boeing 747-4D7 - HS-TGZ - MSN 28706 - taxiing northward on Yankee


TG961 taking off for Bangkok


British Airways - Airbus A319-131 - G-EUOC - MSN 1537 - BA778 arriving from London-Heathrow


Skyways - Fokker 50 - SE-LIO - MSN 20146


CSA Czech Airlines - Boeing 737-55S - OK-CGJ - MSN 28470 - OK490 arriving from Prague


Spanair - Airbus A320-232 - EC-IZK - MSN 2223 - JK0048 heading for Barcelona


MyTravel Airways - Airbus A321-211 - OY-VKB - MY128 arriving from Palma de Mallorca


Austrian arrows - Canadair CRJ200LR - OE-LCP - MSN 7480 - OS313 arriving from Vienna


On their way to Pier F they finally saw the plane that was to carry all of us to London City Airport. The question was then why it was parked at Gate F29 and the departure boards said "Go to gate 59"? The answer to this can be found here.


A final side view of the Transwede - Avro RJ70 - EI-COQ - MSN E1254 - wetleased to SAS - while in line for the passport control

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  2007-08-02