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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 31 Oct 2026

GTA 6 Maverick: the Helicopter Over Vice Beach

The light helicopter in the foreground of Trailer 1’s opening shot, as “Rockstar Games Presents” comes up over Vice Beach. Fans read it as the Buckingham Maverick, a series regular since Vice City; Rockstar has not named it.

ManufacturerBuckinghamClassHelicopterSeats4
Based on
Bell 206L LongRanger

Identified

Identified in Rockstar’s footage by outside editors; Rockstar has not named it. Rockstar has published no vehicle statistics for GTA 6, so this page prints none.

Our drawing of the Helicopter class, not the in-game Maverick
Our drawing of the Helicopter class — not the in-game Maverick

Maverick in GTA 6 — real-life model, the news helicopter, can you fly it

Each answer carries how settled it is and who settled it. Where nobody has said, the card says that instead of guessing — and says what stays open even after the answer.

Has the Maverick been seen in GTA 6?

Shown, not stated

Yes — in Trailer 1 at 0:11.

Maverick in the foreground of the opening Vice Beach shot, under the Rockstar Games Presents title (Trailer 1 at 0:11). These are identifications made from Rockstar’s own footage — Rockstar has not named the vehicle in any of them.

Still open — Whether it can be driven, bought or modified — none of that shows in a frame.

Is the news helicopter over Mount Kalaga a Maverick?

Sources disagree

Two readings disagree. GTABase files it as the Maverick; GTA Wiki lists it as a separate Weazel News helicopter built on the Police Maverick’s shape.

One of Rockstar’s official screenshots shows a helicopter with a camera crew aboard, high over Mount Kalaga National Park, in red, white and black Weazel News colours. GTABase’s Maverick page counts that shot as the Maverick’s confirmation. GTA Wiki does not: it gives the aircraft its own entry and says it takes the design of the Police Maverick — which, since GTA 5, no longer shares the civilian Maverick’s airframe. Rockstar has named it neither way.

Still open — Whether GTA 6’s news helicopter is a Maverick in livery or its own model.

What real helicopter is the GTA 6 Maverick based on?

Shown, not stated

A Bell 206L LongRanger, with a shorter nose that GTA Wiki traces to the Eurocopter AS350.

GTABase and GTA Wiki both name the Bell 206L LongRanger. GTA Wiki adds the nose and a reading of the GTA 6 footage: the first Mavericks in Rockstar’s promotional material kept the GTA 4 model with a camera pod under the nose, and later ones show a more heavily revised design, closer to the Bell 206. The light helicopter in Trailer 1’s opening shot is the one GTA Wiki pictures.

Still open — Rockstar never names the real aircraft it draws from — this is a reading of the shape.

Can you fly the Maverick in GTA 6?

Nobody has said

Rockstar has not said. In GTA 5 and GTA Online it is a flyable four-seater sold through Elitás Travel — a pattern, not a promise.

Nothing Rockstar has published shows anyone at the controls of a Maverick or says where one can be found. The precedent is strong: the name has returned in every major GTA since Vice City, and in GTA 5 and GTA Online it seats four and is bought from the Elitás Travel website. None of that is a statement about GTA 6.

Still open — Whether it can be flown, where it spawns, and what it costs.

Has the Maverick been in earlier GTA games?

Stated

Yes — including GTA: Vice City, GTA: San Andreas, GTA: Liberty City Stories, GTA: Vice City Stories, GTA IV, GTA V and GTA Online.

The name returns from Rockstar’s earlier releases, which GTA Wiki lists for it. What carries over is the name and the maker; whether GTA 6’s model drives or costs the same is not known.

Still open — Whether anything beyond the name and the look carries over.

How much does the Maverick cost in GTA 6?

Nobody has said

Not announced. The same helicopter costs $780,000 in GTA Online.

Rockstar has published no GTA 6 vehicle prices. $780,000 is the price in GTA Online, the previous game, as GTA Wiki records it; nothing says GTA 6 will keep it.

Still open — The GTA 6 price, and whether it can be bought at all rather than taken.

How we checked this page

The Trailer 1 shot was timed from GTA Wiki’s shot list (0:11) and checked against GTA-XTREME’s vehicle list, which places the same shot at 0:15. For the real helicopter, GTABase and GTA Wiki both name the Bell 206L LongRanger. The Mount Kalaga news helicopter is where they part — GTABase counts it as the Maverick, GTA Wiki as a separate model — so both readings are printed rather than one chosen. GTA Intel’s record confirmed the $780,000 GTA Online price.

Seen here, not proven there

  • Trailer 1, 0:114 Dec 2023
  • GTA Wiki editors (read)1 Oct 2026
  • The game itselfnot yet
  • Trailer 1, 0:11GTA Wiki editors (read)Strong link
  • GTA Wiki editors (read)The game itselfUnverified

Evidence ledger

  • NameNamed

    The vehicle is called Maverick.

    SourceGTA Wiki editors (via GTA Intel) · checked 1 Nov 2026

  • Based onIdentified

    The model is drawn from the Bell 206L LongRanger.

    SourceGTA Wiki editors (via GTA Intel) · checked 1 Nov 2026

  • ManufacturerReading

    Manufacturer is Buckingham.

    SourceGTA Wiki editors (via GTA Intel) · checked 1 Nov 2026

  • ClassReading

    Class is Helicopter.

    SourceGTA Wiki editors (via GTA Intel) · checked 1 Nov 2026

  • SeatsReading

    Seats is 4.

    SourceGTA Wiki editors (via GTA Intel) · checked 1 Nov 2026

Trailer timestamp route

  1. 0:11

    Trailer 1

    Maverick in the foreground of the opening Vice Beach shot, under the Rockstar Games Presents title

    HighSource

Frames identified from Rockstar’s published footage by GTA Wiki editors, read 1 Oct 2026. An identification, not a statement by Rockstar — each card opens the video at that moment.Where we read it

What is still unknown

  • Top speed, handling and every other statistic of the Maverick: Rockstar has published none for GTA 6.
  • Its GTA 6 price: Rockstar has published no vehicle prices.
  • Whether Rockstar will use the name “Maverick”: it has not named this vehicle.
  • The full list of earlier games: our source marks its list as partial.
  • Whether the player can buy, steal or keep it: nobody has said.

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