Blue Thunder was the gateway drug but Airworlf was the addiction!

@devinutube

2 жыл бұрын

I had forgotten about Blue Thunder. I remember it having silent mode or something. When they switched it on nobody could hear them. lol

@reckless-kelly

2 жыл бұрын

@@devinutube Whisper mode

@manofsan

2 жыл бұрын

Blue Thunder the movie was great. Blue Thunder the TV show was just B-rated fluff. Airwolf movie & first season were great, but season 2 started decaying, and season 3 was mostly crap. They should re-make the show and update it. Hawke's brother can be MIA in Afghanistan, and replace the older Santini with a female computer nerd. Caitlin's character was nice, but only later on after she'd mellowed -- her initial loud southern fried version was crap. Nobody's impressed by wireframe computer graphics fx anymore - audiences have moved on. The Knight Rider reboot failed to understand that. They should let the helicopter have some kind of AI -- not the talking kind, but more like a predatory animal intelligence.

@CRAZYHORSE187

2 жыл бұрын

Omg I came from my tv to my phone to write exacly the same thing, being born in 73, I loved Blue Thunder, I might be wrong but wasn't that chopper more like a modern gunship like a Cobra or Apache, more square 😂😂😂. I'm British so I loved all the old American stuff like The Fall Guy, that truck was wicked in the 80's, I think it was a Chevrolet

@Skank_and_Gutterboy

2 жыл бұрын

@@manofsan Blue Thunder is on Amazon Prime right now. Love the movie even though I'm sure there's all kinds of technical things wrong with it. Having worked F-16s, there's a lot wrong with those scenes, too. But who cares, it's a fun flick in a lot of parts but also pretty sobering.

I am so happy to have been a kid in the 80’s. So many “cheesy” shows that I love to this day. MacGyver, Quantum Leap, A-Team, Airwolf, Knight Rider, Miami Vice. I could list a bunch more but I still watch these shows and I’m 41 now.

@earthwindflier

2 жыл бұрын

Harcastle and McCormick, Magnum P.I. Any TV show that resulted in a model kit that I could build.

@allenschmitz9644

2 жыл бұрын

and you didnt even touch the day time shows....like Jerry Springer.

@chrismartin5870

2 жыл бұрын

For heavens sake JW! You missed out Street Hawk, Blue Thunder, Electron Man....I'm not even trying!!!!!!......glad to have seen the golden age too brother.

@heyg7819

2 жыл бұрын

We stayed home so as not to miss these shows. Good Times!

@markaoslo5653

2 жыл бұрын

Emergency! (Squad-51), CHiP's (kind of corny but, who didn't want to be Ponch?) lol _Those days_

Something nobody seems to mention is how awesome it was that the helicopter would growl at you randomly as if it was a living creature, barely held in control by the pilot.

@wizcorn9958

Жыл бұрын

I mentioned it

@vladyvhv9579

11 ай бұрын

It's something that doesn't really get mentioned by video makers. Commenters in comments sections may bring it up from time to time. Something this episode touched on is that the computer is effectively a learning computer, which was then expanded on by the episode Moffett's Ghost. Also, the pilot episode mentions that the computer basically corrects minor pilot errors, and regulates various functions to streamline the crew's effectiveness. The hydraulics hissing in response to Dom, and in one episode engine flame out when he insulted the copter and restarting when he apologized, further gave subtle hints that the computer did in fact have an AI. As with the occasional growls and snarls. I think that perhaps Moffett's intent with things like the growl/snarl was added phycological warfare aspects. Add the line from this very episode where Winchester recounts Moffett saying "Airwolf is a living thing. More than you'd ever know..." further supports this train of thought.

@robwalsh9843

5 ай бұрын

I think that was keeping with the theme of the vehicle being a character by itself in the way Nightrider did. That's what I got from watching Airwolf as a kid. It was this unstoppable mechanical air monster.

I lived in Los Angles and worked in film. I met a guy who was an assistant editor on the show. He said they flew Airwolf every day. I'll never forget it.

Airwolf singlehandedly instilled love and appreciation for the beauty of helicopters That helicopter was just gorgeous

@williammitchell4417

2 жыл бұрын

That's why they call her the Lady

@FN_FAL_4_ever

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the Bell 222 is a sexy beast…..however, for me, it was the MD-500 on Magnum P.I. that instilled my love and appreciation for helos.

@williammitchell4417

2 жыл бұрын

@@FN_FAL_4_ever TC's Island Hopper was a sexy ship.

"This is the most unskippable intro..." Never was a truer word spoken, doesn't matter how many times I rewatch, even when binge watching , it's just *too* good to skip !

@christophertaylor9100

2 жыл бұрын

The music was great, great theme song

@Scott2817

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree! I just never get tired of it. Since I first watched Airwolf when it was on tv the theme and the rotor and engine sound was imbedded in my mind permanently and would replay perfectly anytime I thought of the show, (and even sometimes when I just saw a helicopter flying in the sky!) I have all the DVDs and always get fired up when the theme starts playing and Airwolf rises up over the hill into view!

