Nobody Told Me Someone Built This Crazy Mansion With A Full-Size Airwolf Replica On The Roof

Updated May 25, 2021 6:10 PM EDT

I was doing some research on a Bell 222 whose operator has painted the helicopter in the classic Airwolf two-tone scheme when I came across what is among the most lavish homes in America—one that came replete with a full-size replica of Stringfellow Hawke’s beloved “Lady.” The absolutely mind-boggling mansion in question, which is called “Billionaire” and was built by LA developer Bruce Makowsky, is perched high over Los Angeles in one of the most exclusive areas of Beverly Hills. It originally had an asking price of a whopping $250M when it was listed in 2017 .

For the ultimate Airwolf fan, you can look at it like buying the helicopter and the house is free!

No really, even for this part of the Los Angeles area, this place is absolutely bonkers. Louis Vuitton bowling alley? Check. James Bond-themed movie theater? It’s got that. It even has its own ultralounge garage. Yes, you read that right, basically a gallery-like garage that takes up an entire floor and acts as your own personal vegas-like hostpot—one packed with $30M worth of exotic vehicles. The entire place is a big send-up to vehicles and industrial design.

Listen, at the time of it being put-up for sale, this was the most expensive house listed in America, OK. So yeah, we are talking batshit money here.

What’s so intriguing is that, from what we understand, it is very tough to get a private helipad in Los Angeles. So, this was basically an art installation, and to massive Airwolf fans like me, and maybe even you, the Lady is absolutely fine art, both in pop-culture and basic engineering aesthetic terms. The core Bell 222/230/430-series design remains one of the most attractive flying machines ever created. But really liking Airwolf and having a decommissioned Bell 222 with extremely accurate Airwolf modifications trucked and craned onto the roof of a home you plan of selling for a quarter of a billion dollars is a whole other level of commitment to the franchise.

Yeah, not exactly a feature for everyone. Quite the monumental risk actually, to the point where I can only solute the original owner.

Upon closer examination, the helicopter/art installation in question appeared very familiar, especially its fake rotors. One really high-quality Airwolf recreation did exist in a helicopter museum out east. So, I dug a little more, and here is what I found out.

Yes, the replica on the roof of the mansion is indeed this aircraft. Here is how it ended up there, according to the Tennessee Museum of Aviation, which displayed it for a period of time:

A new, full-size replica of the Airwolf helicopter was created by Steven W. Stull, for display in the Helicopter Headquarters museum located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, using a non-flying Bell 222 with molds taken directly from the originals used in the show. After the Helicopter Headquarters closed, the replica was put on loaned [sic], for display at the Tennessee Museum of Aviation located in Sevierville, Tennessee, between 2007–2015. The owner of the Airwolf replica sold the Bell 222 to a private collector in California. The replica is now on top of a $250 million mansion in Bel Air, California.

The replica Lady seen at the Tennessee Museum of Aviation in 2011., HrAtsuo/wikicommons

After it was sold on eBay , the new owner had it shipped via truck to famed car customizer West Coast Customs in Los Angeles.

“ Yo dawg ,” the West Coast Customs tie in is pretty interesting. Obviously having a replica like this inside a museum is one thing, having it be able to weather the elements outside atop a cliff is another. Also, the long-grounded Bell 222 had some hangar rash that needed to be cleaned up.

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The interior is clearly for fun. , WCC Facebook Page

So, that all makes sense now, but here’s the catch—the aircraft was removed by the mansion’s new owner during the summer of 2019. Also of note, the fake grass helipad it was sitting on is no longer marked with an “H” either. This isn’t surprising, really. Having a non-functioning helicopter sitting atop your house really isn’t something most super wealthy people are looking for, Airwolf or not.

By May of 2019, the Airwolf replica was gone from the mansion’s roof., Google Earth

That leads us to what is now a burning question, where did this high-quality recreation end up? It turns out that the aircraft was hoisted off the mansion and sent to Celebrity Helicopters at Compton Airport.

From what we can tell, she still sits outside the hangar of Celebrity Helicopters/ Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum there as part of a display that includes other famous or iconic helicopters types:

Celebrity Helicopter Facebook

So, there you have it. The mansion that had its own Airwolf may no longer be a thing, but the replica still exists. And as with so many of these things, the story of how the aircraft ended up there and what happened to it is more interesting than anything else.

At least in this case, it aviation heirloom still survives, so no reason to play a sorrowful strain on the cello on the lakeside dock of your mountain hideway while shedding a singular tear at sunset.

