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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 57,065
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
HBZVL6 Dec 20202,000 ft
HBZVL3 Dec 20205,850 ft
HBZVL21 Nov 2020975 ft
not transmitted20 Nov 20202,200 ft
HBZVL17 Nov 20201,050 ft
HBZVL16 Nov 20202,825 ft
HBZVL2 Nov 20201,175 ft
HBZVL2 Nov 20205,375 ft
HBZVL1 Nov 20201,225 ft
HBZVL1 Nov 20204,650 ft
HBZVL30 Oct 20201,025 ft
HBZVL30 Oct 20204,175 ft
HBZVL28 Oct 20201,850 ft
HBZVL27 Oct 20201,450 ft
HBZVL27 Oct 20203,475 ft
HBZVL24 Oct 20201,350 ft
HBZVL24 Oct 20203,275 ft
HBZVL21 Oct 20201,475 ft
HBZVL21 Oct 20209,050 ft
HBZVL17 Oct 20201,425 ft
HBZVL3 Oct 20201,975 ft
HBZVL3 Oct 20201,875 ft
HBZVL30 Sept 20201,450 ft
HBZVL30 Sept 20203,200 ft
HBZVL30 Sept 20201,125 ft