Airwolf: Introduction

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In the show, Airwolf was an armored, stealthy aircraft.   The weapons were state-of-the-art, with machine guns that could rip apart tanks and  bunkers. The belly missile pod could fire a variety of rockets,  including air-to-surface Mavericks, Hellfires, and heat-seeking  air-to-air Sidewinders.   Airwolf was also equipped with an advanced  computer system which could identify and track aircraft and ground  vehicles. - Wikipedia. 

Jan-Michael Vincent as Stringfellow Hawk.  Read More.

Ernest Borgnine as Dominic Santini.  Read More.

Alex Cord as Michael "Archangel" Coldsmith Briggs III.  Read More.

Jean Bruce Scott as Caitlin O'Shannessy.  Read More.

The airframe used for Airwolf was serial number 47085 (registration number N3176S), of the initial production version.   After  the show was canceled, the modifications were removed (now owned by a  private collector) from the actual helicopter. It was repainted and  eventually sold to the German helicopter charter company,  Hubschrauber-Sonder-Dienst (aka HSD Luftrettung and Blue Helicopter  Alliance), and given the registration number D-HHSD.  

What happened to Airwolf?  After the show was canceled, the modifications  were removed (now owned by a private collector) from the Airwolf  helicopter.  It was repainted and eventually sold to the German  helicopter charter company. . .  Read More.  

 (ole) The wreckage on the mountain nearby Halbeswig is visible  even from a long distance. Scattered parts and a burnt engine lay in  between fir forests and a quarry. On Saturday around 2:30 pm  a rescue  helicopter of the type Bell 222 SP crashed there. A farmer heard a loud  noise during his work, then the rotor blades of the helicopter became  silent. All three passengers died when they crashed against the 620  meters tall mountain “Auf der Burg” (“At the castle”.) The police and  fire department were looking for the crash site in the impassable area  for nearly an hour. At the scene of the accident they were expected by a  horrible scene. The helicopter broke in the middle and it’s engine was  nearly completely burnt. The 42 year old pilot, the 31 year old  paramedic and the 38 year old emergency doctor were instantly dead. The  team was on their return flight from a rescue mission.  

All three passengers instantly dead - Reason: Human error - The team was on their way back to Berlin  

Picture  caption: Only debris is left behind of the rescue helicopter, which  crashed on Saturday Afternoon in the woodland near Halbeswig. In misty  conditions and during a storm the pilot crashed with his machine against  the mountain “Auf der Burg”. All three passengers died in this  accident.

By Oliver Eickhoff

Translated by Virginia Gancarczyk Bestwig.  

The Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (“Federal Aviation Office”) in Brunswick is  assuming human error to be the cause of the crash. Due to examinations  can a  technical failure be excluded, announces the authority on request  of the WP. The machine crashed with a speed of 150 kilometers per hour  in a 70° angle in front of the mountain. 

According  to the Kriminalpolizei (“criminal police”) Dortmund the pilot of the  crashed aircraft was considered to be an experienced man. Possibly him  and his team were surprised by a heavy storm in the Sauerland, which was  raging during the time of the crash. At the same time fog was rising.  The view was, according to the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt, only 30 meters. 

  On  Saturday the woods around the scene of the accident were shut of for  nearly seven hours. Especially the fire department had to close off the  ways, because there weren’t enough police forces available. The  Kriminalpolizei Dortmund and the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt Brunswick picked up  their investigations in the late afternoon. The investigations still  lasted on the next day. The area was released again on Sunday noon. 

    The  helicopter belonged to a private company, which wants to make the  salvage in the next days, depending on the weather. Because of the  impassable area, some of the remains of the helicopter can only be  salvaged from the air. 

 The  original Airwolf was sold to germany and was flown by HSD Luftrettung  (Airrescue). This Bell 222 is also from HSD Luftrettung, but a different  one. But now everyone can see, how Airwolf looks like when it flew over  Germany in the 90s as an ambulance heilcopter.  Watch Now:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNwXFaSdejo