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This is a '''list of [[radio telescope]]s''' that are or have been used for [[radio astronomy]]. It includes both single dishes and interferometer arrays. They are listed by region, then by name; unnamed telescopes are in reverse size order at the end of the lists.
{{infobox television
| show_name =
| image = [[Image:Airwolf logo.jpg|right|250px]]
| caption =
| format = Action / [[Espionage]]
| runtime = 45 minutes per episode
| creator = [[Donald P. Bellisario]]
| starring = [[Jan-Michael Vincent]]<br>[[Ernest Borgnine]]<br>[[Alex Cord]]
| country = [[United States]]
| network = [[CBS]], [[USA Network|USA]]
| first_aired = [[1984-01-22]]
| last_aired = <br />[[1987-08-07]]
| num_episodes = 79
| imdb_id = 0086862
| tv_com_id = 2219
|}}
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'''''Airwolf''''' is a 1980s [[United States|American]] [[television series]] about a [[supersonic]] military [[helicopter]] of the same name. The series ran for 55 episodes (the first a two-hour TV movie) on [[CBS]] in the United States in [[1984 in television|1984]]–1986 and an additional 24 episodes, with a new cast and production company, on the [[USA Network]], in [[1987 in television|1987]], a total of 79 episodes.
== Africa ==
The show was created by [[Donald Bellisario]], who also created ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'', ''[[Quantum Leap]]'', ''[[JAG]]'', and ''[[NCIS_(TV_series)|NCIS]]''. It had a driving, synthesizer-based musical score penned and performed by [[Sylvester Levay]]. The underlying rhythm of the score is highly suggestive of the droning sound made when a helicopter’s rotors beat through the air.
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| HartRAO Radio Telescope
| [[Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory]], [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]
| 26m dish.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hartrao.ac.za/factsfile.html | title=HartRAO Radio Telescope Facts | accessdate=2007-01-23}}</ref>. Also site for first 15m prototype Telescope for KAT (SKA 1%).{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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| [[Karoo Array Telescope]] (KAT)
| [[Carnarvon]], [[South Africa]]
| Twenty 15m Telescopes planned for 2009 as a 1% pathfinder for the [[Square Kilometre Array]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ska.ac.za/kat/index.shtml | title=About the KAT | accessdate=2007-01-23}}</ref>
|}
==Synopsis Asia ==
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[[Image:Airwolf_side.jpg|thumb|right|380px|''Airwolf'']]
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The protagonist, [[Stringfellow Hawke]] (played by [[Jan-Michael Vincent]]), one of ''Airwolf''’s original test pilots, is hired by The FIRM, a covert branch of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] that built ''Airwolf'', to steal it back from its creator, [[Dr. Charles Henry Moffet]], who has taken it to [[Libya]]. Hawke finds the aircraft, but does not return it. Instead, he hides it and occasionally flies it to carry out undercover missions for [[Uncle Sam]], in exchange for assistance from The FIRM in locating his lost brother, St. John (pronounced "Sin-jin") Hawke, [[missing in action]] since the [[Vietnam War]].
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| [[Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope]] (GMRT)
| [[Pune]], [[India]]
| Thirty 45m wire dishes;<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in/gmrt_hpage/GMRT/intro_gmrt.html | title=Introducing GMRT | accessdate=2007-01-23}}</ref> largest telescope at meter [[wavelength]]s. Operated by the [[National Centre for Radio Astrophysics]].{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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== Australia ==
The series also stars [[Ernest Borgnine]] as Hawke’s best friend and co-pilot, Dominic Santini; [[Jean Bruce Scott]] as Caitlin O’Shannessy (introduced in the second season), a sheriff's deputy who joins the team to serve as a backup pilot for ''Airwolf'' should anything happen to Hawke or Dominic; and [[Alex Cord]] as the enigmatic director of The FIRM, Michael Coldsmith Briggs III ([[cryptonym]]: Archangel).
