When I was a kid, I freaking loved the t.v. series Airwolf. For the people born later than 1985 reading this blog, Wikipeda explains Airwolf in the following way:
Airwolf is an American television series that ran from 1984 through 1987. The program concerned a supersonic military helicopter, code named Airwolf, and her crew as they undertook various missions, many involving espionage, with a Cold War theme.
So when the American Heros Airshow rolled into town and the newspaper article said you could get helicopter rides, I had to go. After a few minutes of pretending to be interested in the Sheriff's helicopter and the Shands helicopter, I found a small folding table with a simple hand-written sign that said: Helicopter Rides.
After paying $35 a person Evan and I were on our way. Notice I didn't say anything about filling out consent forms or a waiver of liability. In fact there was no paperwork whatsoever. As an attorney, this troubled me. I guess they figure if something goes wrong in a helicopter, you're not going to be around to sue.
I was a little worried Evan would freak out mid-flight, but he absolutely loved it. He looked confused and excited as the chopper fired up.
The inside of the chopper was a little smaller than a Honda Civic. We were flying, I don't know... a couple hundred feet off the ground and going about 100 miles an hour. At my request, they flew right over our house.
I never realized how many of my neighbors had pools. After about 5-6 minutes, they headed back to the airshow where we landed safely. For the next two days, Evan yelled out at random "We went on a helicopter ride. We went high in the sky. We landed real soft." Followed by, "Do it again!"
2 comments:
Hi Adam. I'll bet the show inspired more than a few people to go to airshows for a ride. Count me as one of them.
Back in the day when they had a show at El Toro, I remember that Airwolf drew a bigger crowd than the Blue Angels. On the second day they had to move Airwolf closer to the jets to get people to go over there. I didn't get to take a ride, but seeing her was well worth the price of admission.
If Airwolf showed up at an airshow nowadays, I'd still go!
If you're still interested in the show, you can find some like-minded individuals on this forum:
http://forum.airwolf.tv
And you can watch episodes free of charge in the episode guide:
http://series.airwolf.tv/episodes
There's even a contemporary magazine being published about the show with cast and crew interviews:
http://wolfslair.airwolf.tv
So, you picked a good show to remember fondly!
You know Beth was already too old for that show!!
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