Amen to that my friend!! And I'm 43 myself!😂 And as cliché as it's gonna sound, I'm gonna say it anyway by saying, "They just don't make shows like this anymore and it obviously shows!!". It's downright criminal what they've done to so many different shows & movies with all the God awful & soulless remakes that've been nothing more than shameless cashgrabs but, I guess what can you expect from hollyweird!!🤦😮💨 But I digress. I sincerely hope & pray to God that they NEVER try to "remake" this beloved piece of 80s nostalgia the way that recently, so many others have unfortunately been treated to and utterly destroyed in the process and all in the name of this God awful modern-day woke, racially motivated, and woefully politically biased idealism!! It's truly shameful what has been happening to all our beloved movies, stories, and TV shows in the last decade or so now and I hope and pray that maybe it's finally coming to an end!!🙏🙏🙏
@@thedude41780 All true!!!! When I heard that some of my favorite TV shows were going to be remade in movie form or TV Shows I almost had a stroke!!!!. The Man From Uncle, Wild, Wild West, Kolchak, X-Files, The Saint etc. Couldn't wait. TMFU wasn't too bad if you just realized that it had nothing to do with the series, not even the music score. WWW was close to be the worst movie I've ever seen. The X-Files became left leaning trash. Kolchak became a psychological mystery series (boring). The Saint changed the character completely just like they did in TMFU. If they remade Airwolf today they'd be battling the police to protect BLM and Antifa along with any other terrorist group out there.
@@tomskell9622yep, sadly you're probably 100% right!! Thank God for a sort of an alternative to the leftist Hollywood garbage beginning to emerge and maybe that's a sign that things are beginning to change and revert to more sensibility once again...HOPEFULLY!!🤞😖😂 It's been the same way with superheroes lately too, they've taken and practically ruined damn near all of them, with the exception of a few but, the overall majority have been totally bastardized and transformed fundamentally from what they originally started out as!! It's sad, infuriating, and so shameful that people would do this to things people love simply for money or to make a frivilous name for themselves for the sake of their own 15 secs of fame!!🤦😓😮💨 But I could not agree with you more and I desperately miss the old days when life was simpler, much more affordable, legitimately enjoyable, and when people actually interacted with each other on a regular basis, instead of being buried in screens 24/7 & 365 days a year!! I don't think there's anything wrong with wishing to go back to something like that because what we have today leaves us all with little anonymity, any thought of true privacy, personal property, and most importantly, COMMON SENSE to be desired and it's obvious that basically everyone is clearly much less happy or content with their lives than they were back then because today we no longer have ANY time to slow down and enjoy the "little" things in life that bring us all the joy we need to truly be content, healthy, happy, and productive and that's why our society/westernized society is on a rapid decline & circling the drain(if you ask me!)!!! Nice talking with you!! God bless you brother!!
@@10p6 no, no it wasn't if you actually look in to it :/. The model RC bits were very few and far between, that hovering 2 foot off the ground? all real. Flying a meter above the ocean? all real. Flying between to rocks in the desert? VERY real lol He was a damn good stunt pilot and ended up dieing not due to a mistake, but mechanical failure while again, performing a real stunt. You kids do not realise exactly how bat shi insane the 80s were with stunts lol. LOTS of deaths because of it too.
WOW we have 2024 and there is nothing we have that was near as cool as AIRWOLF. What a genius Design, Music, Actors, Cameramen and Pilots flying. One of the best Things, stunning beautiful and cool, that was ever made
Agreed, it's still a beautiful design after over 40 years old plus the stunt pilot said it flew better with the modifications than it did before the modifications. Unfortunately it was destroyed in an accident in Germany while being used an air ambulance but there is a nonflying exact copy that is owned by a private collector in California that was created using the same molds to make the modifications for the TV show.
I think it's worth pointing out the skill of the pilots who worked on this show. Not only the stunt pilots- but also the camera and chase aircraft involved in the filming. There was no CGI back then! Pretty incredible when you think about it.
The only "CGI" you had, was the firing rocket launchers. I think in hindsight, it would've been enough to see some smoke coming out of the launcher instead of a orange missile
An amazing series...yes...we watched it in the 80's ....we bear witness, and give testimony....we who lived and came of age in the 80's and 90's were truly blessed.....
Some of the scenes of Airwolf hovering just above the ground show just how good the pilot was for that show. Those are some of the most difficult maneuvers in a helicopter. Simply incredible.
2:18 That is perfect control, or a very good use of a miniature. I do recall that a lot of the footage we see is sped up (undercranked), but the effect is wonderfull.
There was one episode where the Lady did a slalom course through orange posts on the deck at slow speed, perhaps as part of training or evaluation? The pilot made it look easy.. silky smooth and masterful control of his bird.
was just about to say that helicopter is around 40 years old and the design is still the best I have ever seen , not many other airplanes , cars or bikes can make that claim
@@travelsouthafrica5048 the noise it made (or the noise they put in the program, still the best howl/whine/ I don’t know what it was, but, like Knight rider, you could hear it without seeing the tv and know EXACTLY what was on.
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Really glad to hear that as i made a big mistake i was given the information by somebody else And failed to double check it ....
According to the stunt-pilots, the A56-7W modifications actually made it fly * better * than a stock 222c. Goes to show that the designers knew what they were doing.
Quite easily, one of the greatest theme songs of all time. When I was a kid and heard this coming from the living room, it was a full on scramble to the TV. The first season had more of a Cold War edge theme to it, and those are some of the best episodes of the bunch.
My motorcycle helmet has that dark drop down visor, and every time I hit the button for it to engage, I always think of this show. Of course, most times I’m headed to the store or a movie, and not taking on some international baddie.
First season was the best. I'm still unhappy about what they did in later seasons. Was executives meddling yet again, just like they later did with SeaQuest DSV after its first season.