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| [[Australia Telescope Compact Array]]
| [[Narrabri]]
| 6 dish [[aperture synthesis]] array, part of [[Australia Telescope National Facility]]. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}
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| [[Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope]] (MOST)
| [[Molonglo]] (near [[Canberra]], [[Australia]])
| Operated by the School of Physics at the [[University of Sydney]]. East-west arm of the former [[Molonglo Cross Telescope]], approximately 800 m in length. Operates at 843 MHz.
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| Mopra Radio Telescope
| [[Mopra Observatory]] close to [[Siding Spring Observatory]], near [[Coonabarabran]], [[Australia]]
| 22m dish, operated by ATNF ([[Australia Telescope National Facility]])
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| Parkes Radio Telescope
| [[Parkes Observatory]], [[Parkes, New South Wales|Parkes]], [[Australia]]
| 64 m Telescope (largest movable dish in the Southern Hemisphere), part of [[Australia Telescope National Facility]]
|}
== Europe ==
The series was dark, arc-driven, and quite reflective of the contemporary [[Cold War]], with The FIRM personnel distinctly dressed in white and boasting that “wearing white hats” distinguished them as good instead of evil to the unconvinced Hawke and Santini. Early episodes detail the efforts of [[Federal government of the United States|United States government]] to secure Airwolf from Hawke.
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| [[Arcminute Microkelvin Imager]]
| [[Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory]], [[Cambridge]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
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| [[Effelsberg]]
| Bad Münstereifel-Effelsberg near [[Bonn]], [[Germany]]
| 100 m dish operated by [[Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie]]
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| [[European VLBI Network]] (EVN)
| Distributed across Europe with members located in China, S. Africa and USA
| VLBI array operated by [[the European Consortium for VLBI]]
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| [[Lovell Telescope]]
| [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], [[Cheshire]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| 76 m dish
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| [[LOFAR]] (LOw Frequency ARray)
| [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]]
| Low Frequency Array,
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| [[Mark II]]
| [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], [[Cheshire]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| 25m dish
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| [[Mark III (radio telescope)|Mark III]]
| [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], [[Cheshire]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| 25m dish; now dismantled.
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| [[MERLIN]] (Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network)
| [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| Consists of the Cambridge 32 m at [[Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory]], [[Darnhall]], [[Defford]], [[Tabley]] (also known as [[Pickmere]]) and [[Knockin]]. Also includes the [[Lovell Telescope|Lovell]] and [[Mark II]] telescopes at [[Jodrell Bank]].
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| [[Nançay Radio Telescope]] (NRT)
| [[Nançay, France|Nançay]], [[France]]
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| Northern Cross
| [[Medicina Radio Observatory]], Medicina, [[Bologna]] [[Italy]] [http://www.ira.inaf.it]
| 32000m² Interferometer, cyl-paraboloid steerable over NS., 408 MHz, Beam=3'
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| Yebes RT 40m
| [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observatorio_Astron%C3%B3mico_Nacional_de_Espa%C3%B1a Observatorio Astronómico Nacional], Yebes (Guadalajara), [[Spain]] [http://www.oan.es/]
| 40m parabolic steerable radiotelescope for mm and cm wavelenghts
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| [[Ryle Telescope]]
| [[Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory]], [[Cambridge]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| Eight 13 m dishes, and is currently used as one part of the [[Arcminute Microkelvin Imager]].
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| Toruń RT4 32m
| [[Toruń Centre for Astronomy]], [[Toruń]], [[Poland]]
| RT4 (32 m) [[parabolic]] antenna
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| Toruń RT3 15m
| [[Toruń Centre for Astronomy]], [[Toruń]], [[Poland]]
| RT3 (15 m) antenna.
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| [[Ukrainian T-shaped Radio telescope, second modification]] (UTR-2)
| Grakovo, [[Kharkiv]], [[Ukraine]]
| World's largest radio telescope at [[decametre]] wavelengths (max. collective area 150 000 m<sup>2</sup>).