@escstudios2068

2 жыл бұрын

@@Scott2817 5.24 . Forward looking infra red

@escstudios2068

2 жыл бұрын

@@christophertaylor9100 7.47 - there's Morella

@soupafi

2 жыл бұрын

The x-men cartoon is unskippable as well

The stunt pilots who flew the lady have said that she was more maneuverable and easier to fly overall due to the cosmetic mods added to it. The low ground fly by and the fast up and downs (push-overs) the lady would do weren’t sped up as fast as you’d think they were. The turbo scenes obviously were but the way they made it look realistic at a time when CGI wasn’t available was jaw dropping.

@gerv55

Жыл бұрын

Think it was more down to the whole back end being stripped out of the copter, all the seating in the back etc made it lose a lot of weight and made it more nimble. The cosmetic mods looked the part but i think the weight loss was the main factor that made it handle better.

@Leo___________

Жыл бұрын

@@gerv55 Everyone knows a cool spoiler and sick paintjob adds at least 100 hp to a car. Clearly this applies to flying machines as well.

@NewEnglish860

11 ай бұрын

The Lady

The most beautiful machine ever to grace the the screen. When she tilts over and wags her tail in the opening, still gives me goosebumps.

The sound of Knightrider's scanner and The Lady's (Airwolf) engine roar, best sounds of the 80's

@oldb-1kenobi

2 жыл бұрын

Can't forget Street Hawk, great sounds too!

@Zooumberg

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldb-1kenobi The Cylon sound effect too.

@kylereese4822

2 жыл бұрын

Needs to be redone in a new series.. aka it`s found in a government storage shed stripped down the new owner pilot finds it over a few episodes rebuilds/resurrects it with new tech(hot gas and cold gas** turbos) and put back into active service.. maybe use/combine Knight Rider - Street Hawk as the control/command centres 1 mobile 1 static..... ** cold gas turbos to avoid heat detection...

@mikeclarke3005

2 жыл бұрын

so which was first the Knight rider scanning light bar and sound or the same used in the 80's battlestar galactica cyclons ? sound the same

@thebags2487

2 жыл бұрын

go youtube vulcan howl :o

This show was the thing that kept me enthused with helicopters. I've now been flying them for over 30 years.

@chrisganzow

2 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@kicksnarehats11

2 жыл бұрын

Wow! That kinda worked out for you then, huh!? ;-) Congrats!

@kavalogue

2 жыл бұрын

That's cool man, fair play to you and the dude who replied first. It's not easy to stick to things anymore

@Suchac_cz

2 жыл бұрын

For me it was the Blue Thunder and Fire Birds :)

@wizcorn9958

Жыл бұрын

Hey, just wondering if you’re flying a helicopter right now?

When you talk about stunt pilots, don’t forget those who are flying the camera ship. In fact, I discovered several years ago that it’s much harder to get insurance for the camera plane than it is for the performers.

@christophertaylor9100

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah those post-Vietnam chopper pilots were insane for Hollywood and TV. Tons of amazing stunts in the shows back then

@AirwolfThemes

2 жыл бұрын

The camera ship (usually a Hughes 500 or Jet Ranger) on Airwolf was flown by the late J. David Jones, who also flew the Hughes 500D in this episode (and most of the early episodes). He was the Aerial Co-Ordinator and 2nd Unit Director for 2 years on the show and was the absolute best in the industry, revered by all the young pilots on the show, and the Hollywood pilots of today (two of which, Kevin LaRosa II and Peter McKernan, Jnr are 2nd Generation stunt pilots / Aerial Co-ordinators, and their fathers flew on Airwolf). Peter McKernan, Snr and the then 23yo Peter Jnr both flew Airwolf on the series.

I gotta say, I was really hesitant to click on this vid and watch you rip into my favorite childhood show, but I sucked it up and clicked anyway. I can't express how thrilled I am at the job you did on this one. You're right, no show is more awesome, full stop. Thanks for this one, was a true pleasure to watch!

@Disavowedagent47

2 жыл бұрын

He needs to do sweet britches episode

@JonBowe

Жыл бұрын

Same here, been on my feed for ages and decided to watch. Well enjoyed this video.

@Tstahl962

6 ай бұрын

It's the same vibes as knight rider, but in the air and more awesome

Mover: “You just can’t ruin it.” USA Network: “Watch me.”

@tomm541

2 жыл бұрын

Season 4 ruined the whole series.. in canada no less!

@white-dragon4424

2 жыл бұрын

@@AirwolfArchive The southern girl with the red hair they introduced to the series was also annoying.

@astron1701

2 жыл бұрын

You mean Kaitlyn? As a kid I didn't mind her. As an adult it really depends on the episode. Usually she's more trouble than she's worth.

