I watched these as a child. Same as you guys. I had the privilege of inspecting a few of these helicopters a year ago. They use them for rescue. It brought back a whole lot of memories. Good memories.
At that time I'm just 7yrs old and I watch that series with my whole family and now it's been a long time to see this clip remind me my childhood days thnx alot for this reminder🥰🥰🥰love from Pakistan
uh, actually....no. it was destroyed in 1992 in germany after it was sold to be used as a medevac chopper and an incompetent pilot crashed it during some bad weather. sorry.
I'm 53 and it gives me goose-pimples to watch this. That was a different time back then with the cold war and patriotism. Beautiful machine. Great stunt flying.
Funny to see. I'm 54. Even as a kid I kind of thought the show was lame. Love aircraft and the arial shots were great, but there was so much rinse repeat of the shots and every climax was exactly the same.
great model kit too ... had 3 of them one as airwolf one as the commercial helicopter and oen as a hybrid of the two ... when I moved out of the parents sold them at a garage sale ... got 60 bucks for all 3 ... seems the buyer liked the series too
@@JF-lt5zc And? It was a TV show with a TV budget working hard to keep its audience. Of course it ends the same. Isn’t that the point? All sci-fi fantasy TV shows follow a formula. (So do sitcoms.) MacGyver always got out of a jam using his intelligence and whatever was around him. Columbo always outwitted the criminals. KITT always saves the day with its technological magic. It’s repetitive because _people liked the formula_ and watched those shows with specific expectations. I doubt they had a budget to do a fresh sequence for every episode with Airwolf chasing or being chased. Remember that these shows had to churn out new episodes each week! I think all those shows did a fine job with the money and time they were given.
I love this video. Airwolf and Blue Thunder are the reason I have been working on military helicopters for over 30 years. AH-64A, UH-60 A/L/M, HH-60M and now MH-60R as a civilian for the Navy.
I loved Blue Thunder as a kid. It was a bit surreal moving to the US and living in East LA because the police chopper was always over our area. I also nerded out the first time I saw the building used as the police heliport in the movie.
@@longnamedude3947 … You obviously have issues I didn’t say this helicopter is the most modern looking helicopter or even the best but in fact I said it’s still modern looking after so many years. That has nothing to do with any other helicopter you fool.
Yep agree...although as 'long name' mentions, there has been some protos made that you'd look at all helos now and wonder WTF are any of these things around now even doing in the sky!! What I can say without any breeches of national security is that the majority of them military wise are all moving to design of full stealth that look more like the f35 than an actual helos, but due to the composit materials needed to make, AND the costs of the certain engines with special rotor suppressors needed to be fitted are simply BS...more near to the same costs of the F35s.. If interested whats out now, do research into the one that crashed during the rubbish Bin Laden Op when it went down... you'll spin TF out.. 👍
My dad worked for SABC in PE, I met Jan Micheal Vincent face to face and shook his hand will never forget his voice and smile. Thank you for this, I lost my dad to Cancer in 2012 so this brought back a great memory.
Had the opportunity to see the LADY once as a kid, truly an awesome sight to see your dream in person!!!!I wish she was kept and preserved for all to enjoy instead of being stripped, then sold as an air ambulance and ultimately crashing. She will be missed by those who grew up watching her!
@Jason Puddy I take comfort from the fact that she (The Lady) accomplished her final mission (delivering a badly burnt young girl to a specialist medical centre in bad weather) before she crashed into the side of a mountain whilst returning to base. The crash report blamed pilot error, sadly the entire crew died on impact and the force of the impact was severe enough that it broke her clean in 2 😭😭
I was about 6 when Airwolf landed at Checkers in Kempton Park (old Transvaal) and it was an incredible dream come true!! I still have very blurry photos of it passed down by my mom.
Wow.... The Lady! Must have been incredible to see her live and in person. I can't even imagine. It breaks my heart that she was sold off and crashed... they should have preserved her for future generations to enjoy.
They should have installed a stereo with high output speakers so they could give Airwolf it's iconic howl and growl. It is my lottery fantasy to build and fly a Airwolf clone and I would spend my summers bouncing around airshows.
