In 1986 i was working in Long Beach, California. They filmed an episode of Air Wolf where I was working Unfortunately the real Air Wolf did not sound anything like the one on TV. Still it was pretty cool to see both Air Wolf and the Santini Air helicopters in person .We got to see them fly in and land.
@@waschte123 later yes they rebuild it to medic heli and on mission he crashed.. why they put him not on a movie vehicle museum ? same with a team van and a original knightrider car..
@@fipsassmussen1046 I have always wondered this. The only thing I could think of is it cost a little bit more for the upkeep of a helicopter than it does a car that was featured on a TV show or in the movie
That is one beautiful Helicopter and ever since I started looking at airwolf I loved the base helicopter for airwolf.The Bell 222 and 230 and so on are beautiful helicopters and this may seem crazy but the part of love most of all is when the landing gear is lifts up.I guess you can call that nostalgic because I just remember watching airwolf and hearing that music when ever airwolf lifts off.Again one of the most beautiful helicopters ever made.
Beautiful! Pure arial poetry in motion! Always loved Bell 222 airframe! Looks like Airwolf from TV show! Please never crash or sell this heli! Keep the Airwolf dream alive for us fans!
At 1:37 I was just waiting to hear that iconic music to start playing! (Airwolf theme of course). If I could afford a helicopter - the 222 is the one I'd buy Its quite beautiful.
Such a beautiful machine, with lots of notable history from its appearance in smokey and the bandit 2 while operated by PHI as N50163 and its time served with west jefferson hospital as the air care unit then off to san diego university hospital as life flight, then across the seas to canada as C-GPRH under pacific helicopters, vancouver island helicopters, trojan helicopters and then back in the states as N981AB and now today as N222ZX.. long live C/N 47011.. may she last forever :)
Same here and did. Seen them as a medical helicopter. Flying into the local hospital. Never had the chance to get close. I still dream I am flying Airwolf.
had the Airwolf theme song playing in my head for half this video and wasn't even conscious that I was humming it until halfway through. it's that deeply ingrained into my subconscious. not sure if that's bad or good. I guess it's a bad sign but a good thing to be ingrained.
If I somehow one day won the lottery, I would get me one of these and have it painted like Airwolf... Decked out in business class luxury for all my domestic traveling!
Exactly what I was thinking. Apparently Bell still make all the parts for it so if you buy one you can run it. May need to win big on the lottery as I think they cost close to a million.
This is the heli seen in smokey and the bandit two (from 1980) they step out of this 222 during the truck race. The bell 222 registration number was N50163, the construction number is 47011. this was the 11th 222 off the assembly floor :)
Serioulsy, every existing Bell 222 has to painted like Airwolf and shown to the world!! What a phenomen. It's like Michael Jackson as a thing in the skys
I worked on the Duce for many years. I didn't see any evidence of grease from the main rotor before or after the flight. They are required to be lubed every 25 hours or after flying in rain. The Maintenance Manual also requires it to be purge lubed, if it's not slinging grease, it hasn't been lubed properly.
Thanks for your comment....The discs at the top and center of the rotor head are Elastameric M/R Trunions. The M/R flaps at that point to allow the M/R to compensate for un-equal lift.
You have a good point...Back when I produced this video TH-cam copyright policy was more stringent. The silent portion of the video had the music but I had to remove it. I'm working on another video that will play the theme song...Stay tuned! Thank you for commenting!
WOW WOW This is definately one of the best Bell 222 videos I've ever seen!! Thanx so much for sharing! Awesome camera work on take off! Also awesome you put the gear up low above the ground. Just like Airwolf :D
Just love it, I really would like learn to plit a copter, in fact i´ve been spending my time reaing about and watching a lot of vids, different conetns ons, and After making my models of a huey in 65!!, and very hard vids about people in Nam, peolpe in helicoptes...well. Thanks for posting, cheers mate.
To me, "Airwolf" certainly wasn't a good show. But real Bell-222/230's are the most beautiful machines ever. They combine Huey-like sound and more streamlined shape of fuselage. P.S.: Special thanks for the real-looking motion of the rotors, unlike most other helicopter videos where even tips of rotating blades are clearly visible.
It was a plain 222B with custom made side panels, nose panel and faux missile pods. The chain guns were detachable pieces for movie effect. The chain gun animation where they ''pop out'' was just a model assembled on a bench with a broom stick and rope operation. Outside of that, there was nothing really special about the helicopter itself. After production, the helicopter panels were removed and stored. Later they were purchased and are currently owned by one very internet famous Airwolf fan responsible for creating the Airwolf CD re-mastered tracks. He has since outfitted those panels on a non-flying Bell 222B airframe.