@trenwilson6613

2 жыл бұрын

@@astron1701 How about the episode where she say," thank god for this helicopter." and everyone else says," what helicopter.'"

@astron1701

2 жыл бұрын

@@trenwilson6613 ooof I forgot about that. But I played it off as she's covering it up. Much like the don't tell anyone I have x and you reply what x even after seeing x yourself

Man we had a great childhood in the 80s. AirWolf, A-Team, Blue thunder , Street-Hawk, knightRider, dukes of hazard. Saturday evenings were the best !!!!!

@tomm541

2 жыл бұрын

and the ever shortlived......Manimal :-p

@nutandboltguy3720

2 жыл бұрын

Those were my go-to shows too. I remember the Blue Thunder movie but not a tv show. I still wish helicopters had “whisper mode”.

@eighttracklover1

2 жыл бұрын

Saturday mornings were too!

@batsonelectronics

2 жыл бұрын

you forgot RipeTide , Greatest American Hero, Simeon and Simeon, Fall Guy, Charles Angels, and Hardcastle and McCormick !

@grantross3600

2 жыл бұрын

Auto man.. bj and the bear is another 2

I loved Airwolf and watched them every Saturday morning, Favourite episode was "Moffets ghost" I went to a concert at Knebworth in 1990 when a Bell Helicopter was delivering some guests and hovering just to the side of the stage. Full on Airwolf vibes and best of all it was as Status Quo were playing "In The Army Now" Totally awesome.

Only Airwolf can produce music from just a picture. When you see the head on of her rising from her lair, all you hear is the theme tune. Loved it, thanks Mover

That's like Baa Baa Blacksheep. No matter how horribly corny the acting and writing, the chance to see some video of multiple F4U Corsairs in formation was worth it.

@alec_f1

2 жыл бұрын

SPOT ON BROTHER!!! I have the black sheep on dvd and had Airwolf in the cart for years. I dreamed of Corsairs, Airwolf, Firefox, and any military aircraft for my entire youth. Put together I don't know how many models. Got me started in aviation.

@emtboy9

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see Mover do a show on that show... it was my favorite as a kid, even more than Airwolf and The A-Team

@georgew.5639

2 жыл бұрын

Black sheep squadron. Another great show. 😊

@kennethdarby8941

2 жыл бұрын

I still watch the Re-Runs of The Blacksheep every weekend

@dgax65

2 жыл бұрын

@@kennethdarby8941 I would do that if only I could edit out all the dialog. Basically I just need to make an awesome Corsair mix tape.

Bellisario is an American TV legend - Magnum, P.I., Airwolf, Quantum Leap, JAG, and NCIS. He also actively casts veterans in his roles. Good episode Mover

@dshaenthusiast

2 жыл бұрын

i remember watching JAG as a little kid on TV, and that's where I fell in love with the Tomcat, and military aviation in general, even before watching Top Gun. Bellisario is a legend indeed

@HollywoodMarine0351

2 жыл бұрын

Donald P. Bellisario's father ran a tavern, where he grew up listening to WWII Veterans war stories. He would later serve in the Marine Corps from 1955 - 1959, attaining the rank of Sergeant.

@michaelmarquejr4824

2 жыл бұрын

Between Bellisario and Stephen J. Cannell, those 2 producers ruled the 80's

@thunderchaser2042

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmarquejr4824 don't forget Glen Larson.

@chrisvandecar4676

2 жыл бұрын

Rip Tide!

What a fantastic piece of machinery. I lived for the start of this show each week and I am a 78 year old female, now living on the side of a volcano in South America. I too still get the chills from hearing the sound track. You did a magnificent job of expressing what I think we all feel.

I loved Airwolf as a kid and still love it today. The Bell 222 with the registration N3176S mainly used as Airwolf was sold around 1987 to Germany where it was registered as D-HHSD, and crashed during a HEMS-Mission on 06/06/1992 near Meschede. The Aircraft was destroyed and all people on board were fatally injured 😭

“We hooked them up to F15’s and pushed them mach 3, no problem”…… Mover: “No you didn’t ” 🤣

@cliffhigson7581

2 жыл бұрын

But we all know that in Hollywood anything can be possible in tv & movies....right.😉 🤔

The sole reason that I am a helicopter pilot today Airwolf It still gives me goosebumps watching her fly

@markaoslo5653

2 жыл бұрын

_"The sole reason that I am a helicopter pilot"_ at heart (I've never taken 'hold of an actual cyclic or, collective)... is the same. I live vicariously. And, for reasons unknown to me - _"Huey"_ was my 'sole-mate', of choppers... love that _'purr and whomp'_ (sorry)

@riteousrighthand6144

2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about this the other day. I wonder how many pilots this show inspired?