When I saw it in Sacramento, California, it did howl! I was shocked because I thought it was a sound effect added in post for TV. I'll never forget it as I saw it twice in one day. First in the afternoon as it flew by with a news chopper, then in the evening as it took off from the local fairgrounds (Cal Expo).
Who ever posted this - thank you. My dad is in this video as he was the engineer for it. I was lucky to have flow in it a few times.Awesome memory to see so thanks for uploading.
@@Gigatechi7 im from Sweden, lived in the states 82-86 as a teenager. I loved Airwolf, was part of my daily dose of tv, that and Magnum P.I. of course haha😂 ah the memories, man i really miss the states of the 80's😍
What a blast from the past, such great nostalgia. To this day there's nothing like Airwolf, if it had the capabilities in the show it would make even today's military helicopters look obsolete, thanks for posting.
I remember when it came to Kempton Park Checkers. It Landed and then Jan-Michael Vincent Climbed out of the cockpit wearing a light brown leather jacket. My self and my oldest cousin were very excited that day. Thanks for putting this up it brought back some memories
I get the fans wishing there were the iconic howls and growls, etc... but seriously, seeing and hearing Airwolf simply BE an actual, real authentic aircraft was awesome. Nowadays it would all be CGI - but this was frikkin' real. No SFX. No dubbing. No music. Just a formidable, beautiful and deadly aircraft being exactly what it was.
westernspaceodyssey3887 In 1986 I was working in Long Beach, CA. They filmed an episode of Air Wolf. And I got to see The Lady and the Santini Air helicopters both fly in. Now The Lady did not scream like she did on tv, but in my head she sure did. It was not the episode that they filmed by the Queen Mary.
Brought back so many memories those were the good times made me feel like a kid once more even at 52 I wish they would make a movie thank you to whoever posted this
I have some very specific memories linked to this helicopter and they still make my pulse race after 32 years....you have to love this kind of Movie making even if it is as old as us. Must be why im ayng DCS World sim....lol. love this Bell 222
Love to see that the LADY got the chance to be shown in these events, never saw this kind of footage before, hundreds of people enjoying live in person the magic of Airwolf. Shame that the helicopter couldn't be preserved. A gem of the 80s and one of the most beautiful aircraft designs out there.
Man you guys that got to see this beauty are extremely lucky, and this was in the 80's as well , never again will this happen not only here in SA but anywhere around in the world!😍🙌🙌🙌
@@roachcoachhelis6387 : *Germany, not Sweden. After a rescue flight from Berlin to a special clinics in Cologne on 6/6/1992, "Airwolf" got into a thunderstorm and stalled over a forest area. Her last mission still in the name of good. RIP to her and her crew of 3.
It’s basically a Bell 222 helicopter, with a fancy body kit. Absolutely nothing on it is functional LOL. I’m still proud to say. I got to ride in it, when it was in Johannesburg. It cost my aunt an expensive R250, well in 1987 that was a lot of money 😂. I was all of 7 years old. I remember the day like it happened yesterday. To this day one of the best moments of my life.
@@bryfunkenstein it was repainted and used in Germany as an air ambulance, until the pilot accidentally flew it into the side of a mountain in poor visibility conditions.
I f@cking miss my eighties……………. Absolutely everything from this era was BAD ASS AT ULTIMATE LEVEL. Check the cars, check the planes, check the copters, check the music, check everything……… METALLICA………………………….I mean….. I don’t know what I’m doing here in 2022…………..
I am a huge fan of Airwolf and watch every episode as a kid in the 80s. If I would have gotten the chance to sit inside her for even 5 minutes it would be the great time of my life. ❤❤❤
If in fact this video was done in classic 80's 4X3 the re-crop in 16X9 is great. It looks 80's, feels 80's, the sound most certainly is classic 1980's. Yes folks, I do realize this was indeed videotaped or filmed in 1987! Great Video!
In ‘87 I was fifteen. If I had seen this it would have been the same as if the Millennium Falcon had just landed in front of me. Airwolf was the absolute shit at that age.
