In 1986 I was working in Long Beach CA. And they filmed an episode of Air Wolf next to where I was working . We got to see Air Wolf and the Santini Air helicopters fly in The Lady did not scream like she did on tv but in my head she sure did.

Wish they could bring The Lady back to life. Still the coolest chopper ever.

I was at Universal when my friend Andrew Probert designed the Airwolf mods for the Bell 222. It was worked on the "Phantom" stage floor (and they did put in a full interior, pop riveted plastic pieces). The color is what's called "Toyota Grey". The trim piece in the chin detail of the helmets is actually the back end piece of a Star Wars AT AT model kit. Andy also designed the Airwolf logo, and the Santini Air flag art. While at Universal that day, we visited the cabin set. Many of the FX shots were with a large RC Airwolf. I was told that both copters were HQ out of Van Nuys airport.

The fact that I literally live right down the street from this display and saw this three days ago and new it was a replica is kind of funny and weird at the same time, the moment I saw it, The Airwolf theme song popped in my head, but I still knew it wasn't the real thing and I do know tragic ending of the original, glad you posted this! #greatesttvshowever! #airwolf!

Man, I have wanted to fly in that bird since I was a kid! Awesome!

This show is one of my earliest memories. I was born in 1982, parents got their first video camera in 89 and by 91 I had taped over all the family videos with episodes of Airwolf. I’m about to turn 40 and I still run outside every time I hear a helicopter, which is several times a day with all the hospitals here in Cincinnati.

My childhood! Beautiful lady🤩 Thank you!!

I miss airwolf. Those were the good old days.

The “chaff door” is actually a step to climb up to the main rotor. The chaff/flare dispenser on Airwolf was hinged at the front and opened outward.

I was living in Germany when the original crashed, my dad was stationed there, didn't even know until years later that it was the original Airwolf that crashed.

Are you kidding me? the Lady is a legend and should be pampered indoors.

Why doesn't someone try and restore this amazing piece of tv history? One of my favorites. Thank you for the history and visual of this incredible machinery.

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Loved that show!! Just started rewatching the show!!

I met the cast way back in 84 in San Pedro, California on the set.

Wow thanks for sharing! I remember when they undertook this project and then hung it in the museum unfinished. Had a falling out so some exterior was not finished at the time. Interior was never meant to be seen. I see they were able to close in the unfinished side pods since I last saw it. Too bad they weren't able to make it in combat mode. Glad it still exists. It's the only Airwolf left since the original is long gone

One of my all time favorite shows growing up. Thanks for this vid, would love to see her up close.

Thanks for sharing this. Don't remeber where (we lived in Victorville California so it had to be so where in the desert of socal) , but my parents took me and my brother to the movie set. Still loves that series!

Dear brother I am once again thankful to you from Pakistan. Thank you for showing this full scale Airwolf helicopter model. It seems that might be it flew ... 💕

The Bell 222A that was used for "Redwolf" crashed in 1986 during military exercises. The Bell 222A that was used as the on-screen "Airwolf" crashed and was destroyed in a fire when it hit a mountainside on June 6, 1992. I was making plans to visit this very exhibit at the Tennessee Air & Space Museum in Pigeon Forge, TN when I found out that it had been sold! I was SO pissed because I'm a HUGE "Airwolf" fan and have been ever since it first aired in 1984!

Thank you for this video. This is perfect for finishing my scale RC Airwolf.

I didn't know! And I live in L.A. I can only surmise one side is in worse condition because it faces the sun all day. I see on Google Earth it's in an east/west position. A restored model is in the Tennessee Museum of Aviation. The air scoops on the landing gear pods would have been pretty cool on the production 222.

N1074T which was RedWolf did indeed crash in April 1987 killing the two crew after a maintanance check. N9988K The prototype Bell 222 was used as the mock up for airwolf and had Doms set up in the back and a mock up cockpit. It was broken up after the Airwolf series was completed N2044C which was Santini Airs Bell 206 Jetranger is still active in Minnesota. This also appeared in episodes of Blue Thunder,The A team,The Fall Guy & the film Eraser amoung others

THANK YOU for this! I greatly appreciate all the details you gave. I remember when I heard the original Airwolf had crashed; I was bummed out for three days.

A helicopter pilot friend of mine Kevin Mulhern when asked after having been on a training flight with him in a 12 seat Sikorsky would you be able to practise an engine failure in an Airwolf like we had just done by throttling down one engine on approach, he said in Airwolf if you did that the other engine would take you to the scene of the crash! I will never forget that, god rest his sole Kevin died in a helicopter crash.