Stringfellow Hawke in an over-the-top emotional montage playing the cello on his mountain hideway’s dock at sunset., Airwolf Screencap

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更新于美国东部时间2021年5月25日下午6:10

我当时正在研究一架贝尔222直升机，它的运营商把它涂成了经典的“空中之狼”双色涂装。研究过程中，我偶然发现了美国最奢华的住宅之一——里面竟然摆放着一架与斯特林费洛·霍克心爱的“女士号”飞机全尺寸复制品。这座令人叹为观止的豪宅名为“亿万富翁”，由洛杉矶开发商布鲁斯·马科夫斯基建造，坐落在比佛利山庄最尊贵的区域之一，俯瞰着整个洛杉矶。它在2017年挂牌出售时，最初的要价高达2.5亿美元。

对于《飞狼》的铁杆粉丝来说，你可以把它看作是买了直升机，房子就免费了！

真的，即使在洛杉矶这个区域，这地方也绝对是疯狂至极。路易威登保龄球馆？有。詹姆斯·邦德主题影院？也有。它甚至还有自己的超豪华车库。没错，你没看错，基本上就是一个占据整整一层楼的画廊式车库，就像你专属的拉斯维加斯式豪华派对场所——里面停满了价值3000万美元的顶级豪车。整个地方简直就是对汽车和工业设计的完美致敬。

听着，这房子挂牌出售的时候，可是全美挂牌价最高的房子，好吗？所以，没错，这价格简直贵得离谱。

最令人着迷的是，据我们了解，在洛杉矶租到私人直升机停机坪非常困难。所以，这基本上算是一件艺术装置，对于像我这样的《飞狼》铁杆粉丝，或许也包括你，这架“女士”直升机无论从流行文化还是基本的工程美学角度来看，都绝对是一件精美的艺术品。贝尔222/230/430系列的核心设计至今仍是最具吸引力的飞行器之一。但是，如果你真的热爱《飞狼》，并且拥有一架经过极其精准的《飞狼》改装的退役贝尔222直升机，用卡车和起重机将其吊装到你计划以2.5亿美元出售的豪宅屋顶上，这绝对是对这部作品更高层次的热爱。

没错，这功能并非人人都能接受。实际上风险相当大，我只能向原车主致敬。

仔细观察后，我发现这架直升机/艺术装置似曾相识，尤其是它的仿制旋翼。东部一家直升机博物馆里确实有一台非常逼真的“空中之狼”复制品。于是，我深入调查了一下，以下是我的发现。

是的，宅邸屋顶上的那架复制品的确就是这架飞机。据田纳西航空博物馆（该博物馆曾展出过一段时间）所述，它最终出现在那里的原因如下：

史蒂文·W·斯图尔（Steven W. Stull）用一架无法飞行的贝尔222直升机，制作了一架全新的全尺寸“空中之狼”直升机复制品，用于在位于田纳西州鸽子谷的直升机总部博物馆展出。复制品的模具直接取自剧中原机。直升机总部博物馆关闭后，这架复制品于2007年至2015年间被借展至位于田纳西州塞维尔维尔的田纳西航空博物馆。之后，“空中之狼”复制品的拥有者将这架贝尔222直升机出售给了加利福尼亚州的一位私人收藏家。如今，这架复制品矗立在加利福尼亚州贝尔艾尔一座价值2.5亿美元的豪宅顶部。

2011年在田纳西州航空博物馆展出的复制品“女士号”。（图片来源：HrAtsuo/wikicommons）

这辆车在 eBay 上售出后，新车主用卡车将其运送到洛杉矶著名的汽车改装商 West Coast Customs。

“哟，老兄”，西海岸改装车行的合作挺有意思的。显然，在博物馆里收藏这样一架复制品是一回事，让它在悬崖顶上经受风吹雨打又是另一回事。另外，这架长期停放的贝尔222直升机还有一些机库刮痕需要清理。

在 Instagram 上查看此帖子 由 West Coast Customs (@westcoastcustoms) 分享的帖子

West Coast Customs (@westcoastcustoms) 分享的帖子

室内设计显然是为了娱乐。（WCC Facebook主页）

所以，现在一切都说得通了，但问题在于——这架飞机在2019年夏天被豪宅的新主人移走了。另外值得注意的是，它停放的人造草坪停机坪上的“H”标志也已经不见了。这其实并不奇怪。对于大多数超级富豪来说，不管是不是“空中之狼”，都不希望自家屋顶上停着一架无法使用的直升机。

截至2019年5月，飞狼飞机的复制品已从豪宅屋顶上消失。（谷歌地球）

这就引出了一个令人迫切想知道的问题：这架高品质的复制飞机最终去了哪里？答案是，它被从豪宅上吊下来，送到了康普顿机场的Celebrity Helicopters公司。

据我们所知，她仍然停放在名人直升机/明日航空博物馆的机库外，与其他著名或标志性的直升机一起作为展览的一部分展出：

名人直升机 Facebook

事情就是这样。那座曾拥有专属“空中之狼”飞机的豪宅或许已不复存在，但它的复制品依然保存完好。而就像很多这类事情一样，这架飞机最终落户于此以及它的命运，其背后的故事远比其他任何事情都更加引人入胜。

至少在这种情况下，这件航空传家宝仍然保存了下来，所以没有理由在山间隐居处的湖边码头上，一边演奏着悲伤的大提琴曲，一边在日落时分独自流下一滴眼泪。

电影《飞狼》剧照：在一段极尽煽情的蒙太奇中，斯特林费洛·霍克在日落时分于山间隐居处的码头上演奏大提琴。

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