Thank you for uploading this. I am in tears as I am typing this. This was my childhood, some of my fondest memories ever. I wish I could hit that like button a million times.
I saw this bird at a air show in 1989. I stood with the military police and "guarded" this beast. Joined the military to be a helicopter crew chief after that experience. Did 23 years and loved every second of it. Still the best helicopter ever made in my opinion. Hell I named my dogs Hawkeye and Airwolf.
A fantastic tribute to the series and of course the fantastic helicopter. I think this Bell 222 is the most beautiful helicopter ever. As a 59 year old I can enjoy it again.
Yeah I kinda know what they mean. Although I kinda get the feeling these two, String and Dom ain’t been laid in a while? Maybe String’s still cut up about Archangel’s first dolly bird 🦢 assistant who died at the hands of Moffet , Airwolf’s creator and is the reason String’s such a moody git. 🤣 Her name won’t come to me right now 🥸😒🤬🙄 (thanks again useless brain 🧠) unless it was Gabrielle ? The one he got before Marella. 🥵🥵😍😉😉🤓. Don’t get me wrong 😑. The Bell 33 or whatever it’s called (the helicopter 🚁 Airwolf is based on is a beautiful thing but it’s just a helicopter. It’s like neither of the guys have seen a woman in their lives. I know it’s a while before Caitlin O’Shaugnesy comes along and joins the party but I think they need a hobby or something because fixing planes and aircraft for a living isn’t doing it for them ; hence the aircraft fetish. 🤔🤨😁
I remember In the late 80's when I was a child, Airwolf and MacGyver were the most popular episodes in Taiwan and I can't wait to watch them with my family every weekend. My dad passed away five years ago, however hearing the Airwolf theme music sounds still reminds me those good old times with him, thanks for upload!
I felt this bro...one of many memories growing sitting in living room watching this with my dad. After that I would see a coastguard Hilo And remember this show as well as seeing it with my dad been almost two years since I lost him do to covid
Props to the cameraman, stunt pilots and camera crew pilots to be able to pull off superb flight stunts and sequences. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear Airwolf's howl just like the Imperial Tie Fighters when they screamed past you on the screen. Really miss all that type of innovation in movies and TV that made them so memorable and iconic.
I loved this show when I was a kid. The theme song was so epic and the Airwolf startup sequence music was the coolest thing I had heard in my young life at the time.
This is amazing, amazing, amazing. The only thing missing, and I feel horrible even mentioning it (because this is so incredibly well done) is a sound bite or two of the blood-curdling noises the chopper made on the show. Both that eerie whistling sound she made at low speed, and that shrieking sound on acceleration always sent the chills up my spine.
@@davelewthwaite That’ll be a double thrill, my mother is from Aberaeron and we used to go for hikes and picnics in the country often enough to encounter jets doing practice runs. I’ll definitely look it up.
Was in my 20s watching this show tv today has no heart whereas we had airwolf knight rider magnum pi fall guy Miami Vice and so many more today mostly crap so-called reality TV.
The shows of today are crap! They are all about gender, race, politics, etc. None have anything to do with family values, but those that DO...like "Last man standing", get cancelled! Why? Because they are "trying" to impose family values and that's something the networks DON'T want!! So sad....
Watching this little tribute actually made me realize how insanely pricey production must have been for the series. Helicopters are not cheap, even rentals. Great show, one of my favorites growing up.
@mandellorian Yeah I noticed the difference in season 4. The quality of the show really went downhill and looked similar to those early morning cartoon shows on a cheap budget.
Man, the composer of this theme song is truly a genius. He managed to incorporate the sound of spinning rotor blades into this awesome masterpiece. Listen carefully to the first 9 sec starting @ 0:30
Let us all be ever grateful for the amazing piloting skills of the pilot who gave us all of these fantastic scenes of the chopper to look at. No CGI here, all real.
Such a beauty. No CGI, no fake nonsense, real people flying real gear, because there was no other way to do it. This realness is desperately missing from todays cinema and tv.
Nice tribute. I watched this avidly back in the 80’s. Yeah it had lots of recycled shots, but goddamn what an awesome show. Most episodes hold up today, particularly the pilot. Real shame though, All the stars of this show are gone now. Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine and of course our lady Airwolf.
@@TheDogofTin That's why in later seasons you can see the obvious switch for the RC helicopter in a lot of the exterior action flight scenes. Sad, but obvious cut in production money.
The vehicles and situations represented in Airwolf and Knight Rider were essentially what many boy's daydream about while bored in the classroom. A big reason why these shows were so popular. 😁
❤Watching this... Takes me back to the early 80s...more than 4 decades.. Wow! Like time warp... One minute I'm watching on our Selora box colour's TV... Now.... On my mobile in 2024...🙏😎🙌Beautiful memories... 👏🙌💪😎❤️
back on those decade, on the Usa did the most greatest tv series, not only Airwolf, but also Knight Rider, Street Hawk, Magnum PI, Automan, Otherworld, Riptide, A-Team, Miami Vice, Visitors, The Robinson, Mac Gyver, Family Ties, The greatest american hero, Manimal, and many, many more. The series which air today, doesn matter if from tv or streaming, are just rubbish.
This theme has been my ringtone for over two decades now and depends on life, will stay the same for many more years to come no matter how many phones I change! 🥁🥁🎶🎶🕺🕺
Good choice, I have been trying different 80s/90s themes of late, must getting nostalgic with age LOL 🤣 The V8 full throttle at the beginning of Hardcastle & McCormick is equally awesome 👍
There were some very good maneuvers through the series. I am thinking of what happened when the movie star that thought he could fly just by watching String do it.
As a kid in the early 80's, my father would watch Airwolf with me and it's something that has stuck with me well into my mid 40's. The quintessential tribute indeed, nicely done !!