@HarrisonHeli

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

When you look back at this show you really start to realize how much footage actually they reused SO OFTEN and also how they moved the camera to make the helicopter appear to make a loop, which was actually the camera making a loop. And usually weapon deployment did seldom match up with the follow up view of the helicopter. In that regard they did it 'perfect' in the pilot episode "Sweet Britches" of season 2.

@Skank_and_Gutterboy

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, even the most moronic tyke knows that the "loop" is camera trick-fuckery, not an actual maneuver.

@pogo1140

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skank_and_Gutterboy There are a few helicopters that can do a loop, the Lynx is one of them.

@Skank_and_Gutterboy

2 жыл бұрын

@@pogo1140 That's awesome.

@cleekmaker00

Жыл бұрын

Since "Sweet Britches" was the premiere of Season 2, they gave the viewers lots of eye candy; the new Flight Suits, a new Startup Sequence in The Lair with the reveal of Ancient Puebloan ruins built into the interior walls, and the ending with String gunning everything in sight. Plus, the introduction of one Caitlin O'Shannessey.

@caltonpizzaco

Жыл бұрын

Don't care. Looked good to my eight year old eyes. I don't want to pick it apart for all the minor details.

I don't think I've ever spent more time grinning like a goof ball. HARD. CORE. NOSTALGIA. Made my year, Mover! Thank you.

Airwolf still has the best intro/theme song ever, and I always loved the howl Airwolf made as it went by. Definitely my favorite show as a kid.

@robcarnaroli269

2 жыл бұрын

I would hum it while hauling around on my huffy :-)

@marcondespaulo

2 жыл бұрын

Have you heard the intro to Mover`s Helo vlog... some uncanny resemblance.

@markaoslo5653

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcondespaulo - I don't know what you're talking about... ;-)

@zapfanzapfan

2 жыл бұрын

I think that howl is actually an elephant trumpeting.

@tomast9034

2 жыл бұрын

captain future ,the german version, mccormick and hardcastle....

The great testament to this show is that today, 4 decades later, you can still easily find a RC version of Airwolf. I love this.

This was an absolutely fantastic commentary about one of my favourite TV shows - and episodes - of Airwolf! I was half expecting for you to rip shreds out of it but, lo and behold, you're a fellow fan! It kept me enthralled all the way through and I am in no doubt as to your appreciation for such an awesome TV show! Thanks for this. Loved it! 😊

The Top Gun references were expected, but that Fire Birds pull at 15:51 made me a fan. This show still gets my heart rate up...glad to know that, even after all this time, SO many people still love Airwolf.

Oh, the nostalgia. I remember watching this as a kid. Got to love those old boards of blinking lights that serve no purpose except to be blinking lights.

@Myuutsuu85

2 жыл бұрын

We've all got our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with. I mean, down here there are literally hundreds and thousands of blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing - they're *flashing* and they're *beeping.* I can't stand it anymore! They're *blinking* and *beeping* and *flashing!* Why doesn't somebody pull the plug!

@trazyntheinfinite9895

2 жыл бұрын

@@Myuutsuu85 now, lets talk about macho grande.

@TheRandseed

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if it was inspired by Airwolf, but when I was a kid in the 80s there was a thing at a JC Penny's or a Foley's or something here in Texas where someone had come up with a wall that had a bunch of blinking lights and switches. So of course you throw a switch and it changes it. Even back then, I always thought that the designer did it as some kind of test, so if you figured it out and got something just right something interesting would happen. In that sense, it's kind of like some of the DEFCON badges of late (pre-pandemic). In fact, with computers being what they are now and such that might be pretty interesting. I'm channeling The Last Starfighter here, I think.

The score and the sound effects (the scream, that low whistle, the turbo) is half the awesomenes.

@riteousrighthand6144

2 жыл бұрын

Also, the name Stringfellow. Lol

@AirwolfThemes

2 жыл бұрын

Star Wars’ Sound Editor, Sam F. Shaw was brought in especially by Airwolf creator, Don Bellisario to create those signature howls and growls with him in collaboration during pilot and 1st Season.

@jclark2317

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was going to type. This was a great show. Street Hawk on the other hand......

@dogwalker666

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, the wolf howl was awesome.

@Defender78

2 жыл бұрын

The turbo boost button.. on the control stick!

I sure did enjoyed this episode of Mover Ruins Moves. Airwolf was one of my favorite shows as a kid, knight rider was the other one. Thank you for taking us back in time to enjoy one more time one the greatest tv show we had back in the day!

This series was also part of my childhood. The most impressive is, that it's still timeless - you could also replay it at modern times. I really like the sound-effects -> the howling, screeching etc. As i remember it already had flares (called sunbursts?). Amazing - 10/10 star series !

One of the best openings for a TV show. The howling of Airwolf, rising into view at the beginning, still sends chills down my spine. I once held a tape recorder up to the TV so I could record the theme song.

@fuzzblightyear145

2 жыл бұрын

didn't we all as kids! LoL. Let me guess, you did Knight Rider as well?

