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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 57,141
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
HBZVL10 May 202211,200 ft
HBZVL8 May 20221,325 ft
HBZVL8 May 20226,850 ft
HBZVL7 May 20221,400 ft
HBZVL7 May 20221,350 ft
HBZVL3 May 20221,600 ft
HBZVL20 Apr 20221,600 ft
HBZVL20 Apr 20225,775 ft
HBZVL18 Apr 20221,525 ft
HBZVL18 Apr 202234,975 ft
HBZVL16 Apr 20221,300 ft
HBZVL16 Apr 20223,800 ft
HBZVL13 Apr 20221,375 ft
HBZVL13 Apr 202210,100 ft
HBZVL4 Apr 20221,375 ft
HBZVL4 Apr 20225,000 ft
HBZVL4 Apr 20221,300 ft
HBZVL30 Mar 20221,725 ft
HBZVL12 Mar 20221,350 ft
HBZVL12 Mar 20226,225 ft
HBZVL10 Mar 20221,250 ft
HBZVL8 Mar 20221,225 ft
not transmitted8 Mar 202210,400 ft
HBZVL7 Mar 20229,925 ft
HBZVL6 Mar 20221,375 ft