Airwolf
Flight #093 is Missing
TV Flash files “Flight #093 is Missing” as a desk essential hour — Airwolf (1984–1987) on CBS/USA, season 2, episode 9, aired 1984-11-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E09: listed hour 21 of 80 in the Airwolf guide, hour 9 of 22 in season 2. It aired 1984-11-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “HX 1” (S02E08). Next is “Once a Hero” (S02E10).
Essential hour: “Flight #093 is Missing”. Flight #093 is Missing uses a numbered-flight title: rotor-wash spectacle as weekly serial, the helicopter still the lead.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Caitlin plans to fly home to attend her sister's wedding but her plane is hijacked and crashed into the sea and a ransom demand is issued to the airline. Meanwhile, String and Dom mount their own search and rescue plan while Caitlin and the airline owner, who's also aboard the plane, attempt to keep the passengers calm. Complicating rescue efforts, the terrorists are nearby and they attempt to shoot down anything that comes even remotely close to the downed plane.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Flight #093 is Missing sit in the Airwolf guide?
S02E09 is listed hour 21 of 80 — hour 9 of 22 in season 2, season 2 episode 9.
When did Airwolf S02E09 air?
Flight #093 is Missing aired 1984-11-17 and is listed at 60 minutes.
CBS Airwolf or the later USA seasons?
CBS looks expensive; later USA seasons cheapen fast. If you want Bellisario's flying Knight Rider, start with the network hours and the supercopter as co-star.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Bellisario's flying Knight Rider: a reclusive cello-playing loner, Ernest Borgnine as hangar dad, and a black supercopter that is the actual co-star. Come for Cold War hardware spectacle — rotor wash, missile racks, Archangel's white suit — and stay for the melancholy leaking around Jan-Michael Vincent. CBS hours look expensive; later USA seasons cheapen fast.
The machine is the actual co-star, and the night dressed it in black. CBS then USA's *Airwolf* (1984–1987) is Donald P. Bellisario's flying Knight Rider: Jan-Michael Vincent's Stringfellow Hawke as cello-playing loner, Ernest Borgnine as hangar dad Dominic Santini, Alex Cord's Archangel in the white suit. Rotor wash, missile racks, Cold War hardware spectacle. Part of the 1980s high-tech vehicle-hero trend, merch-ready chopper included. **CBS hours look expensive; later USA seasons cheapen fast.** Max's vending…
Filed against
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