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Aircraft

HB-ZVL

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The fields of this record contradict each other: first contact on 2016-04-05, declared year built 2018. The log is authentic; the described identity is doubtful.

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Mode S hex
4B4431
Type
Airbus Helicopters AS-350 AStarAS50
Manufacturer
Airbus Helicopters
Serial number
8508
Year built
20188 years oldYear announced by the registry: 2018. Yet the aircraft was already captured in 2016, before its supposed build: an unreliable year, dropped from the oldest/newest rankings.
Operator
Swift Copters SA
Country of registration
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
First contact
5 Apr 2016, 18:07
Last contact
17 Oct 2025, 15:55
Logged visits
970

The station's story

Cumulative contact time
292 h
Distinct days
518
Highest captured altitude
15,175 ft
3 corrupted frame(s) excluded from this maximum
Discovery rank
#104 of 57,065
Longest contact
1 h 50 min
Contacts on this Mode S address
1,000 contacts on the address, 970 under this registration: the address has carried several identities over time.

Same airframe, also seen as

  • G-CKVHfrom 21 Feb 2026 to 21 Feb 2026 · 1 contacts

These registrations share the same serial number and type according to the reference data. Serial numbers can collide, though: it is a deduction, not a certainty.

Visits

CallsignFirst contactAltitude at end of contact
HBZVL2 Apr 20245,125 ft
HBZVL2 Apr 20243,675 ft
HBZVL31 Mar 20241,900 ft
HBZVL30 Mar 20241,900 ft
not transmitted25 Mar 20241,700 ft
HBZVL25 Mar 20241,650 ft
HBZVL3 Mar 20241,900 ft
HBZVL3 Mar 20247,450 ft
HBZVL2 Mar 20241,825 ft
HBZVL2 Mar 20247,675 ft
HBZVL2 Mar 20241,800 ft
HBZVL2 Mar 20248,350 ft
HBZVL2 Mar 20241,725 ft
HBZVL2 Mar 20247,300 ft
HBZVL2 Mar 20241,700 ft
HBZVL2 Mar 20245,725 ft
HBZVL1 Mar 20241,625 ft
HBZVL1 Mar 20243,475 ft
HBZVL29 Feb 20241,475 ft
HBZVL29 Feb 20243,350 ft
HBZVL29 Feb 20241,425 ft
HBZVL29 Feb 20243,275 ft
HBZVL27 Feb 20241,550 ft
HBZVL27 Feb 20246,925 ft
HBZVL24 Feb 20241,650 ft