@Airblazer

2 жыл бұрын

remember had to type the midi sequence for airwolf into my nokia 3310 :)

@borntoclimb7116

2 жыл бұрын

True

@airwolf9001

2 жыл бұрын

Theme TUNE… songs have words 🙄

@airwolf9001

2 жыл бұрын

@@Airblazer i published the Nok codes with help for free from the guy who composed the Airwolf nok code sequence, TheWraith is an Airwolf legend 👌

As a kid on roadtrips Airwolf would fly alongside the car dodging everything out side window & I would send him off on missions cos I was part of the team. Parents never suspected a thing, I was excellent secret agent.

@guessthewrestler5290

2 жыл бұрын

I still sometimes do it now on my way to work😂

@shagrat47

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, you had the Cast Metal toy, as well? Built myself "the cave" with some creative tweaking of bedposts, Lego and a towel. 😄

@stevebricker2542

2 жыл бұрын

And I thought I was the only one

@daszieher

2 жыл бұрын

Every time I'm on a train.

@anthonykiszka4976

2 жыл бұрын

The Airwolf startup is the first MP3 on the USB in my car. Every morning I hear the lady start.

Thank you so much for this! One of my favorite Iconic TV shows. 1984-1987. 80 episodes. Strange to think- entire cast, save for Caitlin (Jean Bruce Scott, 65) have all passed away now. Yes, this whole concept was way ahead of it's time. I still love to imagine it's somehow real, an actual Skunkworks program. In actuality- a Bell 222 is basically a flying limousine, built for roomy comfort, comparatively quiet, while still pretty quick and reliable- but agile like a turkey. A very heavy helicopter.

Excellent video - and fantastic commentary - really worth watching! Thanks for pulling this together!

"Thats not a sound you wanted to hear in the 80s." Every 80s gamer 😂😂😂

When I was a kid we moved to L.A. near Van Nuys AP, and I remember meeting the guys who flew on the show. Sat in the Santini Jet Ranger and everything. I was still learning at the time so it was a big deal. Unfortunately they had an ugly crash out in Newhall that killed a stuntman. Another great heli thing to watch... Blue Thunder. The stunt sequence they did downtown, they would never let them do in a million years today. Another good one... Capricorn One. They had some amazing choreographed scenes with two 500s in that. A lot of the same guys worked on all that stuff back then... basically anything with helicopters.

@Caffeine_Club

2 жыл бұрын

Envious as Hell 👍

@michaelkemp128

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely 100% agree with you!!! Mover, you really should watch the 1983 movie “Blue Thunder”, the final helicopter duel between Roy Scheider in Blue Thunder and Malcolm McDowell’s urbanely evil Colonel Cochrane in a heavily armed Hughes 500 is just stunning! Amazing stunt pilots, superb cinematography and zero CGI, even the F-16s were models! You could never get away with filming anything like that in today’s ‘woke’ ‘Health and Safety’ and overly litigious world! “Catch you later!” 👉 😉 P.S. wait till you see those F-16s 🤣 The cockpits, controls, instruments, flight kit etc.etc. Oh boy! 😱😂🤣

@zohrab22

2 жыл бұрын

Blue Thunder (1983) is one of those rare 80s movies that has stood the test of time. The third act where Murphy steals Blue Thunder after Lymangood was killed just smokes, perhaps only bettered by the dressing down that Murphy gets from Capt. Braddock in the first act. And the footage of the police choppers chasing Blue Thunder through the aqueducts, man! That movie is nothing but killer scene after killer scene. The movie loses points for the inane casting of Malcolm McDowell (an upper class Brit as a US Army warrant officer who goes on to become a colonel, really?), but it still has to be one of the most complete aviation films ever.

@xray606

2 жыл бұрын

@@zohrab22 The PD base was the actual LAPD Hooper Heliport, which you can see next to Union Station downtown. When the USMC and Army guys pass through downtown, they'll usually give them a shout on their freq, and maybe a quick orbit. That same building is also the armory. You can often see the air guys over at the Denny's across the street.

@OliveiraX

2 жыл бұрын

+1 for the downtown sequence in the Blue Thunder Movie - Awesome! And also, Capricorn one, which I only came across recently - amazing choreography with a pair of Hughes 500.

One of my all time favorite shows when growing up. Absolutely loved it.

"It's his first day acting. Leave him alone." Damn, man. ROFL!

To this day, the Airwolf theme song is still my alarm sound on my cell phone. Even though I was a kid when the show came out, I still knew rotor tips can't exceede mach and even if the copter could, it would still only carry about 30 seconds worth of fuel. "FLIR in 1982, well ahead of our time" Now my car has a FLIR display in night mode. lol Comes in handy finding cops sitting in the dark at night and coyotes crossing the road. 11:20 I think I saw that same set in Buck Rogers. 28:30 It's got Jean Bruce Scott!!!

