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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 57,161
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
HBZVL7 Aug 20221,350 ft
HBZVL7 Aug 20226,075 ft
HBZVL5 Aug 20221,325 ft
HBZVL4 Aug 20221,400 ft
HBZVL2 Aug 20228,000 ft
HBZVL27 Jul 20221,375 ft
HBZVL27 Jul 20226,800 ft
HBZVL22 Jul 20221,275 ft
HBZVL22 Jul 20229,275 ft
HBZVL2 Jul 20221,300 ft
HBZVL30 Jun 20225,250 ft
HBZVL25 Jun 20221,575 ft
not transmitted25 Jun 20222,475 ft
HBZVL23 Jun 20222,750 ft
HBZVL23 Jun 20224,025 ft
HBZVL17 Jun 20221,350 ft
HBZVL17 Jun 20225,275 ft
HBZVL16 Jun 20221,300 ft
HBZVL16 Jun 20224,275 ft
HBZVL15 Jun 20221,375 ft
HBZVL14 Jun 20221,400 ft
HBZVL14 Jun 20225,650 ft
HBZVL11 Jun 20221,200 ft
HBZVL11 Jun 20221,575 ft
HBZVL10 Jun 20221,275 ft