Item #14: Airwolf
We could go on and on about the obvious positive aspects of the helicopter. I mean, the
military, television stations, fire departments, police departments, air ambulance
companies, etc. all love this vehicle for its unequaled maneuverability and capacity to move
people and things with great efficiency. However, where as most people who don't have any
sort of flight training could probably keep an airplane aloft for a while, if you tried the
same thing with a helicopter you would soon be participating in an explosive crash.
Helicopters are difficult to control and it takes a long time to learn how to fly them.
Even more so if you are a raging alcoholic has-been, such as Jan Michael Vincent.
In general, it's a bad idea to put pathetic drunks behind the controls of any kind of vehicle,
let alone a state-of-the-art military helicopter. Wait, what's that? The Apache attack
helicopter came into service in 1984? The same year that Airwolf was on TV? Wouldn't
that mean that Airwolf is just a plain old, civilian model, jet-helicopter painted a special
color and crewed by a bunch of retarded characters with even more retarded names like
"Stringfellow Hawke?"
Wouldn't that mean that Airwolf sucked?
Fun Airwolf Facts (from the IMDB): After the show was cancelled, the chopper was sold
to a German firm. Airwolf - as a Bell 222 - flew as an air ambulance, and eventually
crashed on 9 June 1991, during a thunderstorm, killing all three passengers.
During filming on the series, one of the Airwolf choppers crashed during a maneuver in Pico
Canyon in California. Reid Rondell, Jan Michael Vincent's stunt double, was killed and a
special credit appeared at the end of that particular episode dedicating the installment to
him.
Touching, wouldn't you agree?
We could go on and on about the obvious positive aspects of the helicopter. I mean, the
military, television stations, fire departments, police departments, air ambulance
companies, etc. all love this vehicle for its unequaled maneuverability and capacity to move
people and things with great efficiency. However, where as most people who don't have any
sort of flight training could probably keep an airplane aloft for a while, if you tried the
same thing with a helicopter you would soon be participating in an explosive crash.
Helicopters are difficult to control and it takes a long time to learn how to fly them.
Even more so if you are a raging alcoholic has-been, such as Jan Michael Vincent.
In general, it's a bad idea to put pathetic drunks behind the controls of any kind of vehicle,
let alone a state-of-the-art military helicopter. Wait, what's that? The Apache attack
helicopter came into service in 1984? The same year that Airwolf was on TV? Wouldn't
that mean that Airwolf is just a plain old, civilian model, jet-helicopter painted a special
color and crewed by a bunch of retarded characters with even more retarded names like
"Stringfellow Hawke?"
Wouldn't that mean that Airwolf sucked?
Fun Airwolf Facts (from the IMDB): After the show was cancelled, the chopper was sold
to a German firm. Airwolf - as a Bell 222 - flew as an air ambulance, and eventually
crashed on 9 June 1991, during a thunderstorm, killing all three passengers.
During filming on the series, one of the Airwolf choppers crashed during a maneuver in Pico
Canyon in California. Reid Rondell, Jan Michael Vincent's stunt double, was killed and a
special credit appeared at the end of that particular episode dedicating the installment to
him.
Touching, wouldn't you agree?