@justawanderingsoul8643

Жыл бұрын

*me living in the middle of deer and cop territory: damn, wish my car had a FLIR

Mover, if you’re on an 80s kick, you definitely gotta go Firefox. Clint Eastwood + supersonic stealth airplane = Absolute magic!

@SaRENRampaiger

2 жыл бұрын

And you must think.. In Russian.. Think in russian!!

@katenunyabizness9221

2 жыл бұрын

огонь задней ракеты

@darkwood777

2 жыл бұрын

Punching in the coordinates... I'm coming home.

@larrysouthern5098

2 жыл бұрын

Up there with TOP GUN...Maybe better!!!

@chorltondragon

2 жыл бұрын

It's based on a book. There's a sequel which continues the story beyond the movie (Firefox Down). Of you ever wondered what happened to Priabin after an American stole the plane on his watch it's not s bad read :) The author wrote a couple of other books featuring some of the characters from the first book but sadly not the aircraft.

Thank you for sharing. Airwolf is my childhood favorite also no matter how old this tv series is... it never fails to take my breath away specially when it's flying and taking the air climb sommersault. The music theme is definitely unstoppable. Kudos to your channel!

I do love this show. My childhood was absolutely about air wolf and any helicopter toy I had was “air wolf” - Glad you’re sharing this with the kiddos ;)

I was about to lose it at you ruining Airwolf and then I saw you hold it in the same childhood reverence as I do. ❤

One of my favourite 80s tv shows! They just don’t make them like this anymore. The theme tune has been my ringtone for a longtime!

@vanivari359

2 жыл бұрын

No, they make them much much better ;) I grew up with these shows too and the music still gets me, but holy cow how stupid these shows are. Knight rider, Airwolf, even the A-Team... can't watch it anymore.

@honeybadger1656

2 жыл бұрын

@@vanivari359 how dare you mock the A-Team sucka! But in all seriousness it was meant to entertain and not be realistic. These days yes quality is better but series now don't have any character and half are canceled after a few seasons.

It's so cool that they actually used the set piece cockpits used for the internal shots as props for an episode. Even the rear projection they used , so cool! I love the old way of film making. And I heard that the majority for fliers in 80s chopper shows (there were a lot: Magnum, Air wolf, Blue Thunder, the one with that pink ugly thing) were a handful of pilots all former combat/airforce pilots. A nice gig for sure! And I love the keyboard of the commodore PET she has in the suitcase!

I remember how much I was blown away by that opening intro and recap when I first saw it.

Jan-Michael Vincent’s story isn’t so positive, but Airwolf - loved it.

@jeffstrains4014

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah its a shame

@mikeholmstrom1899

2 жыл бұрын

Alex Cord (RIP him, as well) said just after JMV's death that he hoped the Lord would have mercy on his soul.

@CMDRSweeper

2 жыл бұрын

Neither did the story of the movie star Bell helicopter that "played" Airwolf turn out positive either. After it was cancelled, it went back to serve as an air ambulance in Germany, and on June 6 1992, it crashed into a mountain killing all 3 occupants.

@kineticinstallationspecial5775

2 жыл бұрын

He looked drunk when he got out of the simulator.

@DJ_Force

2 жыл бұрын

Jan Michael was perfectly cast, at least in Season 1. A brilliant man with a defective personality that kept him from truly being happy.

Canadian here, and yes, season 4 was freakin' terrible. I met Ernest Borgnine once, and he was the nicest guy imaginable. 👍

@s.harrisali8302

2 жыл бұрын

U ppl ruined the show 😖🇨🇦

@Elurin

2 жыл бұрын

@@s.harrisali8302 Hey don't blame Canada! (lol) No, but seriously, : "The USA Network funded a fourth season in 1987 . . . on a reduced budget that was less than one-third of the original CBS budget" Airwolf- Wikipedia. Plus, he problems in season three were all on CBS and JMV.

@s.harrisali8302

2 жыл бұрын

@@Elurin ok will let you go, but season 4 tarnished 🇨🇦 name.😵

@richardbradley2335

2 жыл бұрын

So jealous....loved him as a good guy and bad guy......miss him

Bless you for remembering this show! I watched it as a kid as well and wanted to be a chopper pilot for ever after watching it. I work in a high school now and none of the students know this show. Awesome show!

@peterblood1486

2 жыл бұрын

Introduce it to them...

Just found your channel. Watched the T-38 AL Accident. My dad flew the T38 out of Moody. Still talks about it to this day. Shared the video with him. I grew up on Airwolf. Love it. Really like your videos. Thank you

Loved this show as a kid. Think about 10 years or so since I watched it when they re-ran it in the UK. Awesome flying, soundtrack is great and just a hell of a lot of fun to watch. Airwolf is Unruinable to be sure. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

@paulefc1971

2 жыл бұрын

They still do re-runs every now and then on forces TV on Sky, along with CHiPs, Street Hawk, Miami Vice, Dempsey and Makepeace etc

@kevjones1434

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulefc1971 ah cheers for the heads up. I will check out Forces TV as would love to catch up on all those. Dont think I watched Streathawk since I was a kid.

