I haven’t noticed much educational programming in the way of MacGyver, Knight Rider, or the A-Team… but their absence is more than fulfilled in the form of live action choreography that makes the WWE look realistic.
Yes, while most of the populace hides from the sun light (being tan is stigmatized here, more on that at a later time), we at least all receive the daily recommended allowance of Airwolf - the pinnacle in day-time televisions quest for consolidating crappy plotlines and recycling fight sequences (seriously).
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but the capabilities of the helicopter are beyond even today’s latest and greatest vehicles (military or otherwise).
For instance, the fastest helicopter ever made (ZB500) only achieves 250 mph, which is just a smidge slower than the supersonic velocities that Airwolf was capable of reaching in a fire fight.
Oh, and you know how every episode involves tackling some tin-pot dictator in a Third-World shanty town? Well, being the douche bag that I am, I’d like to point out that this bird-of-prey supposedly hides in Monument Valley, Utah.
Big deal, right? Well, again, the longest range any helicopter ever had was a prototype OH-6, which could cover 1,900 nautical miles.
So uhh, it is kind of hard to take the fight to Charlie and other boogey men at the ends of the earth. Unless of course, they all reside in the Northern regions of Mexico.
Then again, as John Candy discovered in Canadian Bacon, there are copious amounts of dastardly bastards holed up within 100 miles of the US border. Like Pamela Anderson and Geordie Rose…
Note to purists: it is true that the creators recognized the range limitation in the “design spec” but seriously now. In the enlightening episode I watched last night, Hawke & Co. ended up battling a local group of herdsmen in Afghanistan. I don’t think you need a protractor or abacus to calculate the disparate differences between Point A and B. And in-flight refueling would be an odd thing for a wanted fugitive to continually receive from their adversaries in the Air Force.
See the intro that includes the “innovative” motorcycle helmet.