Love The Lady. Probably always will. This is one of the best collection of scene selections I've ever seen posted on this site. WONDERFUL editing. The only thing that has detracted from it is the total Synth version used for the track. No matter how many times I watch this (And I have viewed it a few times over the years) it takes me out of the "Lady Vibe" (Sometimes I play this on mute). Also the lack of The Lady's "Voice".... The intro with Marella describing the 1st description of Airwolf is PERFECT!
Thanks man, appreciate the words. It was a stylistic choice made with a heavy heart, but that synth version really had great production and feel. And most people don't even realise it's essentially a cover. I'm not sure where the original synth version came from but I edited that a lot to make it feel more cohesive. Using the synth version and editing it is what made the video be possible from a length perspective. And yes, I don't have the howls. This has been pointed out before and I've no excuse. Just missed it in the edit. If I could do it over again, who knows. Anyway, what's done is done.
I've never seen Airwolf footage so clear and sharp before. Must be a high quality digital transfer from the original film masters. Wish it was this clear back in the 80's. Would LOVE to have a 4K blu-ray of the series.
I was 12 or 13 when this came out and love the series. I remember to record the them song I held up a tape recorder to the TV when it came on, recorded the intro then proudly rode my bike to school and played the cassette tape at school where people did hear the theme song and my friends loved it. I was in 5th or 6th grade at the time. I remember watching shows like Dukes of Hazzard, knight Rider, Manimal, fall guy, the $6 million man great early 80s TV shows. Tron when it came out 1981 was the most amazing movie I’ve ever seen in my life. Wonderful memories
i think what was so amazing about this show was that it was all practical effects. From the helicopter to the stunts to all the pyrotechnics and camera work. Just like Top Gun. Makes me wonder how Top Gun Maverick is gonna look.
Now **THIS** is a testament to the imagination and creative versatility of all those developers and dreamers who made TV in the 80's ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!
2 things I remember best about this phenomenal series when I was a kid. 1.: The Music... when the Music kicks in the adrenalin rush is abnormal just pure beast 2.: The "SCREACHING" of Airwolf when engaging in combat and doing these insane turns, that sound was haunting and dangerous and beautiful at the same time. Best Series ever!
Yeah, I loved to hear the 'wolf howling in combat and snarling too sometimes! It's very similar to the howl from a Vulcan bomber, another of my favourite aircraft! Search on UA-cam for "Vulcan howl" and you'll see a few examples.
So grateful this show was a part of my childhood and that it wasn’t made today. If it had been, it would have been some horrible cgi and we would have never had the privilege of witnessing the real and amazing maneuvers this aircraft and it’s pilots performed. So sad it crashed in real life. RIP JMV, EB and the real Bell helicopter used as Airwolf.
The ultimate attack helicopter which arguably looked as beautiful and graceful as any of the spitfire MKS. A true stroke of genius by Bellisario. One, if the not the ultimate TV series.
"I can't believe you people! You haul my butt outta bed after midnight; fly me off to God knows where, to see some lousy helicopter and there's no cream cheese..." "It's not a lousy helicopter, senator. It's Airwolf."
"No matter how many times I see her, she still takes my breath away." What an amazing machine... I don't care that the music is so 80s techno... if you have that tune in your blood, it's simply sweet music. I wish this show was still streaming somewhere... it was fun.
This has been on a constant series loop for the last couple of years here in Britain and it's so compelling and as good as it was in the 1980s that I've watched it every time and haven't been bored of it yet (well apart from the awful last series but that one doesn't count!).
When I was a kid, air wolf was the best looking object I'd ever seen. It's hard to describe the shear awe, truly captivating. The way they got the camera frame rate spot on to capture the rotors is awesome. The show was actually not that great (after season one) and even as a young boy I knew that, but I didn't care, just look at that helicopter!
If you watched this when you were a kid in the 1980s... you had an awesome childhood.
I had an awesome Sega Master System, dose it count ?
Indeed! it was wicked good
My dad and I used to watch Airwolf, A-Team and McGyver every Sunday round 98-03 I hold those memories dearly
I agree with you ,so proud of you for pointing out this!!!!
90s (I was born 89) but yes 🤣🚁
i dont know about everyone else, but after nearly 40 years the theme tune still gives me goose bumps, great tv show
Me too, and I'm 67 years old!
Amen to that my friend!!
And I'm 43 myself!😂
And as cliché as it's gonna sound, I'm gonna say it anyway by saying, "They just don't make shows like this anymore and it obviously shows!!".
It's downright criminal what they've done to so many different shows & movies with all the God awful & soulless remakes that've been nothing more than shameless cashgrabs but, I guess what can you expect from hollyweird!!🤦😮💨
But I digress.
I sincerely hope & pray to God that they NEVER try to "remake" this beloved piece of 80s nostalgia the way that recently, so many others have unfortunately been treated to and utterly destroyed in the process and all in the name of this God awful modern-day woke, racially motivated, and woefully politically biased idealism!!
It's truly shameful what has been happening to all our beloved movies, stories, and TV shows in the last decade or so now and I hope and pray that maybe it's finally coming to an end!!🙏🙏🙏
@@thedude41780 All true!!!! When I heard that some of my favorite TV shows were going to be remade in movie form or TV Shows I almost had a stroke!!!!. The Man From Uncle, Wild, Wild West, Kolchak, X-Files, The Saint etc. Couldn't wait. TMFU wasn't too bad if you just realized that it had nothing to do with the series, not even the music score. WWW was close to be the worst movie I've ever seen. The X-Files became left leaning trash. Kolchak became a psychological mystery series (boring).
The Saint changed the character completely just like they did in TMFU. If they remade Airwolf today they'd be battling the police to protect BLM and Antifa along with any other terrorist group out there.