Sadly the aircraft used in filling the show Airwolf. Was destroyed in Germany. It was converted for use as a medi-vac helicopter, and crashed while in use. So it actually did save lives, just not by shooting rockets and guns at things.
You missed Airwolf episode "Dominic's Millions". Dom saves a millionaire, turns down a million dollars over the first flight to transport a medical human heart.
The machine is very beautiful...all black . I'll call it "Black Beauty". Okay so it is the name of a horse but the helicopter looks beautiful and it is black.
The underside of Airwolf was a custom pearl-grey and the top was Phantom Grey Metallic (paint code B-6 by Dupont) - I loved the series and was always convinced it was black & white !
In 1986 i was working in Long Beach, California. They filmed an episode of Air Wolf where I was working Unfortunately the real Air Wolf did not sound anything like the one on TV. Still it was pretty cool to see both Air Wolf and the Santini Air helicopters in person .We got to see them fly in and land.
The original Helicopter crashed
@@waschte123 later yes they rebuild it to medic heli and on mission he crashed.. why they put him not on a movie vehicle museum ? same with a team van and a original knightrider car..
Oh,those 222’s sound super sweet.
I know, I always find myself listening for wolf sound or the howl sound that Airwolf made
@@fipsassmussen1046 I have always wondered this. The only thing I could think of is it cost a little bit more for the upkeep of a helicopter than it does a car that was featured on a TV show or in the movie
That is one beautiful Helicopter and ever since I started looking at airwolf I loved the base helicopter for airwolf.The Bell 222 and 230 and so on are beautiful helicopters and this may seem crazy but the part of love most of all is when the landing gear is lifts up.I guess you can call that nostalgic because I just remember watching airwolf and hearing that music when ever airwolf lifts off.Again one of the most beautiful helicopters ever made.
Beautiful! Pure arial poetry in motion! Always loved Bell 222 airframe! Looks like Airwolf from TV show! Please never crash or sell this heli! Keep the Airwolf dream alive for us fans!
I think that the Bell 222 is still one of the best "looking" helicopters around even apart from the Airwolf TV series
I do agree! Thank you for commenting!
@@Trackup1 100% conquer
Sim, o design dele para mim nunca foca velho!
Lindo helicóptero.
Fantastic helicopter, no wonder Airwolf was top 80's TV show.
Go Airwolf go.. these Bell 222s are one of my favorite model of helicopters and so is the Bell 206 jet ranger and longranger 👍😀😀😀
still the most beautiful helicopter design :)
Wow, most beautiful helicopter ever!!! Even after 40 years. Love it!
At 1:37 I was just waiting to hear that iconic music to start playing! (Airwolf theme of course). If I could afford a helicopter - the 222 is the one I'd buy Its quite beautiful.
Thank you for your comment!
Such a beautiful machine, with lots of notable history from its appearance in smokey and the bandit 2 while operated by PHI as N50163 and its time served with west jefferson hospital as the air care unit then off to san diego university hospital as life flight, then across the seas to canada as C-GPRH under pacific helicopters, vancouver island helicopters, trojan helicopters and then back in the states as N981AB and now today as N222ZX.. long live C/N 47011.. may she last forever :)
I look at this fine helicopter and the "Airwolf" theme starts playing in my head.
I should insert the theme song....Its been needing it for sooo long! All I need is some encouragement!
Beautiful machine. If I ever saw it, I would freak out.
Same here and did. Seen them as a medical helicopter. Flying into the local hospital. Never had the chance to get close.
I still dream I am flying Airwolf.
The coolest looking chopper ever!
had the Airwolf theme song playing in my head for half this video and wasn't even conscious that I was humming it until halfway through. it's that deeply ingrained into my subconscious. not sure if that's bad or good. I guess it's a bad sign but a good thing to be ingrained.
Mr.
I kept waiting to hear the “growl”.
To me also the same thing happened
The two blades were the song.
love this 222 so much. easily my favorite nostalgic helicopter
Looks cool but Airwolf looks the coolest.Nothing like it ever
They just need to pain the underside white and you have an Airwolf look a like.
Add to that they put prop guns etc etc Airwolf was in fact a Bell 222
I always thought it was more like a growl when they turned.
If I somehow one day won the lottery, I would get me one of these and have it painted like Airwolf... Decked out in business class luxury for all my domestic traveling!
Exactly what I was thinking. Apparently Bell still make all the parts for it so if you buy one you can run it. May need to win big on the lottery as I think they cost close to a million.
I’d put a rotor from a UH-1 on mine so everyone could hear me coming
One of the most finest helicopter designs of the 80's and 90's. Until this very day, I am still fascinated with it.
I ve never been a big helicopter fans, but man.. this is so beautiful! Love the Bell-222 Airwolf.
And she is still looking good at 43 years old! Thanks for commenting!