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| [[Very Small Array]] (VSA)
| [[Observatorio del Teide]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Spain]]
| Array of 14 [[satellite dish|dish]]es, with two larger source-subtraction [[satellite dish|dish]]es. Controlled remotely from [[United Kingdom|UK]].
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| [[Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope]] (WSRT)
| [[Westerbork]], [[Netherlands]]
| Array of radio telescopes [http://www.astron.nl/]
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| 32m
| [[Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center]], [[Irbene]], [[Latvia]]
| 32-meter fully steerable parabolic, centimetre-wave range antenna RT-32 http://www.virac.lv/
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| 32m VLBI dish
| [[Medicina Radio Observatory]], Medicina, [[Bologna]] [[Italy]] [http://www.ira.inaf.it]
| 32m, fully steerable dish, 1400 MHz...43 GHz
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| 32m VLBI dish
| [[Noto Radio Observatory]], [[Noto]], [[Italy]], [http://www.ira.inaf.it]
| 32m, fully steerable dish, 300 MHz...86 GHz. It operate as a part of Astronomic and geodetic VLBI network and as single dish.
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| 25m telescope
| [[Onsala Space Observatory]], [[Onsala]], [[Sweden]]
| 25 m Telescope
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| 20m telescope
| [[Onsala Space Observatory]], [[Onsala]], [[Sweden]]
| 20 m Telescope
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| 16m
| [[Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center]], [[Irbene]], [[Latvia]]
| 16-meter diameter antenna RT-16 http://www.virac.lv/
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| 42ft (12.8m) telescope
| [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], [[Cheshire]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| 25m dish; now dismantled.
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| 6.4m teaching telescope
| [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], [[Cheshire]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| 25m dish; now dismantled.
|}
== North America ==
The FIRM, during the first and second seasons, served as both ally and enemy for Hawke and Santini; when an opportunity to seize ''Airwolf'' presented itself, Firm operatives often took it. In the episode "Moffett’s Ghost", for example, ''Airwolf'' suffers from a legacy fail-safe program instigated by a command from its dead creator, and Hawke confides in an old friend skilled with computer repair. Unbeknownst to Hawke, this individual has been secretly recruited by The FIRM to seize ''Airwolf'' from Hawke and Santini, by installing a tracking device to reveal the helicopter's hiding place. Perhaps the most prominent example of The FIRM's conflicting goals is witnessed in "Echos from the Past," in which Dominic, led to believe Hawke has been killed in a helicopter accident, is torn between revealing Airwolf's hiding place to Archangel (who rightly suspects a Libyan plot to seize it) or keeping his vow of secrecy concerning the helicopter to his close friend.
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| 46 [[metre]] dish
| [[Algonquin Radio Observatory]], [[Algonquin Park]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
| Operated by [[Natural Resources Canada]] as a member of the International [[VLBI]] Service
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| Seven-element [[interferometer]]
| [[Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory]], [[Penticton]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]
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|-
| 26-m single-dish
| [[Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory]], [[Penticton]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]
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| Solar monitor
| [[Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory]], [[Penticton]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]
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| [[Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory]] (FCRAO)
| [[Amherst, Massachusetts|Amherst]], [[Massachusetts]], USA
| Operated by [[UMass Amherst]]
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| [[Green Bank Telescope]] (GBT)
| [[Green Bank, West Virginia|Green Bank]], [[West Virginia]], USA
| World's largest fully mobile single-dish radio telescope
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| 12m telescope
| [[Kitt Peak National Observatory]], [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]], [[Arizona]], USA
| Previously operated by the [[National Radio Astronomy Observatory|NRAO]], this telescope is currently operated by the [[University of Arizona|University of Arizona's]] [[Steward Observatory]].
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| Two 26m dishes
| [[Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute]] (PARI), [[Rosman, North Carolina]], USA
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| [[Submillimeter Array]] (SMA)
| [[Mauna Kea Observatory]], [[Hawaii]], [[USA]]
| Operated jointly by the [[Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory]] and the [[Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics]] of Taiwan.
