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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
HBZVL21 Jul 20201,225 ft
HBZVL21 Jul 20205,950 ft
HBZVL20 Jul 20201,300 ft
HBZVL19 Jul 20208,200 ft
HBZVL18 Jul 20201,375 ft
HBZVL17 Jul 20201,275 ft
HBZVL15 Jul 20201,300 ft
HBZVL15 Jul 20206,250 ft
HBZVL14 Jul 20201,350 ft
HBZVL14 Jul 20206,275 ft
HBZVL13 Jul 20201,250 ft
HBZVL13 Jul 20206,100 ft
HBZVL10 Jul 20201,325 ft
HBZVL6 Jul 20201,275 ft
HBZVL24 Jun 20201,300 ft
HBZVL24 Jun 20207,100 ft
HBZVL21 Jun 20201,300 ft
HBZVL20 Jun 20201,250 ft
HBZVL18 Jun 20207,500 ft
HBZVL5 Apr 2016not transmitted