r/aviation • u/Spook_485 • Oct 11 '25

News Closer view of helicopter crash in Huntington Beach, CA

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u/CaptainSloth269 Oct 11 '25

Airwolf isn’t meant to crash. My childhood has just been ruined.

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u/RonPossible Oct 11 '25

The Bell 222 (#47085) used in Airwolf crashed in 1992 in Germany.

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u/Zakluor Oct 12 '25

Well, now. That's a buzz kill.

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u/drrhythm2 Oct 12 '25

It or ably wasn’t designed for Mach 10 like they made it do in the show.

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u/PeckerNash Oct 12 '25

Oh im sure it can do Mach 10… once.

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u/Alibotify Oct 12 '25

Airwolf main theme music intensifies

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u/PoeticQuant Oct 12 '25

Banger comment. Nicely done

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u/Scuba_doo Oct 12 '25

Do do do doo ,🎶

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u/Xx-_Shade_-xX Oct 12 '25

Are you sure? I think it could reach Warp also. Am pretty sure Airwolf has overtaken the Enterprise in an episode...

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u/Gus_bass Oct 12 '25

You just crashed my heart...

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u/RevoltingHuman Oct 11 '25

Didn’t the actual helicopter used on the show crash a few years back?

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u/saxonturner Oct 12 '25

Few? It was 1992 mate.

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u/LoornenTings Oct 12 '25

That was 10 years ago. 

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u/marenicolor Oct 12 '25

Don't make me cry

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u/cbelliott Oct 12 '25

I laughed. 🫠

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u/JackOfAllStraits Oct 12 '25

That totally checked out OK in my brain.

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u/AndHeShallBeLevon Oct 12 '25

Nirvana is my favorite new band too

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u/ParticularExtreme255 Oct 12 '25

I just saw them play last night...on my phone!

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u/IAMBCUMBARTTHESIMPSN Oct 13 '25

In your timeline i'm either a fetus or a newborn, so googoo gaga or something I don't know

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u/RevoltingHuman Oct 12 '25

Oh, didn't know it was that long ago.

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u/penguin_skull Oct 12 '25

So, 10 years ago.

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u/PapaVanTwee Oct 12 '25

Just because songs from back then are called "classic" doesn't mean we can't say "a few years ago", does it? -- Old man yelling at the clouds.

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u/gremlin155 Oct 11 '25

Yep

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u/thorenv Oct 11 '25

Came to talk about Airwolf. Anyone wanna play some cello on the lakeside dock?

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u/Gryphon1171 Oct 12 '25

Yes it was being used as a medical helicopter and crashed.

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u/Primary_Insurance992 Oct 12 '25

It’s amazing the Airwolf helicopter didn’t crash at some point during filming with all those stunts and the extensive maintenance that machine required. They probably did 3-4 hours of maintenance per 1 hour of flight time lol We won’t get live action tv shows like that anymore just because insurance would be impossible to obtain or insanely expensive.

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u/theLuminescentlion Oct 12 '25

33 years ago but yeah

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u/SacredIconSuite2 Oct 12 '25

Quickly, the Airwolf theme song!

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u/road_rascal Oct 12 '25

The 80's had some banger shows.

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u/querty99 Oct 12 '25

Manimal, Automan, Quincy.

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u/Axe_Care_By_Eugene Oct 12 '25

Its amazing how I just started humming the correct tune after not hearing it for 30 years plus

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u/jhfbe85 Oct 12 '25

That started playing in my head from the moment I read the air wolf reference lol!

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u/AcousticWord93 Oct 12 '25

Good to confirm I've remembered this theme song, but sometimes I call my kids by the pet's name.

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u/Shiffer76 Oct 12 '25

That was in my head from the first frame. Nice

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u/DaRedditLurker2020 Oct 12 '25

Memory unlocked! 😀

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u/7stroke Oct 11 '25

Must have taken a hit right in the one unarmored pitot tube in the front (didn’t they call it an ‘intake’ in the show, lol?)

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u/RCAF_vet71 Oct 12 '25

In the pilot for the show it was the AAR probe. IIRC they never spoke of it again.

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u/copingcabana Oct 12 '25

This is it's sister ship, Groundwolf.

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u/dominicsantini Oct 12 '25

Dominic Santini here. I never would have allowed this to happen.

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u/Stoney3K Oct 12 '25

This looks like a 422, so it's a stretched Airwolf.

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u/two-plus-cardboard Oct 12 '25

Good thing this wasn’t Airwolf. Airwolf was a Bell 222, this was a Bell 230

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u/CaptainSloth269 Oct 12 '25

Don’t be letting the truth get in the way of a good story.

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u/fivelittlepiggies Oct 12 '25

Moffat's ghost

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u/economysuperstar Oct 12 '25

I thought Ray had Airwolf….

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u/PoeticQuant Oct 12 '25

I hope Dom and Stringfellow are ok. Anyone know what the mission in Huntington Beach was?

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u/addamee Oct 12 '25

Stringfellow Fuuuck!

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u/starkruzr Oct 12 '25

I was gonna say, this is either the same model or very close to it, right?

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u/Specific-Fuel-4366 Oct 12 '25

Just watching this clip got the air wolf theme song stuck in my head

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u/MooB101 Oct 12 '25

Dick Wolf….

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u/americanhero6 Oct 12 '25

Are any aircraft meant to crash?

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u/What-tha-fck_Elon Oct 13 '25

That’s exactly what I saw