@@tomskell9622yep, sadly you're probably 100% right!!
Thank God for a sort of an alternative to the leftist Hollywood garbage beginning to emerge and maybe that's a sign that things are beginning to change and revert to more sensibility once again...HOPEFULLY!!🤞😖😂
It's been the same way with superheroes lately too, they've taken and practically ruined damn near all of them, with the exception of a few but, the overall majority have been totally bastardized and transformed fundamentally from what they originally started out as!!
It's sad, infuriating, and so shameful that people would do this to things people love simply for money or to make a frivilous name for themselves for the sake of their own 15 secs of fame!!🤦😓😮💨
But I could not agree with you more and I desperately miss the old days when life was simpler, much more affordable, legitimately enjoyable, and when people actually interacted with each other on a regular basis, instead of being buried in screens 24/7 & 365 days a year!!
I don't think there's anything wrong with wishing to go back to something like that because what we have today leaves us all with little anonymity, any thought of true privacy, personal property, and most importantly, COMMON SENSE to be desired and it's obvious that basically everyone is clearly much less happy or content with their lives than they were back then because today we no longer have ANY time to slow down and enjoy the "little" things in life that bring us all the joy we need to truly be content, healthy, happy, and productive and that's why our society/westernized society is on a rapid decline & circling the drain(if you ask me!)!!!
Nice talking with you!!
God bless you brother!!
Thumbs up from this 45 year old.!!!!!
Here I am at 49 years of age still looking this up. Just how much did this amazing helicopter and show influence my life????
51 and same. Brilliant show......
Not much but it was good entertainment
I'm 4 years younger
And I agree with you
This, Blue Thunder, Iron Eagle, Top Gun, The Final Countdown. What a time!
I feel you!!! I'm here commenting lol. much love!!!
This wasn't CGI, they flew it. BEST.
I swear, some of those shots are of Airwolf flying just a foot or two from the ground. HOLY CRAP!!!
A lot of it was done with model RC helicopters.
@@10p6 no, no it wasn't if you actually look in to it :/. The model RC bits were very few and far between, that hovering 2 foot off the ground? all real. Flying a meter above the ocean? all real. Flying between to rocks in the desert? VERY real lol He was a damn good stunt pilot and ended up dieing not due to a mistake, but mechanical failure while again, performing a real stunt. You kids do not realise exactly how bat shi insane the 80s were with stunts lol. LOTS of deaths because of it too.
That they did! The Stunt pilot was incredible skilled and daring! Especially considering how HEAVY that chopper was!
@@10p6 "A lot"? 🤨 "A few" to "some" would be more accurate. Trick angles and sped up footage hell yeah.
My only regret is I can only like this once! 🤯
This show inspired me as a teenager to start journey to obtain my pilot license. It’s still one the most beautiful helicopters in the world.
Basically a "Top Gun" series but with a chopper instead.
Did you become a pilot?
I agree I thought that the helicopter was so beautiful at the time of the show. The only thing closest to it would be the Apache helicopter.
@@michellewilson6249seriously? 😅 It's like comparing a beautiful lady to a warthog
@Vilfy well I was a teenager at the time too and I thought it looked very beautiful. And during that time it was the time of the machines.
Chills went down my spine when the beat dropped....
The 80s was hands down, the best decade ever ! Wish I could go back in time.
*Who's with me ?*
I'm with 'ya.!
Me
I am currently at work with literally TEARS IN MY EYES 😂😆
No doubt, I'm down with that.
While we’re there we should also pick up some IBM and Microsoft stock
I am sorry to all the kids who grew up without Airwolf in their life.
I showed this to my kids, and it scared them. They left to go play mindcraft. SMH, different times, I guess.
Facts
Or Blue Thunder.
And A-team ,mcguyver ,knight rider,
You are so right when the fight would come the song rang free
WOW we have 2024 and there is nothing we have that was near as cool as AIRWOLF. What a genius Design, Music, Actors, Cameramen and Pilots flying. One of the best Things, stunning beautiful and cool, that was ever made
I always loved the Climax when the drop down mortar would happen.
Yes but it’s all built upon the physically impossible premise of a “fast helicopter”. Aerodynamics just says no not even close.
@@danielleriley2796 🤦
When a theme song can make you smile 39 years later......you did something right!!!!!
Airwolf on it's own made the 80s great
And Mimai vice.
@@Didier88600 You mean Miami Vice!!!
That and Knight Rider
And, when you add in the fan fiction, you KNOW who the true fans are!
Don’t forget Manimal and Automan 😄
I am 59 and this is still an awesome track RIP Jan Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, Alex Cord and thank you for a brilliant show.
I’m 51, reminiscing this with other great shows from 80’s/90’s to include Chips, dukes of hazzard, fall guy, knight rider, A Team and it goes on…..
Ernest Borgnine is one of my favourites and an absolute legend, escape from New York as well❤
The most beautiful helicopter of all time!!!!!
Looks like a shark of the air. Reached the pinnacle of it's evolutionary journey and just stayed there.
I dunno I like Blue Thunder quite a lot too if I’m honest. 🥸😉😅
It's Bell 222/230
Ohhh yes !!!!!
Still looks Modern
Air Wolf and Blue Thunder too, with Roy Scheider. Been fascinated with helicopters ever since.
Too bad they aren't that easy to fly
Not many people remember they made a Blue thunder series too with Dana Carvey and bubba smith.
I don't care how old I get. I never get tired of that theme song. It still hits hard
Airwolf still looks better than most modern choppers
ALWAYS THE BEST AND STYLISH
Agreed, it's still a beautiful design after over 40 years old plus the stunt pilot said it flew better with the modifications than it did before the modifications. Unfortunately it was destroyed in an accident in Germany while being used an air ambulance but there is a nonflying exact copy that is owned by a private collector in California that was created using the same molds to make the modifications for the TV show.