Just so you know, we redheads do have souls. Each of our freckles marks a soul we have obtained for our collection. As for no one aiming in the 80s, aiming is an advanced military tactic that wasn't invented until 1994.

@shaark92

2 жыл бұрын

OUTSTANDING!

@fb5397

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@dogwalker666

2 жыл бұрын

Caitlin was gorgeous.

@MasterSandman

2 жыл бұрын

@ Kate Nunyabizness You may not have a soul of your own, but you *DO* have a great sense of humor! I tip my hat to you m'lady! 🤠🤏 #RedheadAreAwesome 👩‍🦰

@50megatondiplomat28

2 жыл бұрын

You can actually find multiple police actions where the cop shot the bad guys from the hip. An inordinate amount of Mini-14's appear in these police actions lol.

OOoh thank you. This takes me back to when I was a kid. The intro ! The sound effects! Oh the music. This made my evening!

This was my favorite show in the 80's! Absolutely brilliant!

The Bell 222 is the best looking helo there is. Coming up on half a century old it looks like it was designed yesterday.

@AlbertsJohann

2 жыл бұрын

It is! The Airbus H160 is also rather pretty :D

@leonswan6733

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but the newer Bell 450 is even better with 4 bladed main rotors, modern updated avionics and less smokey engines. It looks the same as the older 222.

Airwolf, Knight Rider, Street Hawk was my trio of awesome 80’s shows

@Stepclimb

2 жыл бұрын

Please don’t forget A-Team!

@alexander1485

2 жыл бұрын

You forgot CHiPS, how dare you. You should feel ashamed.

@philwood5504

2 жыл бұрын

Add Miami vice and we can be friends

@markaoslo5653

2 жыл бұрын

@@philwood5504 - Not, if you don't add _"Emergency!"_ lol _K-M-G-three-six-five_ (I think)

Thank you so much for covering this!! I, too, was an 80's child and I cut plenty of teeth on the 80's TV shows. Airwolf was one of my faves. So glad that fellow 80's kids still love a show that I hold near a dear. It's sad what happened to Jan... and Earnest was terrific. The whole cast worked well together. It was a show that was epic and could have only been made when it was made. We were all fortunate to be able to enjoy it when we did. Thank you again.

Airwolf was my favorite show when I was a kid. Thanks for this one!!!

one of the huge failures of the 80s was not having a clash between airwolf and kitt.

@shaider1982

2 жыл бұрын

….or Blue Thunder

@worldtravel101

2 жыл бұрын

@@shaider1982 yes! 👍

@Patrick-od2zc

2 жыл бұрын

And The A Team!! Air Wolf, Knight Rider, Blue Thunder, The A Team, and the Dukes of Hazzard. A Unstoppable Force for good!!!

@Patrick-od2zc

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I forgot The Fall Guy!! Lee Majors

@idave4900

2 жыл бұрын

@@worldtravel101 six million dollar man

I love Airwolf. Watched it as a kid, still watch it today. The theme song has been my ringtone for over 10 years

Bloody great stuff mate. I use to race home after school to watch Air-wolf when I was a kid back in the early 80’s. Just love it and thanks for putting it together.Cheers.👍🇦🇺

That screech and that intro even this long after still makes my hair stand on end... simply amazing. Cheers Mover, props.

I grew up watching this from 5 years old and became hooked since then. Watched every episode S1-3 again and again. The best looking chopper ever created!!!!!

17:48 - The theme tune... funny thing is now, all I imagine is C.W. and Lester... I'm a lost cause - lol! _"three-gees, toppa tees, no dubbya sees"_

@CakePrincessCelestia

2 жыл бұрын

Fuel's good for boutta owa, owa an-a haaf :D

I love this, I watched this as a kid too and loved it so much. This video was awesome, cheered me up after a rough week. Keep it up!

The music, the fast flying, and the protagonist having a wild name (stringfellow hawk) which is unique and the 'hawk' thing just fits with a pilot. Nice revisit! It's like the old A-Team series. Pappard, Mr. T, Dwight, and Starbuck (Dirk). Those guys had to be *the best* SF team because they could throw fragmentation grenades and never hurt anyone (just knock them around) and they could use armour from the inside of an elevator on the *inside* of a panel van but the gunfire never *marred* or *punctured* the van skin. Special Operators indeed!

Airwolf was my favorite show of the 80''s! The pilot was in 84. Moffets ghost was my favorite episode. And I have that same shirt brother! Ty for your service! ❤️

Airwolf, Knight Rider, Magnum P.I., Dukes Of Hazzard, best childhood you could ask for

This was my favorite show for awhile as a kid also! Thank you for posting a review of an episode!

I am watching this in Dec 2022. Thank you Mover for bringing my childhood memory back!

