| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | "OH-LEA" |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sud-Est SE-210 Caravelle |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sud SE-210 Caravelle |
| Aircraft Version: | Sud SE-210 Caravelle III |
| C/n (msn): | 112 |
| Operator Titles: | Finnair |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | TurkuMap |
| Country: | Finland |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EFTU IATA: TKU Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 27 August 2025 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. Gardiner |
| Photo ID: | 857518 |
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This Caravelle was delivered to SAS as SE-DAF in February 1962 and flew with the airline as Sven Viking until December 1974, albeit with a short lease to Thai International. It was placed placed into storage at Stockholm (ARN) until acquired by the Aviation Museum Society Finland in 2022. It has been beautifully restored as OH-LEA 'Sinilintu' (Bluebird), the first jet aircraft in Finnish civil aviation. The original OH-LEA was subsequently registered F-WJAK, D-ABAF, PH-TRM, F-BSUO, F-BSRR and I-GISA before being scrapped as 9Q-CPS at Kinshasa (FIH) in 1996. This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 20 October 2025, and has since been viewed 94 times. |