No single one ever after looks as sweet as the lady!
@@runawaytrain1979 Agree 💯👍✨
@@runawaytrain1979 u
No it doesn't!
I think it's worth pointing out the skill of the pilots who worked on this show. Not only the stunt pilots- but also the camera and chase aircraft involved in the filming. There was no CGI back then! Pretty incredible when you think about it.
Was just thinking how watching this in the 80's I had no appreciation for the photography. And how they always sync the shutters to get pretty rotors.
The camera work was great and the stunt pilots were even better. The low altitude at which they flew was incredible.
It was all the old Vietnam Huey pilots who were used to doing crazy stuff!
I miss practical effects and stunts..
The only "CGI" you had, was the firing rocket launchers. I think in hindsight, it would've been enough to see some smoke coming out of the launcher instead of a orange missile
An amazing series...yes...we watched it in the 80's ....we bear witness, and give testimony....we who lived and came of age in the 80's and 90's were truly blessed.....
As soon as that black visor goes down, you know shit's about to get real. Goosebumps, every time. RIP, JMV and EB.
i was thinking the same, Goosebumps on that scene
Yes
Send Airwolf over to Ukraine with safe guards against enemy capture.
I feel Stringfellow Hawke seldom needs that black visor lol!
Yes I agree. And the HUD targeting square within the visor...TRULY state of the art.
Some of the scenes of Airwolf hovering just above the ground show just how good the pilot was for that show. Those are some of the most difficult maneuvers in a helicopter. Simply incredible.
Kobe Bryant disagrees.
2:18 That is perfect control, or a very good use of a miniature. I do recall that a lot of the footage we see is sped up (undercranked), but the effect is wonderfull.
There was one episode where the Lady did a slalom course through orange posts on the deck at slow speed, perhaps as part of training or evaluation? The pilot made it look easy.. silky smooth and masterful control of his bird.
@@Looking-great Actually I think he would agree. The maneuver proved too difficult for his pilot.
Its all incredible footage. Beautiful helicopter.
Airwolf, Knight Rider, The A-Team, Street Hawk, Wiz Kids, Automan. It was an awesome time to be a kid.
Damn, that thing is still beautiful. Also, best theme music ever. Don’t argue, you’re wrong.
was just about to say that helicopter is around 40 years old and the design is still the best I have ever seen , not many other airplanes , cars or bikes can make that claim
@@travelsouthafrica5048 the noise it made (or the noise they put in the program, still the best howl/whine/ I don’t know what it was, but, like Knight rider, you could hear it without seeing the tv and know EXACTLY what was on.
@@georgehayward7668 It sounds like the howl of a vulcan bomber imho, i would like to know what helicopter airwolf was based on though
I loved the show and totally agree with you, the theme music still gives me the chills 🐺 🚁
@@SuperFarkey Airwolf was a modified Bell 222
R.I.P. JMV and EB. You played the characters of String and Dom well. Both of you will be missed.
Alex Cord is also deceased
At least Jean Bruce Scott is still with us.
@@josephwisniewski3673 Although big as a house. She started eating (that melon in the intro) and never stopped.
Agreed.
I too want to pay my respects to these two great actors.
RIP Ernest Borgnine and Jan-Michael Vincent 😌🙏
yes absolutely
R.I.P Jan Michael , Ernest , Alex & Lance as long as this show lives you will never be forgotten..
brianjones7907 Jean Bruce Scott and Deborah Pratt are still alive.
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Really glad to hear that as i made a big mistake i was given the information by somebody else And failed to double check it ....
@@brianjones7907 Don't sweat it man . We all make mistakes now and then.
The show clearly dosen´t air anymore so they will be forgotten. Sry pal !
@@Björn3s Wrong because the show is owned by millions of Fans on both Dvd or BluRay world-wide
I grew up watching this in the 80's and I loved it. Such a bad ass show
Unfortunatly these days people are folowing vampire or kinda unending crap.
Same here :)
Blue Thunder didn't really cut it as a rival
Airwolf came out in the 80's and still would kick everyone's ass on TV today. The coolest intro, music and chopper of all time.
This and Knight Rider had the best themes. 80s were great for that.
@@inisus The Equalizer theme demands entry to this party 😁
Thank you from France.
The helicopter was Bell-222c specially modified for the TV series in 1987. It was really a beautiful helicopter, and still it is in 2021.
According to the stunt-pilots, the A56-7W modifications actually made it fly * better * than a stock 222c.
Goes to show that the designers knew what they were doing.
im not a heli enthusiast, but i cannot agree more that airwolf looks still looking bad ass in 2021
@@ArcRene Too bad that the real lady from the series crashed somewhere in Germany if I remember right after it was converted to a air ambulance.
@@tj6136 Yes correct.. they modified it just for the TV series.
@@demandred1957 once a wolf will always be a wolf. Cant be an air ambulance
Quite easily, one of the greatest theme songs of all time. When I was a kid and heard this coming from the living room, it was a full on scramble to the TV. The first season had more of a Cold War edge theme to it, and those are some of the best episodes of the bunch.
My motorcycle helmet has that dark drop down visor, and every time I hit the button for it to engage, I always think of this show. Of course, most times I’m headed to the store or a movie, and not taking on some international baddie.
First season was the best. I'm still unhappy about what they did in later seasons. Was executives meddling yet again, just like they later did with SeaQuest DSV after its first season.
I flew into the living room when I heard this song lol
Thank you for uploading this. I am in tears as I am typing this. This was my childhood, some of my fondest memories ever. I wish I could hit that like button a million times.
Santini puts a loving arm around you in appreciation sir.
I saw this bird at a air show in 1989. I stood with the military police and "guarded" this beast. Joined the military to be a helicopter crew chief after that experience. Did 23 years and loved every second of it. Still the best helicopter ever made in my opinion. Hell I named my dogs Hawkeye and Airwolf.
