Heard the pilot of this aircraft calling Stockholm Radio on 11345khz this morning (0957UTC) from Paris Le Bourget for a selcal check. He spoke to the Stockholm controller partly in Swedish.
The aircraft is an Airbus A318 Corporate Jet (Elite) operated for Hamza Al-Kholi (hence the HK on the tail), a Saudi Businessman. I read recently on the Civil Aviation forum that these pre-flight calls on HF must take place after re-fuelling for safety purposes, which I found interesting.
The second interesting flight was a Smartwings Beoing 737-800 OK-TSF calling for 2 radio checks on his way from Prague to Bacau, Romania
Listening mostly to VHF, where I get my fair share of Ryanair and British Airways, it is really cool to hear such an unusual range of aircraft and companies on Stockholm Radio.
Nice Catch !
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