Wow, awesome video. I remember my Mom and Dad taking us to see it in Kempton Park. My brother, sister and I got signed posters. It's a memory I will never forget. Thank you.
I got goosebumps from the start watching it turn in for the approach…this helicopter is beautiful, my favorite childhood show. Still waiting on a reboot, as long as the helicopter is exactly the same. Maybe “Hawk” had a long lost son who followed in his fathers footsteps. If you remember season 1 of air wolf, “Daddy’s Gone Hunt’n,” the kid looks like Hawk but never admits that it is.
It was the most attractive mono perpellar helicopter ever made, also intended to be a luxury/VIP, even had more stretch models patten. Like a flying vtol perpellar version of a limousine. Yet ironic it turned into a top secret military sci-fi movie craft.
For now, simply put: "Goosebumps" oh my dear goodness. This is awesome! Most (if not all) footage of this chopper was in SD 4X3 (1.33:1). This looks amazing in widescreen. Cannot believe how awesome this video is! THANK YOU Mr. Gareth Wilkinson for posting this video!!!!! :-)
Jeepers, thank you so much for posting this. Can't remember what excuse my parents used to explain to 6 year old me why we were standing around a shopping mall parking lot along with a bunch of other people, but I still remember the excitement when 'The Lady' came flying in. Best surprise ever. Though I do remember being slightly disappointed when Jean Michael Vincent emerged without the flight suit. Brilliant memory
There were 2 airwolf helicopters , one was airwolf in black, registration number N3176S, was sold to company in Germany and used as air ambulance and crashed in 1992 destroying. There was redwolf, (airwolf with red nose) registered N1074T, was a Bell 222 aircraft, that was involved in an incident during pwr off run land on April 15, 1987 at 16:30, in Ben Wheeler, TX, was being used by University Of South Alabama. There is a replica,The replica was housed between 2007 and 2015 in the Tennessee Museum of Aviation in Sevierville, Tennessee. It was then sold to a private collector in California, having been further modified at West Coast Customs during September 2015. The replica was then placed on top of a mansion in Bel Air, California. The owner then sold the mansion and replica is now at the Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum, in Compton, CA
Ah yes, the Bell 222A executive Helicopter. It was an instant success when Bell released it for sales and was loved by everyone who laid eyes on it. When it was released in 1979 at a whopping 1.1 million dollars if my memory is correct, but it was definitely at least 1 million dollars was an exorbitant price and everyone wanted it because of it's looks. I think it is still one of the most beautiful helicopters to ever take to the skies. It was until the Eurocopter EC155B1 came around in the 2000's that I found another equally beautiful Helicopter.
Sadly it wasn't a great sales success. Underpowered, high maintenance, poor safety record. That's why you don't see these often. I actually live very close to Van Nuys airport where it was based during the series.
Loved Airwolf when I was young, I even remember having the Airwolf Toy Helicopter which had it on a string hanging from my ceiling in my bedroom, and when you turned it on it would go around in circles with gravity, and the blades turning too. Was great to have, not sure where it is now though and I am in my mid-40s. Great days though.
The primary stunt pilot really was an amazing pilot, in the real world the 222 looked much better than it actually performed. Still stunning looking though!
I remember attending the event in Durban, at the recently opened Checkers / Game centre near Greyville race course. Pierre de Chamois entertained hundreds of onlookers. Looking back at my photo album, ah the memories! Thanks for this!!
I remember being in Pietermaritzburg visiting a family member when this chopper flew overhead on it's way to Johannesburg back in 1987. It also had all it's movie props attached at the time.
@Gareth Wilkinson Thank you for this. I remember my dad taking me to see this in Midrand in 1987. We stood in line for nearly eight hours before we got to see Airwolf up close. I remember being absolutely awestruck.
RIP Jean Michael Vincent...loved the series , my favourite Saturday TV by a mile...I'm 52 now.
thank's for him
I'm 51 years old. I watched it a lot when I was a kid.I live and have always lived in Brazil. This series marked a generation around the world.
Ditto - from UK
Jan Michael Vincent was made for the Air Wolf show to me no one else could pull it off like Jan Michael Vincent he just made the show
I watched these as a child. Same as you guys. I had the privilege of inspecting a few of these helicopters a year ago. They use them for rescue. It brought back a whole lot of memories. Good memories.
