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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 57,068
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
HBZVL18 Jan 20211,125 ft
HBZVL18 Jan 20214,525 ft
HBZVL16 Jan 20211,100 ft
HBZVL16 Jan 20218,125 ft
HBZVL11 Jan 20211,300 ft
HBZVL11 Jan 20216,050 ft
HBZVL8 Jan 20211,425 ft
HBZVL8 Jan 20212,000 ft
HBZVL7 Jan 20213,850 ft
HBZVL30 Dec 20201,675 ft
HBZVL30 Dec 20203,425 ft
HBZVL25 Dec 20201,500 ft
HBZVL25 Dec 20203,250 ft
HBZVL23 Dec 20201,325 ft
HBZVL23 Dec 20203,100 ft
HBZVL22 Dec 20201,175 ft
not transmitted22 Dec 20202,350 ft
HBZVL21 Dec 20203,025 ft
not transmitted20 Dec 20202,850 ft
HBZVL17 Dec 20205,125 ft
HBZVL16 Dec 20201,250 ft
HBZVL15 Dec 20201,625 ft
HBZVL14 Dec 20201,500 ft
HBZVL14 Dec 20209,650 ft
HBZVL11 Dec 20201,825 ft