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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 57,067
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
HBZVL31 Mar 20211,125 ft
HBZVL30 Mar 2021900 ft
HBZVL29 Mar 2021900 ft
HBZVL29 Mar 202114,000 ft
HBZVL25 Mar 20211,250 ft
HBZVL21 Mar 20211,225 ft
not transmitted21 Mar 20217,275 ft
HBZVL16 Mar 20213,150 ft
HBZVL28 Feb 20211,375 ft
HBZVL28 Feb 20216,675 ft
HBZVL24 Feb 20211,175 ft
HBZVL24 Feb 20214,500 ft
HBZVL21 Feb 20211,375 ft
HBZVL21 Feb 20216,825 ft
HBZVL20 Feb 20211,300 ft
HBZVL20 Feb 20215,200 ft
HBZVL18 Feb 20211,350 ft
HBZVL18 Feb 20218,075 ft
HBZVL8 Feb 20212,000 ft
not transmitted8 Feb 20214,300 ft
HBZVL8 Feb 20213,725 ft
HBZVL4 Feb 20211,425 ft
HBZVL4 Feb 20217,925 ft
HBZVL26 Jan 20211,250 ft
HBZVL26 Jan 20211,225 ft