At that time I'm just 7yrs old and I watch that series with my whole family and now it's been a long time to see this clip remind me my childhood days thnx alot for this reminder🥰🥰🥰love from Pakistan
I was also 7 years old
same. it was a time when they thought the world was going to be helicopter based instead of computer based
What an incredibly beautiful machine, to this day I've yet to see another helicopter look more beautiful and menacing than Airwolf
Blue thunder was
@@mygamingroom1512 i disagree. Blue thunder while impressive was certainly not beautiful or more menacing looking. Looked over the top to me
Indeed, such a shame what happened to her
It was gorgeous then and remains so today. A timeless beauty of a helicopter.
uh, actually....no. it was destroyed in 1992 in germany after it was sold to be used as a medevac chopper and an incompetent pilot crashed it during some bad weather. sorry.
@@mummra7 I read about that online. Tragically, three people died in the accident.
Air wolf and Knight Rider changed my childhood
Да я много смотрела эту фильм 📽️
One of the most beautifully crafted flying machines i'v seen in the last 41 years of my life! "AirShark" could also fit quite well for it.
Okay, I'm not the only one thinking 🦈 👍
Yes utcwould
Or Sky-Shark 🤔
I'm 53 and it gives me goose-pimples to watch this. That was a different time back then with the cold war and patriotism. Beautiful machine. Great stunt flying.
Loved the Cold War intrigue and clandestine spycraft of the first few seasons of Airwolf!
Funny to see. I'm 54. Even as a kid I kind of thought the show was lame. Love aircraft and the arial shots were great, but there was so much rinse repeat of the shots and every climax was exactly the same.
So good looking that airwolf take ya back
great model kit too ... had 3 of them one as airwolf one as the commercial helicopter and oen as a hybrid of the two ... when I moved out of the parents sold them at a garage sale ... got 60 bucks for all 3 ... seems the buyer liked the series too
@@JF-lt5zc And? It was a TV show with a TV budget working hard to keep its audience. Of course it ends the same. Isn’t that the point? All sci-fi fantasy TV shows follow a formula. (So do sitcoms.) MacGyver always got out of a jam using his intelligence and whatever was around him. Columbo always outwitted the criminals. KITT always saves the day with its technological magic. It’s repetitive because _people liked the formula_ and watched those shows with specific expectations. I doubt they had a budget to do a fresh sequence for every episode with Airwolf chasing or being chased. Remember that these shows had to churn out new episodes each week! I think all those shows did a fine job with the money and time they were given.
I love this video. Airwolf and Blue Thunder are the reason I have been working on military helicopters for over 30 years. AH-64A, UH-60 A/L/M, HH-60M and now MH-60R as a civilian for the Navy.
Mein Respekt, BlueThunder, seit meiner Kindheit immer noch ein Traum.
I loved Blue Thunder as a kid. It was a bit surreal moving to the US and living in East LA because the police chopper was always over our area. I also nerded out the first time I saw the building used as the police heliport in the movie.
Even after all these years the helicopter still looks modern
@@longnamedude3947 … You obviously have issues I didn’t say this helicopter is the most modern looking helicopter or even the best but in fact I said it’s still modern looking after so many years. That has nothing to do with any other helicopter you fool.
Es verdad.
That's what I thought too then I Saw it was from 1987 😐
@@midnyte6195 … 1987 is over 35 years ago most choppers built back then would look old now but this looks great to this day .
Yep agree...although as 'long name' mentions, there has been some protos made that you'd look at all helos now and wonder WTF are any of these things around now even doing in the sky!!
What I can say without any breeches of national security is that the majority of them military wise are all moving to design of full stealth that look more like the f35 than an actual helos, but due to the composit materials needed to make, AND the costs of the certain engines with special rotor suppressors needed to be fitted are simply BS...more near to the same costs of the F35s.. If interested whats out now, do research into the one that crashed during the rubbish Bin Laden Op when it went down... you'll spin TF out.. 👍
My dad worked for SABC in PE, I met Jan Micheal Vincent face to face and shook his hand will never forget his voice and smile. Thank you for this, I lost my dad to Cancer in 2012 so this brought back a great memory.