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| [[Very Large Array]] (VLA)
| [[Socorro, New Mexico|Socorro]], [[New Mexico]], USA
| Array of 27 [[satellite dish|dish]]es. Part of NRAO.
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| [[Very Long Baseline Array]] (VLBA)
| [[Socorro, New Mexico|Socorro]], [[New Mexico]] USA<br>(operations center)
| Array system of radio telescopes located in or offshore from the USA; controlled remotely from the [[Array Operations Center]].
|}
== South America ==
==Production changes==
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Frustrated by studio preferences, producer Bellisario left the series after season two. The studio wanted to add a female character—which eventually happened, in the form of [[Jean Bruce Scott]]—and for the series to be more action-oriented. ''Airwolf'' became more streamlined and self-contained. The CBS series was cancelled after ratings bombed; but the cable network USA quietly created new episodes.
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| [[Arecibo Observatory]]
| [[Arecibo, Puerto Rico|Arecibo]], [[Puerto Rico]]
| World's largest single-dish radio telescope. Also known as ''Arecibo radio telescope'' or ''NAIC''
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| [[Atacama Large Millimeter Array]] (ALMA)
| [[Llano de Chajnantor Observatory]], [[Atacama Desert]], [[Chile]]
| 64 dishes with 12-m diameter, sensitive to wavelengths between [[radio]] and [[infrared]] ([[submillimetre astronomy]]). Largest and most expensive ground-based telescope in the world until [[LOFAR]] is commenced.
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| [[Large Millimeter Telescope]] (LMT)
| Sierra Negra, [[Mexico]]
| A 50 m. telescope in millimetric wavelengths, the largest single dish instrument operating at this frequencies.
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| Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST)
| ESO in La Silla, Chile
| 15 m telescope based at ESO in La Silla, Chile
|}
== Space-based ==
The fourth season ([[1987 in television|1987]]) is largely regarded by series fans as inferior to the preceding ones. The original cast was quickly written out (only Jan-Michael Vincent appears, and even then only for a few minutes in the first episode); [[Saint John Hawke]], now played by [[Barry Van Dyke]], was mysteriously revealed to be alive and well, replacing Stringfellow Hawke as the central character; and production was moved to [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], with a smaller budget. The crew no longer had access to the original ''Airwolf'' helicopter, and all in-flight shots were recycled from earlier seasons; a full-size mockup was used for static shots.
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==The ''Airwolf'' helicopter==
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| colspan="2" | '''''Airwolf's'' "Design Specs"''' <br /><small>[[Talk:Airwolf|See Talk:Airwolf for sources]]</small>
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| [[HALCA]] (Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy)
| '''Speed'''
| Earth orbit with an [[apogee]] altitude of 21,400 km and a [[perigee]] altitude of 560 km.
| 300 knots/555km/h (conventional)<br />[[Mach number|Mach]] 1.5 (turbo thrusters)<br />[[Mach number|Mach]] 2 (max speed)
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|- style="vertical-align: top"
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| '''Range'''
| [[Zond 3]]
| 950 miles (armed crew of 3)<br />1,450 miles long range (crew of 2)<br />Midair refuel capable
| Russian spacecraft carrying a radio Telescope
|- style="vertical-align: top"
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| '''Flight<br /> Ceiling'''
| 11,000 feet unpressurized<br />89,000 feet pressurized
|- style="vertical-align: top"
| '''Wing<br /> Guns'''
| 40-mm Cannon (×2) <br /><small>(the U.S. uses a [[Bofors 40 mm gun]] firing<br /> 120 [[Kinetic energy penetrator|APFSDS]] rounds per minute)</small> <br />[[.50 BMG]] [[Chain gun]] (×4) <br /><small> Firing up to 40 rounds per sec.</small>
|- style="vertical-align: top"
| '''ADF<br /> Pod'''
| <small>'''FIRST SEASON'''</small> <br>[[AGM-12 Bullpup]] missiles (×2) <br>[[AIM-9 Sidewinder]] missiles (×12) <br>[[AIM-95 Agile]] missiles (×4) <br>[[AGM-45 Shrike]] missiles (×?) <br><small>'''SECOND – FOURTH SEASONS'''</small> <br>[[M712 Copperhead]] shells (×?) <br> [[FIM-43 Redeye]] missiles (×?) <br> [[AGM-114 Hellfire]] missiles (×?) <br><small>'''FOURTH SEASON'''</small> <br> [[Advanced tactical laser|Red Laser]]
|- style="vertical-align: top"
| '''Defense'''
| ''Sunburst'' [[countermeasure|anti-missile]] [[Flare (pyrotechnic)|Flare]]s (×10) <br>Bullet-proof armoured fuselage <br>[[expert system|Learning flight/combat computer]] <br>Silent hover/flight mode <br>Radar/Radio Jammer
|}
==See also==
The flying ''Airwolf'' helicopter was in actuality a [[Bell 222]] (serial number 47085, making it the fifth to last built before the 222B was released), registration number N3176S.