Ooh you are lucky then.
@@PazuzuStalker Thanks. But as with all formal names I shortened them to Hawk and Wolf. Two lab siblings, the female is Wolf and the male is Hawk.
@@rumilagukhool4023 Quite lucky.
God bless you dear.
@@rumilagukhool4023 And the same to you.
As a 90's kid in Britain, nothing excited me more than both Airwolf and Knight Rider.
Like wise here in the states..
I also loved A Team and McGyver :)
@@abalamdepaimon6891 me too.😉👍
I don't know theses shows aired in the U.K.
I didn't know these shows aired in the UK.
I’m glad I got to grow up with this as my favorite show as a kid. ❤
This is design excellence… this thing is nearly 40 years old, and still looks like it’s from the future!
Too bad that it was plagued with engine and landing gear issues.
I agree man the design is still super awesome till this day
Too right
How can 168 people dislike Airwolf when she remains to this day the cooliest helicopter that ever was?
A fantastic tribute to the series and of course the fantastic helicopter. I think this Bell 222 is the most beautiful helicopter ever. As a 59 year old I can enjoy it again.
Beautiful but unreliable. Was nicknamed Bell Triple Trouble
I can't verify if the nickname was Triple Trouble, but it certainly was beautiful. Not many comments on this video disagree. They just got it right.
Bravo! Some iconic words by Dom *"no matter how many time I look at her String, she sure gets my heart pumping"*
Ha thanks. I was torn over whether to use that clip at the end.
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Yeah I kinda know what they mean. Although I kinda get the feeling these two, String and Dom ain’t been laid in a while? Maybe String’s still cut up about Archangel’s first dolly bird 🦢 assistant who died at the hands of Moffet , Airwolf’s creator and is the reason String’s such a moody git. 🤣 Her name won’t come to me right now 🥸😒🤬🙄 (thanks again useless brain 🧠) unless it was Gabrielle ? The one he got before Marella. 🥵🥵😍😉😉🤓. Don’t get me wrong 😑. The Bell 33 or whatever it’s called (the helicopter 🚁 Airwolf is based on is a beautiful thing but it’s just a helicopter. It’s like neither of the guys have seen a woman in their lives. I know it’s a while before Caitlin O’Shaugnesy comes along and joins the party but I think they need a hobby or something because fixing planes and aircraft for a living isn’t doing it for them ; hence the aircraft fetish. 🤔🤨😁
"Yeah!"
Stringfellow Hawke, Coolest name ever!
I remember In the late 80's when I was a child, Airwolf and MacGyver were the most popular episodes in Taiwan and I can't wait to watch them with my family every weekend. My dad passed away five years ago, however hearing the Airwolf theme music sounds still reminds me those good old times with him, thanks for upload!
knight rider series too bro...😁
Please accept my deepest condolences on the passing of your dear Dad.
Same here bro! I absolutely loved them both too. Great memories
When we remember this.... WE`RE gettin´ old....
I felt this bro...one of many memories growing sitting in living room watching this with my dad. After that I would see a coastguard Hilo And remember this show as well as seeing it with my dad been almost two years since I lost him do to covid
I am a 80s child and this theme song speaks to what this country can still become 🎉
Amen to that sir.
Still gives me goosebumps after all these years. Airwolf was "the" show for me during the 1980s and cold War.
So many great shows back in the day. I loved Airwolf, but if I had to pick a favorite, it would probably be The A-Team
Props to the cameraman, stunt pilots and camera crew pilots to be able to pull off superb flight stunts and sequences. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear Airwolf's howl just like the Imperial Tie Fighters when they screamed past you on the screen. Really miss all that type of innovation in movies and TV that made them so memorable and iconic.
100% well said. The AIrwolf and TIE fighter screams were so iconic and effective.
Omg yes! Love that sound!
The theme song is one of the best!!! I remembered trying to record it on casset.... didn't turn out well at all. Great show.
Airwolf still has the best look ever..
I loved this show when I was a kid. The theme song was so epic and the Airwolf startup sequence music was the coolest thing I had heard in my young life at the time.
Indeed, not forgetting the way the Lady howled..
Love seeing the lady. Twas my favorite tv show as a kid, I'm 49. Bless you for this footage. This is the best tribute to Airwolf I have ever seen!
Thanks man!
Loved watching Airwolf. I grew up watching these good old classic shows from when I was a kid. Still watch the odd episode or two today
This is amazing, amazing, amazing. The only thing missing, and I feel horrible even mentioning it (because this is so incredibly well done) is a sound bite or two of the blood-curdling noises the chopper made on the show. Both that eerie whistling sound she made at low speed, and that shrieking sound on acceleration always sent the chills up my spine.
Listen to Typhoons doing the Mach Loop in Wales. This may scratch your itch.
But you are right. They called it.
@@davelewthwaite That’ll be a double thrill, my mother is from Aberaeron and we used to go for hikes and picnics in the country often enough to encounter jets doing practice runs. I’ll definitely look it up.
That would have been icing on the cake.
Airwolf's color scheme is that of an orca. A killer whale. In other words, it's an apex predator.
I never noticed that but you are absolutely right. Apex predator. If that doesn't sum up airwolf I don't know what does!
Apex predator has become another mindless cliche.
Wolves are of course Apex predators
Was in my 20s watching this show tv today has no heart whereas we had airwolf knight rider magnum pi fall guy Miami Vice and so many more today mostly crap so-called reality TV.
I think TV people ran out of ideas. Airwolf was certainly a world wide success.
@@srajjad and totally beyond any TV channel budget. It's all CGI green screen.