Going on 50 years after the design and it's still a gorgeous shape.
Beautiful chopper, unfortunately one of the worst mechanical choppers ever developed… rear drive train issues and 20 plus fatalities from crashes
I flown a bell 222 in the military and it was very much. Like the air wolf you know. and sounded similar except it didn't have the hood scoop..😊😮
Im just waiting for the turbos to be engaged and the chopper just disappears. Airwolf theme threw the whole video playing in my head!!
I would put the music 🎶 in this video 😂. So cool 😎
Me encanta este helicóptero.
Es bellísimo.
Sobre todo por qué fue el utilizado en la serie. LOBO DEL AIRE.
You can almost hear the howl of the Wolf
i guess I'm kinda randomly asking but does anybody know a good website to watch new tv shows online ?
@Noe Eduardo Flixportal =)
@Wyatt Landyn Thank you, signed up and it seems like a nice service =) Appreciate it !
@Noe Eduardo you are welcome :)
In my heart I heard the howl
Lots of good sound effects in this video, from the turbine starting to the sounds of rotor blades rotating.
This is the best looking helicopter
That is one badass looking helicoptor!
The best they can make a helicopter look. Timeless design.
One of the best looking choppers out there :)
0:15 i hear the airwolf theme starting
Such a beautiful aircraft.
This is the heli seen in smokey and the bandit two (from 1980) they step out of this 222 during the truck race. The bell 222 registration number was N50163, the construction number is 47011. this was the 11th 222 off the assembly floor :)
I cant not hum the airwolf music watching this haha, What a great looking helicopter!
Thank you!
RIP Jan-Michael Vincent.
I miss the sound of an airwolf.
The sound of its own TradeMark.
So true! Thank you for commenting!
awesome footage there, that pilot must feel special :)
Serioulsy, every existing Bell 222 has to painted like Airwolf and shown to the world!! What a phenomen. It's like Michael Jackson as a thing in the skys
That is so damned beautiful that it boarders on absurdity.
Thank you for an awesome comment!
Good to see Airwolf flying again . My prayers came true . Thank you . Mary Babiec
Me encanta la sutileza con la que los manejan profesionales,no hay que pedir más.😉
¡Gracias por el cumplido!
You owe it to yourself to open another window and play either the Airwolf theme or the Knight Rider theme while you watch this video.
four blade main rotor is Bell 430, two blade is either the Bell 222 or the Bell 230
Love the Huey's traditional 'chop....chop.....chop.....chop!😁
Great camera angles!! Love the aerial shots as well.
Thanks a lot!
Best sounding helo......Wish my R22 sounded like that.
I worked on the Duce for many years. I didn't see any evidence of grease from the main rotor before or after the flight. They are required to be lubed every 25 hours or after flying in rain. The Maintenance Manual also requires it to be purge lubed, if it's not slinging grease, it hasn't been lubed properly.
01:21 so that's where Blue Thunder got its whisper mode. :p
Thanks for your comment....The discs at the top and center of the rotor head are Elastameric M/R Trunions. The M/R flaps at that point to allow the M/R to compensate for un-equal lift.
Nice looking helecopter. You should check out the new Bell 360 Invictus. Paint it like Airwolf a new modern Airwolf ready for action
I think you’re on to something there! Thank you for commenting.
Cmon bro put the air wolf theme on!
You have a good point...Back when I produced this video TH-cam copyright policy was more stringent. The silent portion of the video had the music but I had to remove it. I'm working on another video that will play the theme song...Stay tuned! Thank you for commenting!
@@Trackup1 Ty for the reply. Subscribed! Really good camera work too!
@@LOLmusics I am pleased you enjoyed the video! Thank you so much for the compliment and subscription!
Played "AIRWOLF" theme to this....AWSOME!!!
Thank you for commenting!
If they ever reboot a tv show where it left off,Airwolf would be it.
This is possibly the most (real life) bad ass 222 video I have seen in My entire life !
Thank you so much for such an awesome comment!
WOW WOW This is definately one of the best Bell 222 videos I've ever seen!! Thanx so much for sharing! Awesome camera work on take off! Also awesome you put the gear up low above the ground. Just like Airwolf :D
One word... " Gorgeous" 💕💕💕💕
Thank you!
Thank you!
Just love it, I really would like learn to plit a copter, in fact i´ve been spending my time reaing about and watching a lot of vids, different conetns ons, and After making my models of a huey in 65!!, and very hard vids about people in Nam, peolpe in helicoptes...well. Thanks for posting, cheers mate.
Same bro.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Loooove this helicopter so much
Airwolf. My God this was my favorite show as a kid. This and the Rifleman. Oh Lord 😂
I do miss that show!
el mejor helicopter civil de la historia 222.....!! thank you for the video thank !
