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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 57,441
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
HBZVL20 Sept 20244,375 ft
HBZVL19 Sept 20241,400 ft
HBZVL19 Sept 20246,100 ft
HBZVL6 Sept 20241,475 ft
HBZVL6 Sept 20245,950 ft
HBZVL2 Sept 20241,425 ft
not transmitted2 Sept 20249,400 ft
HBZVL2 Sept 20246,175 ft
HBZVL2 Sept 20241,375 ft
HBZVL2 Sept 20246,425 ft
HBZVL31 Aug 20241,375 ft
HBZVL31 Aug 20241,300 ft
HBZVL31 Aug 20246,225 ft
HBZVL31 Aug 20241,275 ft
HBZVL30 Aug 20241,350 ft
HBZVL30 Aug 2024not transmitted
HBZVL29 Aug 20241,375 ft
HBZVL29 Aug 20245,775 ft
HBZVL27 Aug 20241,375 ft
HBZVL27 Aug 20241,250 ft
HBZVL24 Aug 20241,450 ft
HBZVL24 Aug 20241,600 ft
HBZVL22 Aug 20241,400 ft
HBZVL13 Aug 20241,500 ft
HBZVL13 Aug 20245,250 ft