Little bit of Street Hawk, A Team and ... LA Law for the grown ups
The shows of today are crap! They are all about gender, race, politics, etc. None have anything to do with family values, but those that DO...like "Last man standing", get cancelled! Why? Because they are "trying" to impose family values and that's something the networks DON'T want!! So sad....
@@barryallenflash1 agreed.
Watching this little tribute actually made me realize how insanely pricey production must have been for the series. Helicopters are not cheap, even rentals. Great show, one of my favorites growing up.
I remember reading somewhere that production was around 1-3 million per episode, and this was in the mid 1980s. Imagine that in today dollars.
@mandellorian Yeah I noticed the difference in season 4. The quality of the show really went downhill and looked similar to those early morning cartoon shows on a cheap budget.
Damn they don’t make shows like this anymore!!! Thank you for the amazing tribute, Airwolf was long overdue for a quality piece of work like this!!!
And the Comanche too although it Never made it to production that I know of…
Checking back in a year later, yup still get goosebumps every time I hear this theme song!!!
I totally love Airwolf I watched back in the 80s when I was a kid & I've got all of Airwolf on dvd she is a true Lady
She was so beautiful. Greatest thing ever created. I teared up watching this. Thank you for making it.
You're very welcome. It was a labour of love and completely unintentional.
Still one of the best TV themes in history!
One of the best intros also for an action/adventure TV show.
100% synthesized music
Man, the composer of this theme song is truly a genius. He managed to incorporate the sound of spinning rotor blades into this awesome masterpiece. Listen carefully to the first 9 sec starting @ 0:30
Sylvester Levay was the composer.
Good catch
I always feel the music syncs perfectly with the spinning blades images of airwolf, like 1:34 - 1:37 and 2:37 - 2:45. I didn't know why, now I know.
Only one helicopter that could truly catch my attention. What a theme and what a show, love it :)
Let us all be ever grateful for the amazing piloting skills of the pilot who gave us all of these fantastic scenes of the chopper to look at. No CGI here, all real.
Loved this in my child hood, now 45 years old but still can't forget it and watch it very often.
Such a beauty. No CGI, no fake nonsense, real people flying real gear, because there was no other way to do it. This realness is desperately missing from todays cinema and tv.
Born 79, raised by Airwolf. Love this compilation.
Born 82, raised by Airwolf. Love this compilation.
Nice tribute. I watched this avidly back in the 80’s. Yeah it had lots of recycled shots, but goddamn what an awesome show. Most episodes hold up today, particularly the pilot.
Real shame though, All the stars of this show are gone now. Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine and of course our lady Airwolf.
Can’t blame them. Imagine the cost of both fuel and maintenance for the 222, even with the budget they had.
@@TheDogofTin That's why in later seasons you can see the obvious switch for the RC helicopter in a lot of the exterior action flight scenes. Sad, but obvious cut in production money.
There needs to be more shows like this one. This one still makes me smile.
And this is what I LOVED about the 80's!!!!!! Man this show was so awesome!!!!!
The vehicles and situations represented in Airwolf and Knight Rider were essentially what many boy's daydream about while bored in the classroom. A big reason why these shows were so popular. 😁
I’m 12 and I love Airwolf and I daydream about it all day
❤Watching this... Takes me back to the early 80s...more than 4 decades.. Wow! Like time warp... One minute I'm watching on our Selora box colour's TV... Now.... On my mobile in 2024...🙏😎🙌Beautiful memories... 👏🙌💪😎❤️
The pinnacle of awesome. Literally makes me cry.
The Great America's Legendary tv SERIES!!!
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It’s a shame he’s dead
Por que no la dan mas él eleccotero azul
back on those decade, on the Usa did the most greatest tv series, not only Airwolf, but also Knight Rider, Street Hawk, Magnum PI, Automan, Otherworld, Riptide, A-Team, Miami Vice, Visitors, The Robinson, Mac Gyver, Family Ties, The greatest american hero, Manimal, and many, many more. The series which air today, doesn matter if from tv or streaming, are just rubbish.
Popular in South🇰🇷Korea too?
...when she sways side to side, drops her nose and heads straight for the camera - awesome!!
Loved this show when I was a kid. Time to break out the box set and rewatch her again
This theme has been my ringtone for over two decades now and depends on life, will stay the same for many more years to come no matter how many phones I change! 🥁🥁🎶🎶🕺🕺
Yes . Same here 🤭
Good choice, I have been trying different 80s/90s themes of late, must getting nostalgic with age LOL 🤣
The V8 full throttle at the beginning of Hardcastle & McCormick is equally awesome 👍
Thank you. Friday nights were reserved to record Airwolf on VHS. Thank you for the memories.
2:16 Real chopper flying that low to the ground with no wheels or skids? That's godlike flying.
Ditto. You beat me to the comment.
There were some very good maneuvers through the series. I am thinking of what happened when the movie star that thought he could fly just by watching String do it.
@@rcschmidt668 I thought it was an RC model but the scaling seems to be full size. So it probably was a real chopper being flown.
@@fallinginthed33p It was the real helicopter. The pilot went to low and damaged the ADF pod in that scene.
Does anyone know what episode that was from?
As a kid in the early 80's, my father would watch Airwolf with me and it's something that has stuck with me well into my mid 40's. The quintessential tribute indeed, nicely done !!
Love The Lady. Probably always will. This is one of the best collection of scene selections I've ever seen posted on this site. WONDERFUL editing. The only thing that has detracted from it is the total Synth version used for the track. No matter how many times I watch this (And I have viewed it a few times over the years) it takes me out of the "Lady Vibe" (Sometimes I play this on mute). Also the lack of The Lady's "Voice"....
The intro with Marella describing the 1st description of Airwolf is PERFECT!