* [[List of observatories]]
* [[Radio telescope]]s
''Airwolf'' was painted ''Phantom Gray Metallic'' (DuPont Imron 5031X) on top, and a custom pearl-gray (almost white) on the bottom, in a [[orca|killer whale]]-like pattern. The craft was also fitted with various prop modifications, such as "turbo jet" engines and intakes, retractable [[chain gun]]s at the wingtips, and a retractable [[rocket launcher]], known as the "ADF Pod" (ADF standing for All Directional Firing, as the pod could rotate 180 degrees to fire at targets at the side of the copter) on its belly.
* [[:Category:Radio telescopes|Category:Radio telescopes]]
The look of the modifications was designed by Andrew Probert, who has [http://www.probertdesigns.com/Folder_DESIGN/A-WOLF_Designs1.html pictures of the construction] on his website, and they were first applied to the non-flying mock-up. (built from the body of the very first Bell 222, serial number 47001) From this mock-up molds were made so that parts could be made to FAA specifications before they were added to the flying helicopter.
After the first season, the producers were advised that "chain guns" is a registered trademark of [[McDonnell Douglas]], and they were not referred to as such again. Other modifications were implied with [[Foley artist|foley]] and sets; the interior sets were of a fantastical high-tech nature, and there were implied "[[Stealth technology|stealth]]" noise-reducing capabilities with creative use of [[sound effects]]. ''Airwolf'' is sometimes referred to in-show as "The Lady" by Santini and Hawke.
Airwolf's insignia patch (also designed by Probert) as worn by the flight-crew was a snarling wolf's head with gossamer wings under the head of lamb; a play off "a wolf in sheep's clothing".
In the show, ''Airwolf'' was an armored, stealth aircraft, invisible to conventional radar. It could perform impossible manuvers and stunts, including travel at mach speeds, flying upside down, and flying into the [[stratosphere]]. Sound effects were also associated with many of the aircraft's abilities. The helicopter was equipped with "turbo boost," and many times when ''Airwolf'' bolted across the sky one would hear her "howl like a wolf" as she made a glass-shattering sound effect. When sitting idle, the aircraft made a mechanical trilling sound. While hovering the rotor blades made a ghostly wind drone. The aircraft could operate on "silent mode" and hover quietly above the ground without being noticed.
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 [[AGM-114 Hellfire|Hellfire]] and heat-seeking [[AIM-9 Sidewinder|Sidewinder]]s. When fired, these rockets usually glowed like a laser bolt or "[[photon torpedo]]" in ''[[Star Trek]]''. ''Airwolf'' was also equipped with an advanced computer system which could identify and track aircraft and ground vehicles. It could display 3D wireframe models and schematics of its targets. The communications system could eavesdrop on radio and telephone conversations, tap into and foul up computer systems, jam enemy transmission frequencies and disrupt ground-based electrical systems. The weapons system could be tied in with the communications system to lock the missiles onto any monitored electronic system. Though never used in the show, Airwolf was also equipped with “[[nuclear weapons|nuclear]]-tipped Shrike missiles”. The button that fires these missiles is near the button that turns on the signal decoder (used to communicate with Archangel).