My deepest condolences, and I celebrate your great memories.
@@josepablolunasanchez1283 Thank you
Sorry to hear that bru...really sad! I'm glad I could find this treasure and bring it back within reach for you and everyone to see!
Sad to hear that. May his soul rest in eternal peace.
I'm sorry about your dad. Cancer is a real MF. I lost my dad to cancer.
Great Memories. Still hear the overlayed howling sound when the lady appears. 80´s series, best era ever.
Had the opportunity to see the LADY once as a kid, truly an awesome sight to see your dream in person!!!!I wish she was kept and preserved for all to enjoy instead of being stripped, then sold as an air ambulance and ultimately crashing. She will be missed by those who grew up watching her!
Greetings: Indeed such a shame. Unfortunately, most things R usually about $. RIP: Airwolf, Jan, Earnest, Alex.
Ah this answers my question at the top then , that's such a shame
@Jason Puddy I take comfort from the fact that she (The Lady) accomplished her final mission (delivering a badly burnt young girl to a specialist medical centre in bad weather) before she crashed into the side of a mountain whilst returning to base.
The crash report blamed pilot error, sadly the entire crew died on impact and the force of the impact was severe enough that it broke her clean in 2 😭😭
I was gonna mention how they stripped it and sold the parts off
I remember my dad taking me to see Airwolf in Pretoria. Even 35 years later I still remember it vividly.
That visual and howling sound is unmistakable thanks for transporting me back to a time where everything seemed possible
I remember watching this show as a kid. Loved it! 80s tv rocked!
I was about 6 when Airwolf landed at Checkers in Kempton Park (old Transvaal) and it was an incredible dream come true!! I still have very blurry photos of it passed down by my mom.
Hi it was my favorite seri I have 45 years now RIP Jean Michael Vincent god bless
Wow.... The Lady! Must have been incredible to see her live and in person. I can't even imagine. It breaks my heart that she was sold off and crashed... they should have preserved her for future generations to enjoy.
I can hear the theme song! 😆 really looks more modern than new most helicopters! I loved that show! RIP 🙏 J.M.V.
yehh insane remember
Yesvit dose
I LOVE THE 80s MOVIE, MUSIC, TV SHOWS... AIRWOLF, BLUETHUNDER, KITT (KNIGHT RIDER), AUTOMAN, DUKE AND HAZZARD, MAGNUM PI AND MANY MORE ..
The Lady will never not be the most amazing and beautiful looking helicopter. They really nailed the look of her.
They should have installed a stereo with high output speakers so they could give Airwolf it's iconic howl and growl. It is my lottery fantasy to build and fly a Airwolf clone and I would spend my summers bouncing around airshows.
Same here, colour matched speakers drilled into the rear of the undercarriage, let it howl
@@mikeknight.1 lol 😆👌
@@roystonevans2223 well I'll be, you're an Evans too?
So am I
Hell Yeah, The lady's Voice!!
When I saw it in Sacramento, California, it did howl! I was shocked because I thought it was a sound effect added in post for TV.
I'll never forget it as I saw it twice in one day. First in the afternoon as it flew by with a news chopper, then in the evening as it took off from the local fairgrounds (Cal Expo).
Who ever posted this - thank you. My dad is in this video as he was the engineer for it. I was lucky to have flow in it a few times.Awesome memory to see so thanks for uploading.
You're welcome
envy of all us guys from back in the day that loved the series.
@@Gigatechi7 im from Sweden, lived in the states 82-86 as a teenager. I loved Airwolf, was part of my daily dose of tv, that and Magnum P.I. of course haha😂 ah the memories, man i really miss the states of the 80's😍
Wow, I was there on my Dads shoulders.
@jasonharts6994 that's awesome bro
What a blast from the past, such great nostalgia. To this day there's nothing like Airwolf, if it had the capabilities in the show it would make even today's military helicopters look obsolete, thanks for posting.
yehhh, very nice copter
That's right
This brings back the best memories of my childhood and got me interested in aviation.
