The story of Magnum PI Helicopter - Hughes 500 Magnum PI

[@1212CRMD]

R.I.P Best regards (from Brazil) to all these very cool people who participated in this series. It was a fantastic period of time for the youth, like me at that time.

[@snakesvt]

the last serving magnum pi 500 is now N716CB at Chesapeake bay helicopters and flys daily

[@ronlucock3702]

He almost had that landing!

[@WillDouglas-z1h]

Roger E. Mosley who played TC was a licensed helicopter pilot at the time of the making of the show, but he wasn't allowed to fly the helicopter for stants on the show. A stunt pilot wearing a body stocking with false muscles was used instead.

[@WizzRacing]

People ran to the pond and flipped the Helicopter up. So he could get out. As it was upside down..

[@bigvee401]

1:46 be cool to buy this and return it back to its magnum p.i. colors

[@Retired-sw5ye]

I thought the same and I reside in Maryland

[@feralmale1517]

Little bird is best bird.

[@jameshisself9324]

I was looking forward to this, but that nasty robot voice makes it a hard no.

[@geddon436]

If he would have twisted the throttle closed when he was two foot above ground.

[@danielcarlson800]

And lowered the collective.

[@jakeroon]

@@danielcarlson800 cut the fuel

[@OneHoof]

Hey. Your narration plagiarized information that I researched & wrote. I don’t mind you using my work. But at least give me credit as the author of your narration. Thanks. Charles Vérax

[@OneHoof]

This is my post I shared on Quara. There were a total of three different Hughes 500D helicopters that depicted T.C.’s helicopter, during Magnum P.I.’s eight seasons. N58243 - S1 (6 episodes) N1095A - S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6 N4943T - S6, S7, S8 There was ONE 500C with fake registration of N58243, to impersonate the crashed helicopter, from season 1, but it was only randomly thrown into the show, used as stock footage. ______________________________ N58243 the first Helicopter & the first crash. N58243 was the only 500D helicopter on Magnum P.I. equipped with emergency, inflatable floats on its skids. On 19 November 1980, during the filming of the sixth episode, N58243, crashed, killing the cameraman Robert Van Der Kar, when he was ejected up into the rotor blades and the pilot, Robert Sanders, was injured, when the low-flying helicopter, crashed into the Pacific Ocean, due to pilot error. ______________________________ At one point, a 500C, (with the Y tail), appeared onscreen briefly, strangely, with the fake registration of N58243 (the registration number of the helicopter that had crashed). I have not yet, been able to find this 500C’s real registration number. It is possible that it could have been N9267F, a 500C, used in two other episodes, in temporary peel paint, until they got N1095A, as a permanent replacement, for N58243. ------------- N1095A the second 500D helicopter & the lone survivor from the show. N1095A replaced N58243 after the Season 1 crash and ended up being THE most used 500D on the series, with a tenure that spanned over 5 1/2 seasons, (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, and part of S6)! ______________________________ N4943T the third 500D helicopter & the second crash. N4943T was the only 500D to portray T.C.’s “Chopper”, with a white window vent, on the back door. It took over towards the end of S6 and it was used for S6, S7 and S8. N4943T was the only Island Hopper Helicopter that had its registration number, on the tail boom, instead of the upper cowling. In 1988, one week after Magnum P.I. was canceled and had stopped filming, on Friday, May 13, N4943T, crashed into a drainage ditch, because of a runaway trim motor for the cyclic stick. Former Magnum P.I. pilot, Steve Kux was seriously injured, almost severing his left arm, and trapped under water, he would have drowned, if a man nicknamed, “Tiny”, hadn’t lifted the helicopter. Kux’s injury to his left arm was so severe that he was never able to fly again. -------------- The only surviving Magnum P.I. helicopter today, that is still flying, is N1095A, which was THE most used helicopter, for 5 1/2 seasons. Its airworthiness certificate is good until June 2021! N1095A, C/N 500701D, has had numerous registration number changes over the years (N31AS, N700DG, N3TJ, N3NT, N503SH, N717MA), But today, N1095A is registered as N717MA, and being flown by AIR 2, based out of Timonium, Maryland. But it travels around the country for Air 2, doing powerline work. So, keep looking up. If you ever see Air 2, doing power-line work in your area, the white, and green, MD500D, helicopter, buzzing overhead, could possibly be T.C.’s old Chopper N1095A (now N717MA), so take plenty of pictures! Mahalo! www.quora.com/Whatever-happened-to-TCs-Island-Hoppers-helicopter-from-the-original-Magnum-P-I-television-show ---------- I could tell 30 seconds into your video’s robo narration that it was taken directly from what I wrote. Please credit me as the author & source of your narration. Thanks. Charles Vérax

[@frankiehmchannel]

Description update with credits and link to your source. :-)

[@OneHoof]

@@frankiehmchannel Thank you.

[@frankiehmchannel]

Thank you for your research and information. You make a great work.

[@deltamikepilot]

Hab ich früher immer gerne gesehen! 🙂

[@mweb586]

Not entirely false. They used 6 different aircraft. You are forgetting about the ground model they used for CGI, the final season helicopter as well as the extra they had that was painted in hollywood style (peelable paint). It's okay, Heliops just released an article on it. This wasn't public until recently. Atlesat, now you have fuel for another video.

[@davidhillberg7623]

Roger came to Hiser Helicopters to learn to fly them..

[@Wheeler590]

People comment about cell phones and dropping to the ground when "it gets interesting"....did that with 40Lbs cameras also I see!

[@PaulTaylor-ko8jy]

Truth be known over a thousand cars were used for the movie over a thousand different types of helicopters we used for different types of operations still in Hawaii all the way to Georgia Tom Selleck will tell you the same thing

[@mweb586]

You are the dumbest chat bot I have ever encountered