In one episode ("Airwolf II"), ''Airwolf'' had an [[evil twin]], the ''Airwolf II'', also known as ''Redwolf''. The Redwolf was built by The Firm to replace ''Airwolf'', but was stolen and flown by an egotistical test-pilot rival of Stringfellow Hawke’s called Harlan Jenkins. ''Redwolf'' differed from ''Airwolf'' in that it was painted red where ''Airwolf'' was painted white. It was also equipped with a powerful laser weapon. By the end of the episode, ''Redwolf'' was destroyed by ''Airwolf''. In later episodes and throughout the 4th season, ''Airwolf'' had a similar laser, suggesting that it was salvaged from the wreckage of the ''Redwolf''. Season 4 also featured a similar copter to the ''Redwolf'', known as the ''Scorpion'' (suggesting that the Scorpion itself was built from the salvaged wreckage of the ''Redwolf''). This copter was also destroyed by ''Airwolf'' (though the footage of the dogfighting was recycled from the "Airwolf II" episode).
After the show was cancelled the modifications were removed. The aircraft was repainted and eventually sold to the [[Germany|German]] helicopter charter company, Hubschrauber-Sonder-Dienst (aka HSD Luftrettung and Blue Helicopter Alliance), and given the registration number D-HHSD[http://www.helionline1.de/cgi-bin/ImageFolio31/imageFolio.cgi?search=D-HHSD&img=0&cat=&bool=and]. Airwolf, as a plain Bell 222 [[air ambulance]], crashed in a [[thunderstorm]] on [[1991-06-09]], killing her three passengers.
==Regular cast==
'''[[List of Airwolf episodes]]'''
'''Season 1''' ([[CBS]], Spring 1984) — two-hour pilot and ten additional episodes.
* [[Jan-Michael Vincent]] — Stringfellow Hawke (Captain, U.S Army) (noted as 34 years of age in the 5th episode)
* [[Ernest Borgnine]] — Dominic Santini (chief proprietor of Santini Air)
* [[Alex Cord]] — Michael Coldsmith Briggs III (Deputy Director of government agency called "The Firm"; Code Name: Archangel)
'''Seasons 2–3''' ([[CBS]], 1984–1986) — two seasons of 22 episodes each.
* Vincent, Borgnine, Cord, and
* [[Jean Bruce Scott]] — Caitlin O’Shaunessy (former Deputy Sheriff & helicopter pilot of Texas Highway Patrol)
<br />
'''Season 4''' ([[USA Network]], Spring–Summer 1987) — 24 episodes, bringing the total hours to 80.
* [[Barry Van Dyke]] — Saint John Hawke (reserve Major, U.S Army)
* [[Michele Scarabelli]] — Jo Santini (inherited Santini Air from her uncle Dominic Santini after his death)
* [[Geraint Wyn Davies]] — Mike Rivers (Major, U.S Air Force)
* [[Anthony Sherwood]] — Jason Locke (a core agent in the government agency called "The Company")
==Trivia==
*The [[compact disc|CD]] soundtrack for the show, ''Airwolf Themes: 2CD Special Limited Edition'', is a collectors’ item selling for up to $981—a world record—on [[eBay]], making it the “World's Most Expensive Television Soundtrack”. Only 1,000 copies were made.
*A Japanese CD was made, featuring both "Airwolf" and "Knight Rider" themes with full orchestration. This CD is also very rare and hard to find.
*A perfect new replica of the full-size ''Airwolf'' helicopter was created for display in a new helicopter museum that opened in August 2006. The build can be viewed at [http://projects.airwolf.tv/ssmockup/index.html Airwolf.tv].
