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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
HBZVL28 Sept 20201,550 ft
HBZVL26 Sept 20201,600 ft
HBZVL26 Sept 20202,800 ft
HBZVL24 Sept 20201,575 ft
HBZVL24 Sept 20204,475 ft
HBZVL19 Sept 20201,350 ft
HBZVL19 Sept 20206,300 ft
HBZVL18 Sept 20201,275 ft
not transmitted18 Sept 20208,750 ft
HBZVL18 Sept 20209,500 ft
HBZVL12 Sept 20201,225 ft
HBZVL12 Sept 20207,150 ft
HBZVL9 Sept 20201,175 ft
HBZVL7 Sept 20206,100 ft
HBZVL5 Sept 20201,275 ft
not transmitted5 Sept 20203,275 ft
HBZVL5 Sept 20203,700 ft
HBZVL4 Sept 20201,100 ft
HBZVL4 Sept 20209,150 ft
HBZVL4 Sept 20205,875 ft
HBZVL3 Sept 20201,200 ft
HBZVL3 Sept 202010,750 ft
HBZVL1 Sept 20201,425 ft
HBZVL28 Aug 20201,625 ft
HBZVL28 Aug 20205,125 ft