Airwolf
Eagles
TV Flash files “Eagles” as a desk essential hour — Airwolf (1984–1987) on CBS/USA, season 3, episode 7, aired 1985-11-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E07: listed hour 41 of 80 in the Airwolf guide, hour 7 of 22 in season 3. It aired 1985-11-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Kingdom Come” (S03E06). Next is “Annie Oakley” (S03E08).
Essential hour: “Eagles”. Eagles is a mid-run bird title: Bellisario hardware still at CBS budget, melancholy still leaking around the loner.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Hawke falls for a airplane racer in danger.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Eagles sit in the Airwolf guide?
S03E07 is listed hour 41 of 80 — hour 7 of 22 in season 3, season 3 episode 7.
When did Airwolf S03E07 air?
Eagles aired 1985-11-09 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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