I have found out about what has happened to the helicopter "The Screaming Mimi" from the 80's TV detective action show "Riptide."
I would love the metal toy of this helicopter but I doubt I would be able to find it.
"The Heavy Lift S58T used to be a hot pink, big mouth, smoke belching Hollywood premadonna! AKA The Screaming Mimi!"
"She made her small screen debut in 1984 on the TV series Riptide. The TV action series created by Stephen J. Cannell and Frank Lupo, this is about two Vietnam buddies who become private investigators. The show co-starred Joe Penny as Nick, the pilot of "Screaming Mimi," and old Sikorsky S-58T helicopter. Painted pink with a garish mouth on front, it was shabby, unreliable US Army surplus. She was depicted in the series as being low-tech and unreliable as heap compared to Airwolf and Blue Thunder. In contrast she was actually a more advanced model that had been converted to a Gas Turbine Powerplant as apposed to the internal combustion rotary engine. The series ran for three seasons from 1984-1986. Today she is alive and well fighting wildfires and serving the utility industry."
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