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Hawaii 5-O and Commander

Pat

Guest
Sturgis, MI
Aircraft Year
1993
Aircraft Type
114B/115
Reg Number
N374JW
Serial Number
14595
This information came from Dan Davids and I thought other Commander owners would find it interesting.

"Jack Lord with Commander

This is circa 1979. The airplane is the very first 112B. It was the factory demonstrator for 1977.
Hence the orange paint job. It had a couple hundred hours on it, which they credited me engine time.
We had it on my flight school line as our complex trainer in an FAA Approved School in Honolulu.
We also had a 114 available for rental, which also hauled cargo occasionally at night.

My dealership / FBO did all the fixed wing work for Hawaii 5-O, and Magnum P.I. after that.
At the end of this episode the 112B was being loaded up with drugs and bound for California.
We flew it into a crop duster strip not far from Pearl Harbor. Nevermind that it obviously never could
have made it to the mainland. McGarrett headed it off down the runway with his big Mercury.
The scene cut to what looked like the plane nosed into a ditch with smoke coming out of he cowling.
We had carefully maneuvered it to look like it had crashed into the ditch, covering the nose with sugar cane stalks.

Jack Lord was great. The script called for the pilot to be seen yanking the yoke left and right as McGarrett
chased. We told him that you don' steer an airplane on the ground that way, and he deferred to us.
A whole day spent out in the cane fields just for a couple of minutes for the show.
We didn't get paid much. But it was good for employee morale. Hell, I'd have done it for free.

In the photo I'm the young guy in the brown shirt. The other two fellows were my general manager and chief instructor.
I had 35 employees at this point, 23 airplanes, 5 fuel trucks, and 2 simulators. The good ol' days of general aviation.

Dan Davids"
 

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Really need thanks for sharing

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Re: Hawaii 5-O and Commander

that is absolutely priceless, Pat. :cool:

Judi
 
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Is that plane still flying?
 
Re: Hawaii 5-O and Commander

Pat- What a picture, and what a story!
THANKS for sharing. anything else?
Always enjoyed Hawaii 5-0 and like the new series as well!
 
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Great story Pat.
 
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wow very cool story Pat wonder who has this plane?
 
Re: Hawaii 5-O and Commander

Man, that orange stuff, it just burns my eyes. What is with the comment about the plane being a factory demonstrator, hence it's color? Very good story, thanks for sharing Pat.
 
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Is that Lonnie's plane?
 
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hmmm. if it was the very 1st 112B, it would hv been S/N 500, but according to FAA it's showing as N1462J, last owned by Bill Sutton in FL and exported to Cyprus 1996. however, N1462J is current Reg. # on Andy Dale's 112A. S/N 462 makes sense to be orig. '76, so not sure what's up w/that.

Judi
 
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hmmm. if it was the very 1st 112B, it would hv been S/N 500, but according to FAA it's showing as N1462J

Put your reading glasses back on, Judi. :D

The FAA reg shows it as 1162J. Looking at the picture, you can barely see the tail number, but I could see the tops of the last two positions resembling 2J.
 
Re: Hawaii 5-O and Commander

I did just get new glasses! bwhaha.

Judi
 
Re: Hawaii 5-O and Commander

Did you hear McGarrett give his famous "Book 'em, Danno." We loved that show!
 
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I can still hum that show's intro tune... :D

Judi
 
Re: Hawaii 5-O and Commander

500/ N1162J was registered in Cyprus as 5B-CIV in 1996, and is presumably still current there (last noted for sale in Feb 2006 with 2200 TT).

Back in 1990 my father photographed it in derelict condition at Honolulu (pic previously posted on the Webboard).
 
Re: Hawaii 5-O and Commander

Bookem Dano! That was my favourite line in the show! Thanks for sharing .
 
Re: Hawaii 5-O and Commander

Hello Jason

Good to see you're still keeping up with the news, how's Mum and Dad

Give them my regards

Fred
 
Re: Hawaii 5-O and Commander

Hi Fred.

All fine, thanks. Yes, association with the Commander from an early age has certainly left an indelible mark on me such that even now - with my last logged time in 94W a whole 15 years ago - I find it impossible to avoid keeping tabs on the status of the fleet and adding to the photographic collection.

Good to hear from you - and please make sure to let me know when you next plan to visit EGBG, as it would be good to see your snazzy new paint 'in the aluminium' !

Best regards,

Jason
 
Re: Hawaii 5-O and Commander

Thats a great pic!!!!!!!
 
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