Agree bro.....back to the past...
I remember when it came to Kempton Park Checkers. It Landed and then Jan-Michael Vincent Climbed out of the cockpit wearing a light brown leather jacket. My self and my oldest cousin were very excited that day. Thanks for putting this up it brought back some memories
Such an amazing show and helicopter
I was 7 years old and I remember this day well!!
You and me both bud!
I wish they would do a another series of air wolf , this was my favorite show
back in the 1980s a helicopter was still pretty magical. Human flight was less than 100 years old still.
Greenacres shopping center....I was there, 4 years old!!! Still remeber all the Airwolf toys we bought that day. One of my coolest memories.
Greenacres and Menlyn.. and PE. Such great memories.. !!!
I was also there, but I was 9 or 10.
I remember seeing the Airwolf helicopter at a aviation expo in the Los Angeles area it was probably mid 80s. very cool copter!!!
I get the fans wishing there were the iconic howls and growls, etc... but seriously, seeing and hearing Airwolf simply BE an actual, real authentic aircraft was awesome. Nowadays it would all be CGI - but this was frikkin' real. No SFX. No dubbing. No music. Just a formidable, beautiful and deadly aircraft being exactly what it was.
westernspaceodyssey3887 In 1986 I was working in Long Beach, CA. They filmed an episode of Air Wolf. And I got to see The Lady and the Santini Air helicopters both fly in. Now The Lady did not scream like she did on tv, but in my head she sure did. It was not the episode that they filmed by the Queen Mary.
Brought back so many memories those were the good times made me feel like a kid once more even at 52 I wish they would make a movie thank you to whoever posted this
among my childhood favourite tv shows... airwolf and blue thunder 😁
What I wouldn't have done to see this back when I was a kid!
Man i was so hooked to this serie. Amazing aircraft
Love this!!! One of my all time favorites! So many memories!!! I'm 50 now and I grew with Blue Thunder, Air Wolf and of course the movie FireFox!!!
Same here bossman, 50 as well and loved them shows
same taste here..absolutely loved Firefox and Blue Thunder..will be 50 in 2 days! Horray for the pinnacle of Gen X.
Don't forget Streethawk and knight rider
As a kid I remembered watching this show I loved it and that howl give me goose bumps
May the Lady fly forever in heaven 🙏
With Hawke, Dom and Michael inside, touring the Valley Of the Gods.
after all these years… i’ve never seen this footage! thank you!! i was 11yrs old when this show came out! got the full series on dvd! ❤😊
I have some very specific memories linked to this helicopter and they still make my pulse race after 32 years....you have to love this kind of Movie making even if it is as old as us. Must be why im ayng DCS World sim....lol. love this Bell 222
Love to see that the LADY got the chance to be shown in these events, never saw this kind of footage before, hundreds of people enjoying live in person the magic of Airwolf. Shame that the helicopter couldn't be preserved. A gem of the 80s and one of the most beautiful aircraft designs out there.
This is just a Replica, not the original.
Priceless treasure show of my childhood
Man you guys that got to see this beauty are extremely lucky, and this was in the 80's as well , never again will this happen not only here in SA but anywhere around in the world!😍🙌🙌🙌
You're right. Too bad she doesn't exist anymore.
Yeah it will never happen again because Airwolf was crashed after it was turned into a medical ambulance in Sweden
@@roachcoachhelis6387 : *Germany, not Sweden.
After a rescue flight from Berlin to a special clinics in Cologne on 6/6/1992, "Airwolf" got into a thunderstorm and stalled over a forest area.
Her last mission still in the name of good. RIP to her and her crew of 3.
@@luftwolf7405 She didn't "stall", according to the accident report, the pilot flew her straight into the side of a mountain/large hillside!
One of the most elegand designs to ever take to the air.
Apart from Concorde obviously 😉
I loved that show!!!
I still watch it now and again... Just because Airwolf is so Amazing 👊👌❤ Thank you for uploading this gem!
Amazing, my fave tv show as child!
That's my childhood right there!!!
airwolf , knight rider, chips and few cartoons i can never forget !!! Big memories of my childhood.
man... still give you those chills!