Very cool..loved the show growing up in 80s

About mid 80s' I was working for Rockwell at the Santa Susana Field Lab in the Simi Valley , Ca. mountains . They filmed Airwolf up there , they also landed Airwolf next to the shop I was working in .

The Airwolf Legacy must continue! A Producer should make new films on Airwolf and new cast members and new episodes!

So freaking cool!! It brings back so many memories thank you for this!

I remember that show and damn do I remember that helicopter it's beautiful

One of my favorite helicopter when I was 8 years old, I always modeled it out of clay and drew pictures of it in my school notebooks if I had money I would definitely buy it, it's a childhood dream that still lives on.

My 02 Ford Focus had a similar gunmetal metallic gray paint job so when it came to the extremely important act of bestowing a name on her she was dubbed The Lady, a name that stuck with her first 14 of the 19 years I had her. The last 5 since she started showing her years she was dubbed the Millennium Focus. Built the AMT kit of Airwolf back in the day but suffered a tragic shelf collapse accident (RIP Movin On Kenworth, first run Millennium Falcon and Xwing, Galactica and Cylon Raider) and picked up the AMT CHP chopper on the odd hope that the AW parts might have remained on sprues as "mystery parts " simply not listed in the instructions as used to happen with some older licensed kits. No such luck but I salvaged most of the AW components as it was the stock Bell that took the brunt of the damage for future rebuild. Of course over the years I've been able locate another full on AW kit and finally with unplanned retirement I'm starting to dig into mine and my late wife's build someday closet stash.

The theme tune was awesome also!!!!

How cool is that! Thanks for showing the replica Will. Let's hope at some point they clean it up a bit and take good care of it.

The man who built this replica for that museum in Pidge Forge I know through the Airwolf community his name is Steven Stull and made WIP pics of when he did this mock-up he was going to add electronic data command center, & also combat mode for it but never got around to it sadly.

thanks for the tour,I still love the lady

I love the mid air refueling probe, looks like they stuck a old hydraulic fitting on the end of a broom handle. 🙂🇦🇺

If ever a machine had a soul it is that magnificent beauty. Love and peace to it.

Not a chaff door it’s a step for rotor head and swash inspection access - this 222 has non standard/early model mast and tail rotor shaft and hubs, possibly cut down for practicality, the color on the replica is a gunmetal base coat clear coat and sky grey, the exhausts are also dummy units way longer than the flying set and lacking that blue brown tinge as you mentioned. Just a note on the 222 safety record, it certainly had a bad reputation and there were a disproportionate rate of fatal crashes due to design and mechanical faults early on but they were addressed and she is still highly regarded by pilots and ground crew and no one can deny her sex appeal, possibly one of the most beautiful helicopters ever made.

These guys need to build a fully functional version, complete with blank-firing mounts, etc. 😅👍

one of my fav tv shows 🙏 great memories

I saw the original Airwolf at an airshow at El Toro when I was a kid in the early 80s.

So sad to see it deteriorating !! Wow for what you do show in the video... Thank you !!

Love the Rip Tide chopper sitting next to it.

A memories that not forgotten I see spirits of hawke and Dominic inside

Thanks for this!just thinking that the gash in the side reminds me of season 1 episode with Shannon Doherty when the missle piercing the side and Archangel using his cane to push it out as it released gas.the front color looks like it is either flat color or slightly differently done on either side of the cowling in front of the main windows.I hope someone will undertake at least a refresh on this replica as this is very unique not seen a lot.looking for ward to your star trek post and hope your trip goes great!!😀😀👍

I watch Airwolf every week when I was a young teenager..I love Airwolf

The green Sikorski in the background has my interest!

Nice HD footage in gorgeous LA light. I’m glad we filmed with the Replica in its prime in 2008

This may have been said elsewhere, but the rotor system installed on the replica was recovered (if I recall correctly) from a Huey, the cost of genuine a 222 set being much too high at the time. I remember watching (online) the work in progress back in 2007 or so as this was being constructed. Nice to see it's no longer on an inaccessible rooftop! ;)

A shame she isn't able to fly. One day, one day, we'll get something similar to The Lady. Then again, the Apache can be considered the IRL Airwolf from the tactics used by US pilots (i.e. Hunter-Killer, etc)

If I had it and had the money I would work on it and complete it inside and out copying the original as accurate as possible. :)

You can tell it is not the original helicopter - the rotor head is totally different lol. Good video, Airwolf was my favourite show growing up.

Brilliant to see thanks for posting

Cool, a fairly accurate replica on the exterior. Such a tragedy what happened to the original and her occupants.

Thanks for filming and posting this!