*Though ''Airwolf'' is often cited as having been inspired by ''[[Blue Thunder]]'', the similarities are superficial at best. The ''Blue Thunder'' helicopter was armored and had thermal imaging and an onboard computer, but its only firepower was a [[Gatling gun]]. ''Blue Thunder'' also lacked the [[supersonic]] capabilities that ''Airwolf'' had and was no more maneuverable than any other military helicopter.
*A pair of fan-made “teasers” for a fictional “''Airwolf'' vs. ''Blue Thunder''” episode were made by splicing together scenes from the “Airwolf II” episode and the movie ''Blue Thunder''. One teaser suggests that ''Blue Thunder'' is victorious, while the other suggests that ''Airwolf'' is the winner. Fans of the series and movie still debate the outcome of such a situation.
*In some episodes, it is suggested that ''Airwolf'' is more than just a machine. The clearest of these is “Mind of the Machine”, in which ''Airwolf'' is directly described as having been called “very much a living thing” by Moffet, according to one of the former testpilots (played by [[David Carradine]]).
*During filming of the series, one of the ''Airwolf'' choppers crashed during a maneuver in Pico Canyon, in California. Reid Rondell, Jan Michael Vincent's stunt double, was killed, and a special credit appeared at the end of that episode (''Natural Born''), dedicating the installment to him.
*In the [[United Kingdom]] in the mid [[1980]]s, an ''Airwolf'' [[comic strip]] appeared for several years as part of the children's television magazine and [[comic]] ''Look-In'', to tie in with the British run of the series.
*Creator Donald P. Bellisario first toyed with the idea of the adventures of an ace combat pilot in a third-season episode of ''[[Magnum P.I.]]'', "Two Birds of a Feather" (1983), starring William Lucking (best known as antagonist Colonel Lynch in ''[[The A-Team]]''’s first season), which itself was inspired by an episode of Bellisario's ''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]'' (1982). The ''Magnum'' episode acted as the pilot for the would-be series, but the series wasn't commissioned. Bellisario heavily reworked the idea, and the final result was ''Airwolf''.
*In the pilot, the name of ''Airwolf''’s twisted creator is Dr. Moffet. In the second-season episode "Moffett's Ghost", the name mysteriously gained an extra ''t''. The episode also gave Moffett's full name as Dr. Charles Henry Moffett. A novel of the pilot episode published by Star Books had previously suggested that his full name was Dr. George Moffet.
*''Airwolf''’s creator, Dr. Moffet(t), was played by David Hemmings, who also went on to direct the first-season episode "Mad over Miami" (as well as episodes of other 1980s hits, including ''[[The A-Team]]'' and ''[[Magnum P.I.]]'').
*The sound effect of ''Airwolf'''s turbos igniting is made up of several sound elements, including a pane of glass shattering. This shattering effect is a stock sound effect, and can be heard in various Universal-produced series, including several episodes of ''[[Magnum P.I.]]'' and ''Airwolf'' itself.
== Merchandise ==
* Airwolf Themes: 2CD Special Limited Edition (CD soundtrack)
* Airwolf: The Wonderweapon (German CD soundtrack)
* Airwolf Collector's Edition (VHS)
* Airwolf DVD Box Set - 1st Season (DVD)
* Airwolf Replica Helmet (fully-functioning) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNHuAArpEzE video showing it working]
* Airwolf Replica Flight Suit & Boots
==== Video games ====
* ''Airwolf'' ([[Commodore 64]]), written and designed by Neil A. Bate and Chris Harvey, with graphics by Chris Harvey and Rory Green, and music by Mark Cooksey.[http://www.lemon64.com/?game_id=75] There were unrealized plans to rename the European-produced ''Airwolf'' C64 game as ''Fort Apocalypse 2''.
