T.C.'s Chopper Dedication

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erock308 · #1 Post by **erock308** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:24 pm

Roger and Larry sign autographs and reminisce in the old chopper!

rubber chicken · #2 Post by **rubber chicken** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:50 pm

Great to see this.

#3 Post by **ConchRepublican** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:16 am

Loving the Island Hoppers shirt!!!

#4 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:49 am

Nice!

txz045 · #5 Post by **txz045** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:31 am

A most excellent post, and thanks for sharing. Wondering about the current owner of the chopper and where it's at if on regular display year-round by chance

erock308 · #6 Post by **erock308** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:46 am

Photos taken In Las Vegas at the Heli Parts Expo 2013 by HeliOps Magazine

#7 Post by **ConchRepublican** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:16 pm

Still wearing the Da Nang hat as well, fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

maveriks · #8 Post by **maveriks** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:40 pm

Mitici!!!

MaximRecoil · #9 Post by **MaximRecoil** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:52 am

That helicopter doesn't have windows above the rear doors like TC's did:

I don't know how many different helicopters were used on the show to
portray TC's helicopter, and I don't know if they all had windows above the
rear doors. I wonder if those windows were simply optional, or if they
indicate a different variant.

N1095A · #10 Post by **N1095A** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:18 pm

Now if I can just talk T.C. into flying me to the other side of the island for gas money.

Frodoleader · #11 Post by **Frodoleader** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:59 pm

Where was this and what was the event? I don't think I saw that in your post.

#12 Post by **ConchRepublican** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:38 pm

Roger posted them to his FB page on Tuesday.

From his update that day -

ROGER E. MOSLEY IN LAS VEGAS TUES MARCH 5TH!!
Roger will be at Heli-Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center THIS TUESDAY! Come to the Phoenix Heliparts booth at 11:30 AM for an exciting unveiling of a Magnum PI helicopter replica. There will be photo ops and autograph signings throughout the day! Roger will be with Magnum co-star Larry Manetti! Don't miss this one!

Bennyjc · #13 Post by **Bennyjc** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:32 am

This chopper will be used for tours based out of Turtle Bay Resort run by Paradise Helicopters the quote below is taken from Turtle Bay Resorts facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/turtlebayresort

Magnum, P.I. alumni Rick (Larry Manetti) and T.C. (Roger E. Mosley) had over the keys to "The Chopper" to Paradise Helicopters CEO Calvin Dorn. Also present are Darin and Tina Cannon from Phoenix Heliparts who built the helicopter. "The Chopper" is slated to return home to the North Shore of Oahu and is scheduled to be available for departures from the Turtle Bay Resort sometime in April.

O-M-G · #14 Post by **O-M-G** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 6:44 pm

Great pics! many thanks!

Onehoof · #15 Post by **Onehoof** » Sat Nov 14, 2020 6:14 am

There were predominantly only 3 helicopters that depicted T. C.’s Island Hopper, helicopter on Magnum P.I.'s eight seasons.
N58243
N1095A
N4943T

With the oddball being a 500C with the fake N58243 registration number.

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N58243 with the emergency floats on its skids, crashed during S1, then N1095A, replaced it.

N1095A was THE most used helicopter in the series, appearing in Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
In season 5, in a memory sequence T. C. is shown flying for another company, Ken Enderlin Charters, (which had a rainbow in its emblem; hence T. C.’s rainbow suspenders.)
The Enderlin helicopter was a light blue and white, a Hughes 500C (369HS), with the registration of N9267F.

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Also. During filming of “Birds of a Feather” for filming aerial sequences, in California, of the bi-plane, N58428 May have been used as a camera ship.
Therefore; N58428 has the notation “film work, Magnum P. I.” in its logbook, which had been miscontrued by a lot of people over the years.
N58428 which was owned by JetCopters in Van Nuys, California may have been used as a camera ship in other episodes.

T.C.'s Chopper Dedication

T.C.'s Chopper Dedication

Take a ride in this chopper in Hawaii

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