AIRWOLF
60 Minute Drama
Action / Adventure
ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION
1984 — 1987
BROADCASTER
CBS (1984 — 1986)
USA (1987)
SEASONS / EPISODES
CBS: 3 Seasons / 55 Episodes
USA: 1 Season / 24 Episodes
DVD RELEASES
UK (Region 2 / PAL)
- Season 1: Amazon.co.uk / HMV.com
- Season 2: Amazon.co.uk / HMV.com
- Season 3: Amazon.co.uk / HMV.com
- Seasons 1-3: Amazon.co.uk / HMV.com
United States (Region 1 / NTSC)
- Season 1: Amazon.com
- Season 2: Amazon.com
- Season 3: Amazon.com
Airwolf was one of the classic 'vehicle' shows of the 1980s, in this case featuring a high-tech helicopter (not to be confused with Blue Thunder) piloted by the enigmatic Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent), whose brother was missing in Vietnam.
The show ran for three seasons before being axed by CBS, although it was subsequently resurrected in a dumbed-down version a year later for the USA Network — principally to provide enough extra episodes for the series to go into syndication.
The one-season revival featured the elusive St John Hawke (Barry Van Dyke) rather than his brother Stringfellow (who was killed off in the opening episode), and should probably be avoided at all costs.
The series was created by Donald Bellisario who also had great success with Magnum PI, Quantum Leap and JAG.
The show ran for three seasons before being axed by CBS, although it was subsequently resurrected in a dumbed-down version a year later for the USA Network — principally to provide enough extra episodes for the series to go into syndication.
The one-season revival featured the elusive St John Hawke (Barry Van Dyke) rather than his brother Stringfellow (who was killed off in the opening episode), and should probably be avoided at all costs.
The series was created by Donald Bellisario who also had great success with Magnum PI, Quantum Leap and JAG.
Novelisations
Airwolf
by Ron Renault
- UK
- Paperback
- Target Books
- 1985
- Book Number: 1
Novelised Episodes
Airwolf
Airwolf
Other Editions
Airwolf: Der Helicopter-Krieg
Germany / Paperback / Goldmann / 1991 / 1
Airwolf: Der Helicopter-Krieg
Germany / Paperback / Goldmann / 1991 / 1
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books
The most sophisticated armed helicopter ever built has fallen into the hands of desert tyrant Khadaffi. Only one man can stop the traitorous pilot, Dr Moffet, from using Airwolf to disrupt the delicate balance of power in the Middle East — which could trigger the start of World War III...
That man in Stringfellow Hawke, a brooding recluse who has turned his back on civilization to nurse the wounds of a dark and troubled past.
Can he answer the challenge set before him? Or is global catastrophe inevitable?
The most sophisticated armed helicopter ever built has fallen into the hands of desert tyrant Khadaffi. Only one man can stop the traitorous pilot, Dr Moffet, from using Airwolf to disrupt the delicate balance of power in the Middle East — which could trigger the start of World War III...
That man in Stringfellow Hawke, a brooding recluse who has turned his back on civilization to nurse the wounds of a dark and troubled past.
Can he answer the challenge set before him? Or is global catastrophe inevitable?
Notes
- A novelisation of the feature-length opening episode. It was never released in the USA.
Airwolf: Trouble from Within
by Ron Renauld
- UK
- Paperback
- Target Books
- 1985
- Book Number: 2
Novelised Episodes
Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n / Bite of the Jackal
Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n / Bite of the Jackal
Other Editions
Airwolf: In Feindlicher Hand
Germany / Paperback / Goldmann / 1991 / 2
Airwolf: In Feindlicher Hand
Germany / Paperback / Goldmann / 1991 / 2
Back Cover Blurb — Target Books
AIRWOLF
THE MOST EFFICIENT FIGHTING MACHINE EVER BUILT
Airwolf is the most sophisticated armed helicopter in the world. Virtually indestructible, it is capable of wiping out a small army. When enemy agents plot its capture Stringfellow Hawke faces the challenge of a lifetime to make sure they fail.
As if this isn't enough, there's also the matter of two children drawn into the conflict, one of them a link to a dark secret in Hawke's past...
AIRWOLF
THE MOST EFFICIENT FIGHTING MACHINE EVER BUILT
Airwolf is the most sophisticated armed helicopter in the world. Virtually indestructible, it is capable of wiping out a small army. When enemy agents plot its capture Stringfellow Hawke faces the challenge of a lifetime to make sure they fail.
As if this isn't enough, there's also the matter of two children drawn into the conflict, one of them a link to a dark secret in Hawke's past...
Notes
- Like the novelisation of the first episode, Trouble from Within was never released in the USA.