It’s basically a Bell 222 helicopter, with a fancy body kit. Absolutely nothing on it is functional LOL.
I’m still proud to say. I got to ride in it, when it was in Johannesburg. It cost my aunt an expensive R250, well in 1987 that was a lot of money 😂. I was all of 7 years old. I remember the day like it happened yesterday. To this day one of the best moments of my life.
Wasn't it sold to south Africa and used as an ambulance?
@@bryfunkenstein it was repainted and used in Germany as an air ambulance, until the pilot accidentally flew it into the side of a mountain in poor visibility conditions.
That was my favorite show. Thanks for sharing
Most beautiful helicopter ever!
Thank you for sharing. Still gets the heart a pumping when I see her.
Loved that show when I was a kid!
What an amazing design. This show got me into flying. Love it. Thanks for sharing.
Airwolf is one programme I'd love to see a remake of!!
Amazing footage, wouldn’t be allowed to fly like that over crowds these days sadly.
some things in life age beautifully, this aircraft is such one of those things and does it soo well.
She was beautiful and a beast at the same time. You just wonder how many ideas came from Airwolf with helicopter designers.
I loved this as a kid 👍
I f@cking miss my eighties…………….
Absolutely everything from this era was BAD ASS AT ULTIMATE LEVEL.
Check the cars, check the planes, check the copters, check the music, check everything……… METALLICA………………………….I mean….. I don’t know what I’m doing here in 2022…………..
I am a huge fan of Airwolf and watch every episode as a kid in the 80s. If I would have gotten the chance to sit inside her for even 5 minutes it would be the great time of my life. ❤❤❤
If in fact this video was done in classic 80's 4X3 the re-crop in 16X9 is great. It looks 80's, feels 80's, the sound most certainly is classic 1980's. Yes folks, I do realize this was indeed videotaped or filmed in 1987! Great Video!
In ‘87 I was fifteen. If I had seen this it would have been the same as if the Millennium Falcon had just landed in front of me. Airwolf was the absolute shit at that age.
Wow, awesome video. I remember my Mom and Dad taking us to see it in Kempton Park. My brother, sister and I got signed posters. It's a memory I will never forget. Thank you.
Thank You for bringing back fond memories I was in Potch to see it 👍👌👌
I got goosebumps from the start watching it turn in for the approach…this helicopter is beautiful, my favorite childhood show. Still waiting on a reboot, as long as the helicopter is exactly the same. Maybe “Hawk” had a long lost son who followed in his fathers footsteps. If you remember season 1 of air wolf, “Daddy’s Gone Hunt’n,” the kid looks like Hawk but never admits that it is.
저기 모인 일반인들은 촬영용으로 만들어진 실물로 공개되는 에어울프를 눈앞에서 직접 보다니 행운이군요. 🍀 희귀한 영상을 올려주셔서 고맙습니다~^^
It was the most attractive mono perpellar helicopter ever made, also intended to be a luxury/VIP, even had more stretch models patten. Like a flying vtol perpellar version of a limousine. Yet ironic it turned into a top secret military sci-fi movie craft.
Nearly fifty years old but still one of the most beautiful machines ever made.
Heartbreaking knowing what happened to this beautiful bell. RIP to the medics that died in her.
She is still the most beautiful helicopter ever flown.
my favourite movie series when I was 11 years old..thank you to whom uploading these video..great..
Thanks for posting this, as with several others on here I'm now in my 50's and this brings back memories of a Saturday afternoon in front of the TV.
Thank you Gareth, I attended the event in the Vaal as a kid - The lady was and is still one of the most iconic memories ever!
For now, simply put: "Goosebumps" oh my dear goodness. This is awesome! Most (if not all) footage of this chopper was in SD 4X3 (1.33:1). This looks amazing in widescreen. Cannot believe how awesome this video is!
