T.C.'s Chopper Pre-Magnum

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T.C.'s Chopper Pre-Magnum

#1 Post by StarchedUndershirts »

Today I had a lazy day watching a bunch of tv shows on DVD. After watching a couple episodes of Magnum, I watched the 2-hour 3rd season premier of Vega$ (Aloha, You're Dead) starring Robert Urich as Vegas P.I. Dan Tanna.
Tanna is kidnapped and smuggled by a group of casino moguls to get him to kill Tanna's boss.
They use the Anderson Estate as their hideaway. In the final scene when the leader of the group is trying to flee the estate by boat, Tanna hitches a ride on TC's chopper to catch him. Same color and while I couldn't read all the numbers and letters on the bottom of the chopper, there's no doubt it was the same chopper.
This episode aired less than two months before the series premier of Magnum, P.I.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0739185
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#2 Post by J.J. Walters »

Wow, cool! I knew that the Estate was used in this episode, but I didn't realize the chopper was used as well! What are the numbers that you can identify?
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#3 Post by StarchedUndershirts »

N58243. They're on the top right of the chopper, too! Edited to add:

When the police show up at the estate, the chopper appears right above the estate for a few seconds. Long enough for me to say, IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS?! Then when Tanna gets on it and you get a closer look, there's no doubt. I wish I knew how to upload a screenshot.

Also, both shows aired on CBS.
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#4 Post by StarchedUndershirts »

I can't get the link to work, but if you search YouTube for: Vega$ Robert Urich there is a 44 min video of part 2 of this episode. The chopper appears in the last 6& 1/2 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO_5S3LJtOE
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#5 Post by J.J. Walters »

Whoa, that was the chopper that crashed into the ocean during the filming of "Skin Deep"! :(
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#6 Post by StarchedUndershirts »

J.J. Walters wrote:Whoa, that was the chopper that crashed into the ocean during the filming of "Skin Deep"! :(
Wow! That's one of my favorite episodes. Nice to have two of my favorite t.v. shows linked like that. 8)
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StarchedUndershirts wrote:I can't get the link to work, but if you search YouTube for: Vega$ Robert Urich there is a 44 min video of part 2 of this episode. The chopper appears in the last 6& 1/2 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO_5S3LJtOE
Finally got to a desktop where I could get the right link. :D 8)

If you don't want to watch the whole video, TC's chopper appears at about 38:00 into the video.
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