Thanks man, appreciate the words. It was a stylistic choice made with a heavy heart, but that synth version really had great production and feel. And most people don't even realise it's essentially a cover. I'm not sure where the original synth version came from but I edited that a lot to make it feel more cohesive. Using the synth version and editing it is what made the video be possible from a length perspective. And yes, I don't have the howls. This has been pointed out before and I've no excuse. Just missed it in the edit. If I could do it over again, who knows. Anyway, what's done is done.
@@peepo1513 I wish I had the talent/equipment and other resources to do 1/10 of what you did to produce this. Thanks for the reply and Happy Holidays!
My dad was a chopper pilot in the army for 21 years......I always watched airwolf thinkin, that’s what my dad does! God I love this show
I've never seen Airwolf footage so clear and sharp before. Must be a high quality digital transfer from the original film masters. Wish it was this clear back in the 80's. Would LOVE to have a 4K blu-ray of the series.
I was 12 or 13 when this came out and love the series. I remember to record the them song I held up a tape recorder to the TV when it came on, recorded the intro then proudly rode my bike to school and played the cassette tape at school where people did hear the theme song and my friends loved it. I was in 5th or 6th grade at the time.
I remember watching shows like Dukes of Hazzard, knight Rider, Manimal, fall guy, the $6 million man great early 80s TV shows.
Tron when it came out 1981 was the most amazing movie I’ve ever seen in my life.
Wonderful memories
i think what was so amazing about this show was that it was all practical effects. From the helicopter to the stunts to all the pyrotechnics and camera work. Just like Top Gun. Makes me wonder how Top Gun Maverick is gonna look.
Great tribute. ONLY thing missing is the 'Howl.' The basis of the recent FB memes of 'a picture can't evoke a sound' Insert the Lady.
You're right! Damn, I should have put that in somewhere. Good spot
Definitely needs the howl!
Yep. I was also fully expecting the "boop" of the "turbo" button followed by the jet engine scream. But great visuals!
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Here you go. Around 00:20 you have the "howl" and an epic fight as a bonus...
Miss the howl!!
Now **THIS** is a testament to the imagination and creative versatility of all those developers and dreamers who made TV in the 80's ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!
2 things I remember best about this phenomenal series when I was a kid. 1.: The Music... when the Music kicks in the adrenalin rush is abnormal just pure beast 2.: The "SCREACHING" of Airwolf when engaging in combat and doing these insane turns, that sound was haunting and dangerous and beautiful at the same time. Best Series ever!
Yeah, I loved to hear the 'wolf howling in combat and snarling too sometimes! It's very similar to the howl from a Vulcan bomber, another of my favourite aircraft! Search on UA-cam for "Vulcan howl" and you'll see a few examples.
Had to come back to watch this again! Great job putting this together! That film crew were masters and so was Sylvester Levay! Amazing.
So grateful this show was a part of my childhood and that it wasn’t made today. If it had been, it would have been some horrible cgi and we would have never had the privilege of witnessing the real and amazing maneuvers this aircraft and it’s pilots performed. So sad it crashed in real life. RIP JMV, EB and the real Bell helicopter used as Airwolf.
The ultimate attack helicopter which arguably looked as beautiful and graceful as any of the spitfire MKS. A true stroke of genius by Bellisario. One, if the not the ultimate TV series.
"I can't believe you people! You haul my butt outta bed after midnight; fly me off to God knows where, to see some lousy helicopter and there's no cream cheese..."
"It's not a lousy helicopter, senator. It's Airwolf."
What a quote in the first 5min of the pilot episode. "Mean looking bird though." Moffett is a sadistic sum bitch. He got his in the end.
@@dawsonlehmann4852 String.... It’s done.
I'm 59 and grew up with Airwolf bring it back It's been to long come back sexy LADY
The cinematography has a huge part in making this look great still. Such epic scenes.
No CGI amazing talent #80sTV
Miljona ...asc camoon beyiby
I grew up watching Knight Rider, Airwolf, The A-team, and MacGyver.... Ahhhhh good old days...
Loved loved loved this show. Nice job on the tribute 👏
"No matter how many times I see her, she still takes my breath away."
What an amazing machine... I don't care that the music is so 80s techno... if you have that tune in your blood, it's simply sweet music.
I wish this show was still streaming somewhere... it was fun.
Your wish is granted its on peacock
@@aliceallen6829 I must have the wrong package, because I can’t find it 🙁 You’ll have to enjoy it for me.
I am a true 80's man....and this is blue blood 80's synth....no other theme music can match this .....
The Best Tribute on UA-cam, Great Programmer, sweet Airwolf NICE
Very Nostalgic.I could not sleep without seeing this serial in my teenage.
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Airwolf can kick any helicopter's butt with just his soundtrack
I see your Airwolf and raise you a Blue Thunder (Movie not the TV show)
Airwolf tries to see blue in the rear view mirror but thunder still does not take off
@@GarryOzols
I see your Airwolf and Blue Thunder and raise you a MI-24P :)
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Jea claude 43 anos muito parabéns 😅😢😊🎉❤
Back of the day I was a teenager when this TV show was on
Beautiful tribute!!!
I loved it!!
Bravo to the creator and thank you for paying homage to something so beloved from my childhood!!
This has been on a constant series loop for the last couple of years here in Britain and it's so compelling and as good as it was in the 1980s that I've watched it every time and haven't been bored of it yet (well apart from the awful last series but that one doesn't count!).
Used to come on after wrestling on Saturday afternoons on ITV. Good times.
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I loved this as a kid,it was awesome back in the 80's to have this on itv every Saturday morning.I loved it.
One of the best looking helicopter of all time!!!
When I was a kid, air wolf was the best looking object I'd ever seen. It's hard to describe the shear awe, truly captivating. The way they got the camera frame rate spot on to capture the rotors is awesome. The show was actually not that great (after season one) and even as a young boy I knew that, but I didn't care, just look at that helicopter!