I have pictures of it, and all kinds from Halson's Helicopter Museum .. it hung from the celieing so they were not worried about people looking into it.. Sadly there was a lot of things that led to it closing down. It was so awesome to get to got to it multiple times and goto the FlyIns when they had them.... So sad to see it in this shape, but glad to know that it has found a home in another museum!

Will,,,,,,,,,THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A WELL DOCUMENTED VIDEO !,,,,,,God Bless !

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Beautiful bird, amazing show, but sad to see it in this state. Thanks for the video.

Excelente Video, muchas gracias. I love AIRWOLF, Saludos desde CHILE.

incrible, amazing. cool, my favorite serie the years 80.

Thanks for this, next time we are over there in the US, perhaps May/June 2023 we might just stop there for a look....

Looks like a great trip Will - travel safe!

Good thing they got the helicopter behind the wolf to keep an 👁️👁️ on things

Thank you for showing it

This replica was cleaned up and restored by West Coast Customs in Burbank before it went to the roof of the mansion.

Nice. I grew up watching Air wolf!

Would love to put a group together to come help restore her. Shame to see the lady in such disrepair. Thank you for sharing.

Would love to see this lady built up to fly!! Awesome

It looks fantastic! Hey, you should check my build out! I did used the revell anthracite grey but I added it a bit more black because the grey turns out a bit more light hope to see ur build !!

I've been there to that exact airport. I hope you ate at the restaurant that is front of the airport. Probably one of the best places I've had lunch at.

Would be cool to own the original & fly it. Thanks for showing this replica.

Everyone talking a about the engineering and mods etc Me: Airwolf was one of the sickest shows as a kid. Right there with Knight Rider, and Street Hawk.

Does anyone know if the video of the chain gun weapons operating were actual weapons? I realize they were never mounted on Airwolf but just curious if they were real on other platforms? The way they extended from the aerodynamic pods and then the barrels moved forward in the mounting booms was a stroke of genius as far as TV theatrics was concerned! Thanks for sharing, very nice video!

childhood dream, still so cool!

Great video, nicely showing some details. It must be there for at least a few years now? I think the whole right side is starting to fade and become matt due to the excessive sunshine, therefore the left side looks way better. Too bad to see the flat tyres. The interior is totall rubbish now but originally when this model was built they used real dashboard gauges, both original seats, etc. Back in the day I followed the whole building process but the website doesnt exist anymore. Still many thanks to Steven W. Stull to build it!

Just awesome!🤗

It's ironic for years we thought the original starship Enterprise was white the franklin mint even did a diecast of the the Enterprise in white but in reality it was painted light grey and now Airwolf for years I thought it was black & white. It just goe's to show you like life everything is not just black & white.

Really cool tho..thank you for going and sharing.

Vielen Dank für dieses Video ! Lg aus Wien

STILL SO COOL TO SEE 😎🤩👌👍 .

Cool thanks for video. Hope the repair soon

Watched the show even had my own version "white wolf!" #1 on bucket list is to fly a chopper(oh yeah!)

The 222 had a problem with the Lycoming engines. The air ambulance program in Memphis TN had several and one had to make an emergency landing on the interstate and trucked back to Memphis. The 222 problems were solved with the 430. It's sad that it's deteoriating in the sun and not in a building.

Thank you for this 😊

Damn its beautiful!

It's really sad that no one is taking care of this heli to try and preserve it. I would most definitely try to purchase it if I could afford it. The correct name for the paint is called, 'Phantom Gray Metallic'.

Thank you very much for the video I am building this model right now

It was at Pidgeon Forge, TN museum. Right next to the P-47.

I grew up in Burbank as a kid and one day I woke up to somebody making a movie next-door to my house. So I walked over and who did I find???…. Jan Michael Vincent! He was waiting for them to set it up his scene so he was working on his tan with shirt off wearing a pair of jeans and had his cowboy hat on,LOL. He was hella cool and let me kick it with him and talked to me for 20 minutes or so until he had to go do his scene! Super cool dude!

Awesome brother! 😎

That is a beautiful chopper

My father built a R/C Model of the Airwolf back in the late 80's . He won some awards for the build . Not sure what awards exactly as he threw away almost all his R/C related documents when Alzheimers took over.

Thanks for sharing this, I wish I could give this a home here in the Uk 😩shame

Great video!!!!

I was gonna visit it when it was in Tenn there's another hanging from the Ceiling in another museum somewhere

Omg I love Airwolf!!!

Live in LA area I will try to go out to Compton airport and go see the replica model of airwolf on the TV show they always have the real one I'll take some pictures and send tell my friends show them I'm a huge fan of the TV show when I was on back of the 80s

Very cool!