Reportedly the first 12 ep of "Airwolf" are to hit the shelves today (24th). Further news here as it comes in.

It's out

Brings back wonderful memories of trying to make the AMT kit #$#@$@ fit together

Somebody tell me if they have dedicated music tracks ... I don't much like AIRWOLF besides the great battle stuff, but I just WORSHIP the action theme.

The first season of Airwolf is the best. And I still have the model unbuilt.I bought a soundtrack from Europe years ago. It might still be for sale. I just remembered that I have the Tech Manual that I bought when the series was on.

Do they include the episode where he beats up his wife, and gets arrested?

No extras of any consequence.

Feh. As long as the episodes are there, I'll be happy.

Got it yesterday, watched 7 of the 11 episodes, including the pilot, still as good as I remember it. Inconsistent picture quality though, some eps are great, some (only a couple) are pretty grainy. It should also be mentioned that's generally in the dark scenes. Proof Through the Night is noticably worse all around, even the opening titles. Overall a great buy, that ep's not one of the best.

It'd be fun to go thru the episodes and keep track of what kind of missiles Airwolf fires and how many, then do a diagram of those missiles compared to the actual size of a Bell 222. I think a few of them were about half the size of the chopper itself. :lol:

Airwolf's missiles had the same storage system as Duncan McLeod's sword.

An article I once read said that it was theoretically possible to get a helicopter up to mach one using the methods they discussed (essentially, NASA's "X-Wing" design). The problem would be getting the deuce-and-a-half with the ammo up to speed... :p

One annoying thing: has anyone else noticed that all the illustrations on the back of the package are from USA Network 4th Season?

It'd be fun to go thru the episodes and keep track of what kind of missiles Airwolf fires and how many, then do a diagram of those missiles compared to the actual size of a Bell 222. I think a few of them were about half the size of the chopper itself. :lol:

Airwolf's missiles had the same storage system as Duncan McLeod's sword.

Years ago I read an article where it was said that the missiles that Airwolf fired were advanced custom missiles that were the equivalent of the stated weapons. The missiles were in a module in the back of the Airwolf that could be replaced with other modules for other purposes.

Back when "Airwolf" was on, a military magazine did an article on chain guns. It started with a scene that could have come from "Airwolf" (although they did not mention Airwolf) with a helicopter blasting away at a building with four chain guns. They then explained that the feed mechanism for the chain guns would have taken up 54 square feet! The ammount of ammo expended would have filled a freight car.

I still liked the show, especially the first couple of seasons.

David.

Many years ago I went with Andrew Probert and a few friends out to Palmdale to tour the B-2 assembly line there. On the drive out from LA we got to talking about "Airwolf", one thing led to another and soon I was laughing and pointing out how rediculous the design was when they started showing it firing Harpoon & Phoenix missiles. These weapons are weigh in around 2,000 pounds each and are quite large. Too large for them to fit inside that airframe, much less a whole "magazine" of each. Andrew was silent during my little speech then turned to my friend Ed and said "show him my jacket". Ed reached into the back of the van and pulled out an "Airwolf" crew jacket. Then Andrew said tersely, "I designed it".

The rest of the trip was rather uncomfortable with both of my feet occupying my big mouth...

However I will say this in my defense, my criticism was honest (and correct) and not meant as an insult. The fact that I didn't know that he was the designer caused my comments to be more candid than they would have been had I known but the points were still valid. It was insulting to him though I must admit and for that I am sorry. Andrew is a really nice guy as many of you already know and I certainly had no desire to offend him, it was just one of those things. All I can say is "D'oh!!"

I still like the design too, even if it couldn't possibly do everything that was shown on TV. As an aside, I learned recently that one of the Technical Writers I work with here at Boeing was one of the mechanics who helped modify the B-222 for the show. Small world.

I have a tendency to suffer from "foot-in-mouth" disease as well.

A very similar circumstance happened to me about 34 years ago. I still get teased by the person whom I "offended" to this day. :D