Airwolf
Natural Born
TV Flash files “Natural Born” as hour 29 of 80 in the TV Flash guide — Airwolf (1984–1987) on CBS/USA, season 2, episode 17, aired 1985-02-23, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E17: listed hour 29 of 80 in the Airwolf guide, hour 17 of 22 in season 2. It aired 1985-02-23 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Prisoner of Yesterday” (S02E16). Next is “Out of the Sky” (S02E18).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A young hotshot helicopter pilot named Kevin takes a job sweeping the hanger at Santini Air after his guardian uncle is killed by some past associates. Those associates wanted his uncle to go back into the drug smuggling business with them. Now Kevin is on the lookout for them and uses his position at Santini Air to try to garner some revenge. Unfortunately, he costs Santini a commercial contract in the process and almost loses the trust of his newfound friends.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Natural Born sit in the Airwolf guide?
S02E17 is listed hour 29 of 80 — hour 17 of 22 in season 2, season 2 episode 17.
When did Airwolf S02E17 air?
Natural Born aired 1985-02-23 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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- Ernest Borgnine as Dominic Santini
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- Alex Cord as Michael Coldsmith Briggs III
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