* ''Airwolf'' ([[Amstrad CPC]]), popular in Europe.[http://www.cpczone.net/index.php?game=30]
* ''Airwolf'' ([[ZX Spectrum]]), popular in Europe.[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Airwolf$&pub=^Elite+Systems+Ltd$] Followed up with ''Airwolf II''[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Airwolf+II$&pub=^Encore$]
* ''Airwolf'' ([[BBC Micro]]) by [[Elite Systems|Elite]], adapted from an unreleased game called ''Blue Thunder!'' The helicopter is blue in the game. Seemingly, the only thing changed from the unreleased version was the title. (Note: another BBC game, [[Superior Software]]'s 'Codename: Droid', used ''Airwolf'''s rotor-like base-line on its opening screen. Whether royalties were paid is unknown! This is the only ''Airwolf'' connection with the game.)
* ''Airwolf'' ([[Arcade game|Arcade]]), by [[Kyugo Boueki]].
* ''Airwolf'' ([[Nintendo Entertainment System|Nintendo Famicom]]), by [[Kyugo Boueki]], released in Japan only.
* ''[[Airwolf (video game)|Airwolf]]'' ([[Nintendo Entertainment System]]), by [[Acclaim Entertainment|Acclaim]].
* ''Super Airwolf'' ([[Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis|Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]]), by [[Kyugo Boueki]], released in the U.S. as ''CrossFire''.
Although not related to the series, the video games ''[[Thunder Blade]]'' and ''[[Super Thunder Blade]]'' by [[SEGA]] are heavily influenced by Airwolf in concept.
==== Models ====
* E<small>RTL</small> 5" (~1:100 scale) die-cast toy model (1984) — available carded (alone) and boxed (with a Santini Air helicopter and jeep)
* E<small>RTL</small> 14" (~1:36 scale) die-cast toy model (1984) — available boxed
* amt/<small>ERTL</small> 1:48 scale plastic model kit (1984) — many Asian knock-offs are also available
* Airwolf 1:19 scale Fuselage kit (unknown) — designed to fit the T-Rex RC helicopter
* Charawheels 1:120 scale die-cast toy model (2004) — Charawheels is “Hot Wheels” in Japan
* Aoshima 1:48 scale die-cast collector’s model (2005) — available in cobalt blue and black (limited)
== DVD release ==
[[Image:AirwolfDVD.jpg|right|thumb|''Airwolf'' Season 1 DVD release.]]
The first season of ''Airwolf'' has been released on [[DVD]] in both Region 1 (the United States) and Region 2 (Europe) by [[Universal Studios|Universal]].
The release of Season 2 of ''Airwolf'' on DVD has been announced for [[2006-12-26]].
* [http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6428 Airwolf - After A Long Flight Delay, Airwolf - Season 2 Takes Off!] — tvshowsondvd.com
== See also ==
* [[List of Airwolf episodes]]
* [[Blue Thunder (TV series)|Blue Thunder]]
== External linksReferences ==
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* [http://www.airwolf.tv “The Wolf’s Lair” - frequent Airwolf colour magazine detailing behind-the-scenes]
* [http://www.airwolfthemes.com/ Airwolf Themes - more info on the soundtrack for the show]
* [http://airwolf.tv-series.com/ Airwolf.org/tv-series.com - the original super-site for the show]
* [http://www.jaemoon.pe.kr/airwolf-season4 Airwolf Season 4 Homepage]
* [http://www.helionline.de/register05.htm German Helicopters On-line: helicopter registry (find: 47085)]
* [http://airwolf.tv-series.com/default.asp?ModuleID=2&PageID=12&ArticleID=50000 Crash details]
* [http://www.airwolfthemes.com/airwolfhelmets.html Replica Helmets and Flight Suits]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/search/quick?q=airwolf Airwolf titles at MobyGames]
* [http://www.airwolfthemes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi? Airwolf Chat Forums]
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* [http://www.nas.edu/bpa1/NonUS_Radio_Astronomy_Observatories.htm List of radio telescopes outside the US]
* [http://www.nas.edu/bpa1/US_Radio_Astronomy_Observatories.htm List of radio telescopes in the US]
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