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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
HBZVL15 Feb 20241,300 ft
HBZVL15 Feb 20244,075 ft
HBZVL14 Feb 20241,175 ft
HBZVL14 Feb 20246,700 ft
HBZVL14 Feb 20241,075 ft
HBZVL14 Feb 20246,825 ft
HBZVL7 Feb 20241,400 ft
HBZVL4 Feb 2024975 ft
HBZVL4 Feb 20247,675 ft
HBZVL4 Feb 20247,125 ft
HBZVL2 Feb 2024900 ft
HBZVL26 Jan 2024950 ft
HBZVL26 Jan 20244,250 ft
HBZVL25 Jan 20241,000 ft
HBZVL25 Jan 20244,075 ft
HBZVL25 Jan 2024975 ft
HBZVL20 Jan 20245,750 ft
HBZVL16 Jan 20241,600 ft
HBZVL16 Jan 20243,925 ft
HBZVL23 Dec 20231,200 ft
HBZVL23 Dec 20236,100 ft
HBZVL20 Dec 20231,175 ft
HBZVL7 Dec 20231,400 ft
HBZVL7 Dec 20237,825 ft
HBZVL3 Dec 20231,200 ft