Still one of the most beautiful helicopters. #Airwolf
That is just one sexy aircraft. Favorite show from my 80's childhood next to Knightrider.
Same here. I never missed a show back in the day. Thank you for commenting!
this one was used in smokey and the bandit 2 :]
This is a Bell 222, Airwolf was a 222A, this was built in 1980.
To me, "Airwolf" certainly wasn't a good show. But real Bell-222/230's are the most beautiful machines ever. They combine Huey-like sound and more streamlined shape of fuselage.
P.S.: Special thanks for the real-looking motion of the rotors, unlike most other helicopter videos where even tips of rotating blades are clearly visible.
Jet Ranger To us...you have no taste in television.
Correction - I had no taste in television several years ago.
was to good show
Very COOL!
Bell broke the mold with this timeless design! Thank you for commenting.
Dear Santa......
Some cool looking helicopter
Una belleza de helicóptero me recuerda a mi sería favorita lobo del aire.
X2
Al fin alguien que habla español.. saludos desde Colombia
Special shout out to the bolts that hold the rotors on...
That is one beautiful machine...
the bell 222 is my favorite helicopter of all time grew up watching bloody airwolf bit sad you dont have the fifty cal and rpg launcher
Can you imagine having a Bell 222, painting it black, and NOT painting the belly white? I mean c'mon man.
Hey where's the Turbos? I didn't think they were an optional extra... lol
I like the colour on this Airwolf
I was waiting for the air wolf theme to kick in
Its been needing it for sooo long! All I need is some encouragement!
I read that Airwolf was a customized Bell 222, complete with special fx.
It was a plain 222B with custom made side panels, nose panel and faux missile pods. The chain guns were detachable pieces for movie effect. The chain gun animation where they ''pop out'' was just a model assembled on a bench with a broom stick and rope operation. Outside of that, there was nothing really special about the helicopter itself. After production, the helicopter panels were removed and stored. Later they were purchased and are currently owned by one very internet famous Airwolf fan responsible for creating the Airwolf CD re-mastered tracks. He has since outfitted those panels on a non-flying Bell 222B airframe.
Sadly the aircraft used in filling the show Airwolf. Was destroyed in Germany. It was converted for use as a medi-vac helicopter, and crashed while in use. So it actually did save lives, just not by shooting rockets and guns at things.
You missed Airwolf episode "Dominic's Millions". Dom saves a millionaire, turns down a million dollars over the first flight to transport a medical human heart.
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So airwolf didn't fire from its chain guns but the interior with all those buttons were fake also the turbos ?
Airwolf brings here!!
Lol how did Google know I like airwolf ha ha. I cam hear the theme song as the rotors are warming up!!
That's Awesome! Thanks for commenting!
It sounds very quite & very smoothe
The machine is very beautiful...all black . I'll call it "Black Beauty". Okay so it is the name of a horse but the helicopter looks beautiful and it is black.
Thank you for your thoughtful comment! I appreciate it.
nice to see airwolf in action
Thank you for commenting!
OK how many were playing the music in their heads while watching? me
Super.
Den Sound finde ich klasse.
Habt ihr auch das Turbinenen abstellen aufgenommen?
Actually, it's 'Redwolf', before the refit/upgrade.
Paint its belly white please.
why should he?
To make it look more like Airwolf
The underside of Airwolf was a custom pearl-grey and the top was Phantom Grey Metallic (paint code B-6 by Dupont) - I loved the series and was always convinced it was black & white !
@@TheTrojanMaker why even ask such a thing
@@saschabach3285 Redwolf *was* a regular Bell 222 with a laser and side guns (built into the "wings"), so you got something going there.
Nice video. Thank you for NOT adding any jackass music to it.
that looks fast
Airwolf in civil, nice video! 👍
Thank you for the nice comment!
AirWolf好きでたどり着いた人👍
As an ex Kiowa mechanic, I see the design similarities
Sempre tive o sonho de pilotar o águia de fogo!
I am a fan of the show
At 2:35 he starts moving like a shark in the ocean :-P
What a beauty.
Belly of the Wolf.. Wheels Up Ready to Fly Again..
Esta foi melhor série da TV Parabéns quem fez
He puts his gear down so early, Stringfellow would have left it till he was kissing the tarmac.
Actually the Airwolf was a Bell 222 with bodywork :)
Glenn Jacobsen you mean to tell me that all 222’s don’t have rockets that drop out of the bottom and guns that spring out from the landing gear
Make Up Your Mind inator of course they do, they just miss the bodywork.
this helicopter is something i would be honored to lift in one day
if ill ever live to get in one that is xD
I would be honored to be the one to take you. Thank you for commenting.
Where are the little turbojet engines in the landing gear sponsons?