Magnum P.I. DVD cover.

TV Series (1980-1988)

Starring:
Tom Selleck (Magnum)
John Hillerman (Higgins)
Roger E. Mosley (TC)
Larry Manetti (Orville 'Rick' Wright)
Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley)
Kwan Hi Lim (Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka)

Thomas Magnum is employed on the Hawaiian estate of a wealthy absentee owner name Robin Masters. The estate is run by Jonathan Higgins who mostly tolerates Magnum's presence as head of security on the estate. Magnum is also a private detective whose cases frequently have a humorous overtone and always just enough danger.

Season One

Hughes 369D

Ep.1.14 Adelaide
The star aircraft of the series is Rick's Hughes 500 which appears in many episodes. A variety of Hughes 500 played the role in the series but most usually it was a 369D as in the screenshot below.

Season Two

Bell 206B JetRanger II

Ep.2.01 Billy Joe Bob.
Registration N9902K and Serial 1923.

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

Ep.2.04 From Moscow to Maui.
Unlikely Soviet Air Force.

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.

Bell UH-1 Iroquois

Ep.2.04 From Moscow to Maui.

Similar footage used in Ep.2.19 The Last Page.

Bell 206 JetRanger

Camo painted JetRangers appear in Ep.2.05 Memories Are Forever.

Bell 205

Ep.2.05 Memories Are Forever.

Bell 205

Bell 206L LongRanger

Ep.2.05 Memories Are Forever.
Registration N278KA and construction number 46613.

Lockheed C-141A Starlifter

Ep.2.05 Memories Are Forever.

Lockheed C-141 Starlifter of the USAF.

Hughes 369D

Ep.2.07 Wave Goodbye.

Boeing 747-123

Ep.2.12 The Jororo Kill.

Boeing 747-123 of American Airlines.

Piper PA-23 Aztec

Ep.2.13 Computer Date.

Piper PA-23 Aztec.

Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee

Ep.2.13 Computer Date.

Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee.

Boeing 707-309

Ep.2.13 Computer Date.
In the background is a Douglas DC-8.

Boeing 707-309 of China Airlines.

Piper Cub

Ep.2.13 Computer Date.

Piper Cub.

Bell 206B JetRanger II

Ep.2.17 Texas Lightning.
Used in a helicopter chase with Rick's chopper.
Registration N2995W and serial 1192.

Hughes 369D

Ep.2.17 Texas Lightning.

Boeing 747-122

Ep.2.18 Double Jeopardy.
Same aircraft seen in Ep.5.01.

Boeing 747-122 of United Airlines.

Same aircraft seen in Ep.5.21.

Boeing 747-122 of United Airlines.

Season Four

Bell 206 JetRanger

Ep.4.01 Home from the Sea.

Bell 206 JetRanger.

Boeing 747

Ep.4.08 A Sense of Debt.

Boeing 747.

Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard

Ep.4.10 Operation: Silent Night.

Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard of the US Coast Guard.

Douglas VC-47D Skytrain

Ep.4.11 Jororo Farewell.
Registration N102DH, c/n 20830.

Reg. N102DH Douglas VC-47D Skytrain of HL Air Cargo.

Bell 206L LongRanger

Ep.4.11 Jororo Farewell.

Bell 206L LongRanger.

Cessna 172P Skyhawk

Ep.4.11 Jororo Farewell.
Douglas DC-3 in the foreground.

Cessna 172P Skyhawk.

Douglas DC-8-62

Ep.4.13No More Mr. Nice Guy .

Douglas DC-8-62 of Hawaiian Air.

Hughes 369HS

Ep.4.20 Dream a Little Dream.
Registration N9267F, c/n 1150778S.

Reg. N9267F Hughes 369HS of K.E.Charters.

Season Five

Boeing 747-122

Ep.5.01 Echoes of the Mind: Part 1 .
Also seen in Ep.

Boeing 747-122 of United Airlines.

Cessna 185A Skywagon & Bellanca 7ECA Citabria & McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

Ep.5.06 Fragments.
Registration N4105Y, c/n 1850305, Cessna 185A Skywagon on the left, Bellanca 7ECA Citabria on the right, and landing in the background a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 of Continental Airlines.

Cessna 185A Skywagon, Bellanca 7ECA Citabria and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 of Continental Airlines.

Boeing 747-121

Ep.5.06 Fragments.

Boeing 747-121 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.

Lockheed L-1329 JetStar

Ep.5.11 Kiss of the Sabre.
Seems a fake registration N2071.

Lockheed L-1329 JetStar.

Douglas DC-3

Ep.5.15 All for One: Part 1.
Registration N162E.Operated by Air Molokai-Tropic Airlines for a time, but though the same colour it seems titled differently.