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Sci-Fi Helicopters. Any fans of Blue Thunder or Airwolf around here?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, June 9, 2006 21:21
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:28 PM

Chrisisinforatreat,

Head for Barnes & Noble immediately. A bookshelf without Chickenhawk is like a DVD rack without Firefly. Mine has been read into ragged submission.

Flying UH1s in Vietnam. The start is good as well. Training from scratch in underpowered piston engined clunkers.

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Brilliant bit where the instructor shows the assembled class a Huey for the first time. Switches on engine, runs it up, switches the engine off, lifts into a hover. Turns 180 and lands in perfect control.

Maybe not spectacular, but bloody cool, which is always better.

And the writing is completely outstanding.

You still here? Anyone not shopping or logging on to Amazon, I'll shoot them where they stand.

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:32 PM

I used to love AirWolf, I also liked the movie Blue Thunder. I was fascinated with attack helicopters when I was young. I thought that they were clever ideas.

River


Remember the noise that AirWolf made when it started up its engines?

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:43 PM

Airwolf over Blue Thunder. The Blue Thunder Helicopter looked like it was made out of Meccano!

Airwolf was awesome and I love that wolf cry they gave it when it'd whizzed towards the camera!

I remember as a kid thinking I'd love to live in a place like old Stringfellow Hawk lived in. Man what tranquility... or is that Serenity... anyway, one of the coolest themes aswell!

Never quite understood what that bloke in white was all about though... and he'd show up with a new lady next to him every week too.

The
Somnambulist

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:
Think Airwolf could shoot down Serenity?

Copperhead Chrisisall



Only if they met in atmo and Hawk got the jump on Wash.

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:49 PM

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Originally posted by RiveR6213:
I used to love AirWolf, I also liked the movie Blue Thunder. I was fascinated with attack helicopters when I was young. I thought that they were clever ideas.
Remember the noise that AirWolf made when it started up its engines?

Remember it? Baby, I sometimes put on the episode 'Sweet Britches' just to see it.

Deploy the ADF Pods Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:52 PM

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:

Never quite understood what that bloke in white was all about though... and he'd show up with a new lady next to him every week too.


All the more reason to get the DVD; I believe it's out in your neck of the woods (and SINGLE-SIDED, we colonials got double-sided w/no artwork!!!)

Anamorphic Dark Angel...you Brits always get the best.. Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:54 PM

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Originally posted by Okami:
Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:
Think Airwolf could shoot down Serenity?

Copperhead Chrisisall



Only if they met in atmo and Hawk got the jump on Wash.

Yeah, Wash could always 'Hard Burn' it.

Turbo Chrisisall

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Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:56 PM

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Originally posted by Gixxer:
Anyone not shopping or logging on to Amazon, I'll shoot them where they stand.

Uhhh...sounds like I'm getting it....

Gun-point Chrisisall

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Friday, June 9, 2006 9:19 PM

I just remembered that Dana Carvey of SNL fame played Jafo, the co-pilot on the Blue Thunder show. Daniel Stern played him in the movie.

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Friday, June 9, 2006 9:21 PM

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Originally posted by SnakesOnAFirefly:
I just remembered that Dana Carvey of SNL fame played Jafo, the co-pilot on the Blue Thunder show. Daniel Stern played him in the movie.


O M G.

Church lady steals helicopter, news at 10 Chrisisall

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