Airwolf
Birds of Paradise
TV Flash files “Birds of Paradise” as the last listed hour of season 3 — Airwolf (1984–1987) on CBS/USA, season 3, episode 22, aired 1986-03-29, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E22: listed hour 56 of 80 in the Airwolf guide, last listed hour of season 3. It aired 1986-03-29 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Tracks” (S03E21). Next is “Blackjack” (S04E01).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Hawke agrees to help his nephew with a missing-person case, which quickly leads to a dangerous drug-smuggling ring.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Birds of Paradise sit in the Airwolf guide?
S03E22 is listed hour 56 of 80 — last listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 22.
When did Airwolf S03E22 air?
Birds of Paradise aired 1986-03-29 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
- Jan-Michael Vincent as Stringfellow Hawke
Jan-Michael Vincent’s Stringfellow Hawke flew Airwolf like a cello with missiles — Bellisario’s flying Knight Rider, Ernest Borgnine as hangar dad, a black supercopter as the actual co-star. 1980s Cold War hardware with melancholy in the…
- Ernest Borgnine as Dominic Santini
Ernest Borgnine’s Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale made McHale’s Navy a PT-boat farce with a movie star’s grin — 1960s catalog WWII as sitcom, then Airwolf stretching the hangar-dad warmth around a black supercopter. TV Flash files him as the…
- Alex Cord as Michael Coldsmith Briggs III
Alex Cord’s Michael Coldsmith Briggs III — Archangel in a white suit — handled Airwolf as Bellisario’s flying Knight Rider: a reclusive cello-playing loner, Ernest Borgnine as hangar dad, a black supercopter as the actual co-star. Cold…