THANK YOU Mr. Gareth Wilkinson for posting this video!!!!! :-)
Jeepers, thank you so much for posting this. Can't remember what excuse my parents used to explain to 6 year old me why we were standing around a shopping mall parking lot along with a bunch of other people, but I still remember the excitement when 'The Lady' came flying in. Best surprise ever. Though I do remember being slightly disappointed when Jean Michael Vincent emerged without the flight suit. Brilliant memory
There were 2 airwolf helicopters , one was airwolf in black, registration number N3176S, was sold to company in Germany and used as air ambulance and crashed in 1992 destroying. There was redwolf, (airwolf with red nose) registered N1074T, was a Bell 222 aircraft, that was involved in an incident during pwr off run land on April 15, 1987 at 16:30, in Ben Wheeler, TX, was being used by University Of South Alabama. There is a replica,The replica was housed between 2007 and 2015 in the Tennessee Museum of Aviation in Sevierville, Tennessee. It was then sold to a private collector in California, having been further modified at West Coast Customs during September 2015. The replica was then placed on top of a mansion in Bel Air, California. The owner then sold the mansion and replica is now at the Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum, in Compton, CA
This was everything for me as a little kid in the 80s.
Ah yes, the Bell 222A executive Helicopter. It was an instant success when Bell released it for sales and was loved by everyone who laid eyes on it. When it was released in 1979 at a whopping 1.1 million dollars if my memory is correct, but it was definitely at least 1 million dollars was an exorbitant price and everyone wanted it because of it's looks. I think it is still one of the most beautiful helicopters to ever take to the skies. It was until the Eurocopter EC155B1 came around in the 2000's that I found another equally beautiful Helicopter.
According to FLYING magazine buyers guide, a 222B in 1986 was $2 mill and some change. There was nothing like Bell quality at the time.
Amazing ship ! You are correct sir!
I used to work for an oil company here in Texas and they had a few of these for their executives
Sadly it wasn't a great sales success. Underpowered, high maintenance, poor safety record. That's why you don't see these often. I actually live very close to Van Nuys airport where it was based during the series.
Must Iconic Awesome Helicopter Ever Made For A Movie... Love IT!
Loved Airwolf when I was young, I even remember having the Airwolf Toy Helicopter which had it on a string hanging from my ceiling in my bedroom, and when you turned it on it would go around in circles with gravity, and the blades turning too. Was great to have, not sure where it is now though and I am in my mid-40s. Great days though.
I saw her in van nyes ca back in the 80's at a air show. She did a very impressive air demo
The primary stunt pilot really was an amazing pilot, in the real world the 222 looked much better than it actually performed. Still stunning looking though!
Hermosa Aeronave. Que buenas modificaciones idearon para ese Bell 222. Quedó una belleza "The Lady".
What a memory. Thanks for this.
I remember attending the event in Durban, at the recently opened Checkers / Game centre near Greyville race course. Pierre de Chamois entertained hundreds of onlookers. Looking back at my photo album, ah the memories! Thanks for this!!
Mr BlueJeans ! The only things worse than PDC was 4 Jacks and a Jill, Soft Shoes & Patricia Lewis !
I remember this Pierre de Charmois now that you mention him. Long time ago when i was studying glenwood high durban
AWESOME!!!!! Thank you for sharing.
THANK YOU for posting..Mind flooded with great memories.
You're welcome
I remember as kid the Checkers Airwolf came to Durban as well. What a great marketing strategy it was! Memories forever!!
I remember being in Pietermaritzburg visiting a family member when this chopper flew overhead on it's way to Johannesburg back in 1987.
It also had all it's movie props attached at the time.
How cool would that have been to see that in person! I think I may have used about three rolls of film taking pictures, since it was 1987!
40 years and this elicopter still looks awesome... timeless shape and design.
The video was made about 40 years ago🤪
The Bell 222 was a nice looking chopper.
For the first time in my life I actually wanted music with a fly by at an airshow 😅 (airwolf theme)
Absolutely fantastic
Glad you like the video! I will be restoring an old ERTL die-cast Airwolf soon! Regards Gareth
Whoever made the soundtrack of Airwolf sounds so technical cool
@Gareth Wilkinson Thank you for this. I remember my dad taking me to see this in Midrand in 1987. We stood in line for nearly eight hours before we got to see Airwolf up close. I remember being absolutely awestruck.