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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 57,134
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
HBZVL24 Jan 20221,050 ft
HBZVL24 Jan 20222,025 ft
HBZVL23 Jan 2022900 ft
HBZVL23 Jan 202211,075 ft
HBZVL22 Jan 2022950 ft
HBZVL19 Jan 20226,225 ft
HBZVL14 Jan 20221,150 ft
HBZVL14 Jan 20226,325 ft
not transmitted6 Jan 20223,225 ft
HBZVL2 Jan 202225,300 ft
HBZVL2 Jan 20225,675 ft
HBZVL2 Jan 20221,200 ft
HBZVL2 Jan 20223,175 ft
HBZVL1 Jan 20221,125 ft
HBZVL1 Jan 20223,425 ft
HBZVL31 Dec 20211,100 ft
HBZVL31 Dec 20215,450 ft
HBZVL30 Dec 20211,150 ft
HBZVL17 Dec 20211,150 ft
HBZVL16 Dec 20216,775 ft
HBZVL13 Dec 20215,350 ft
HBZVL12 Dec 20211,800 ft
HBZVL12 Dec 20213,300 ft
HBZVL3 Dec 20211,300 ft
HBZVL3 Dec 20215,050 ft