Nailed it!!! Airwolf will always be the most beautiful flying machine ever in my book. The pilots even said it flew better with the body modifications added. That slalom was awesome!!!

Man, how much that resonates with me. Yes, it's fictious, some liberty taken to "bend physics", but for a child it was just awesome. Got myself the DVD box a while ago and this brings back so many positive memories. You have to love the effort they put into this, back when CGI wasn't a thing.😍

There is no other show or movie that is this awesome! Thanks for the presentation

i really appreciate your respectful commentary on this show. the tech comment regarding mass bumping, and the mention of the 'lifting body' narrative, the recognition of the stunt piloting, you really get it. thank you man. can we also get a shoutout' to Charles Henry Moffet for his sheer connoisseurship of flying weapons platforms? Moffett was in fact the single dude in the 80s that aimed....if you recall that scene.

I loved this show when I was a kid. The sad part is this helicopter actually cashed in Germany. Where it was an air ambulance.

@tonykennedy8483

2 жыл бұрын

And sadly some folks died in the crash. Sad end

@Gripen90

2 жыл бұрын

Although not the original Airwolf just has been rebuilt again.

My friends and I used to run home from school to catch the intro to Airwolf. Weekdays at 3pm was Airwolf time!!!

I grew up in California near where most of the filming took place. I remember seeing the Santini Air helicopter at the Van Nuys air show, and seeing the smoke from when one of the Airwolf helicopters crashed. It was a great show and easily one of my childhood favorites!

The best series. Love Airwolf. I get chills down my spine Everytime.

I think I appreciate you even more now Mover, after realizing Mover didn't ruin Airwolf :D Cheers! Great video!

@AirwolfThemes

2 жыл бұрын

^^what he said

I can see why Mover wanted to get helicopter license

My favorite show growing up thanks again for bringing back a great show

My brother and I use to hum the theme song on our way to school back in the day. Loved every minute of it!!

When the visor comes down you know shits about to get real!

I've had my fingers crossed for a Mover video about Airwolf for a while, especially after you used the Airwolf intro for the heli videos, and now here we are! amazing intro, amazing show, and amazing video Mover!

Not only have I always loved this show, it also led to my Flight Simmer callsign. I was trying to fly a Helo is FSX and not doing very well. A friend was watching and his comment was "Way to go, Airwolf".

@wizcorn9958

Жыл бұрын

You’re the original Airwolf🫵🏻

I loved this show as a kid! In college (early 90's) I was riding down a hotel elevator in Oklahoma City. The elevator stopped, the door opened and in steps in Ernest Borgnine and John Ritter. I was never much of a 3's Company guy but I was stunned at seeing Mr. Borgnine. We looked at each other and I just said, "Oh my!" I was so star struck and with all he'd done all I could think of was, "I loved you in AirWolf!" He seemed genuinely tickled that I was in such awe. Truly a very nice guy!

This show is what I looked forward to every Saturday as a kid. Cartoons, Knight Rider, the A-team…they were ok, but Airwolf was most definitely my jam.

I think my favorite episode is the one titled "Sweet Britches." There's a great scene though, that I think was in the first episode of season 2, where String and Dominic made a detailed inspection before powering up and taking off. Naturally they didn't show that each time, but it was nice to know that the Producers were willing to give a nod to the mechanics that kept that helicopter flying. It's also worth noting that those chain gun props when they were attached, had to be airworthy and meet FAA standards.

@manofsan

2 жыл бұрын

I hated the original southern-fried loudmouth version of Caitlin. Later on, as her character mellowed, she was more likeable.

Mover, you did a great job. Very entertaining! Loved all the wisecracks on a show we still loved.

I still love this show, all these years later. The flying, the music, just awesome

This is so nostalgic for me, I used to watch this show with my dad as a kid. Something about that nostalgia factor really does makes this show perfect in my mind. I even got my wife into it when we were dating.

Literally smiling the whole way through this! Thank you!!!

Missed this before - love it! When I was getting my license in an R-22 in Oakland, the Santini air chopper used to be based there!

So glad I found your channel. I was never fortunate enough to become an awesome pilot when I grew up. But as a kid in my backyard with my model Airwolf, I was the Greatest! Love you show, insight and humor. Strong Work 👍💪

100% This was "The Show" to watch back in the day! Thank You for not trashing it and really appreciating it. :)

oh man loved this show as a kid...I used to run around my yard with the model airwolf huming the intro . My dad's way of keeping busy while he was on duty lol

Serious respect C. W Lemoine for not ruining it, it can’t be ruined 👌👏👍 I also loved the show, the Airwolf itself is awesome. If only it was possible 🤞

@wizcorn9958

Жыл бұрын

It is my friend…..it is….oh yes…..it is🫵🏻

I also remember in a few episodes they were talking about GPS coordinates. Hell nobody even knew what that was then in the early 80s.