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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 57,120
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 20231,050 ft
HBZVL15 Feb 20237,650 ft
HBZVL12 Feb 2023825 ft
HBZVL12 Feb 20234,325 ft
HBZVL11 Feb 2023825 ft
HBZVL11 Feb 20234,400 ft
HBZVL11 Feb 2023700 ft
HBZVL11 Feb 20236,025 ft
HBZVL10 Feb 2023725 ft
HBZVL10 Feb 20238,375 ft
HBZVL9 Feb 2023950 ft
HBZVL9 Feb 20238,550 ft
HBZVL8 Feb 2023975 ft
HBZVL7 Feb 2023900 ft
HBZVL5 Feb 2023825 ft
HBZVL5 Feb 20233,475 ft
not transmitted4 Feb 2023900 ft
HBZVL4 Feb 20234,975 ft
HBZVL3 Feb 2023875 ft
HBZVL3 Feb 202310,250 ft
HBZVL31 Jan 20231,025 ft
HBZVL31 Jan 20235,375 ft
HBZVL30 Jan 20231,100 ft
HBZVL30 Jan 20231,075 ft
HBZVL30 Jan 20236,150 ft