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The wolf has come down from the north.

Next, on Airwolf.

We're closing on an aircraft string.

Weapons went to combat mode.

Dom, get control of that autopilot.

Too late.

Airwolf's in a steep dive. I created Airwolf, and I will destroy it.

Okay, Dr. Burton.

Okay? This is the ride of a lifetime.

You ain't seen nothing yet, Doc.

My buddy will snake this baby through those passes like Jean-Claude Keeley.

How's our radar profile, Dom?

Back to 98.7.

As far as radar's concerned, we're invisible.

Isn't it sad we have to sneak past our own defenses in order to make progress

toward peace?

From what you told me, the Russian scientists are even more covert.

They're very brave people.

Every year they risk a life in prison by breaking away from the official

expedition for a few days to meet with me.

Our little informal meetings have helped cool down the arms race a lot, I think.

Amen to that.

Of course. If I'm still on that island when that Russian mothership returns, I

may be joining them in that prison.

Don't worry. We'll pick you up.

You got my word.

Bearing C, dead ahead, String.

So long, Alaska.

Hello, Russia.

Amen.

Course is 180, due south.

Boy, give me a palm tree any day.

I'm with you, Dom.

No sign of them.

Halfway home, and Norad never knew they were there.

What the... Sir,

you better take a look at this.

All of a sudden, there are a lot of targets where there shouldn't be.

What?

What was it? A malfunction in the system?

I sure hope so.

I don't care what anybody says. I feel good about this mission.

Hear, hear.

Dr. Roger Burton is a unique individual.

If his work with the international scientific community didn't have to be

conducted in secret...

He'd have won a whole fistful of Nobel Peace Prizes by now.

Yeah.

I'd sure hate to see a man like that fall into the wrong hands.

It'd be a tragedy.

And a propaganda nightmare.

That's why you've got to duplicate your performance on Friday, Hawk.

You don't have to convince me of that.

Any, uh, any problems with Airwolf?

You know, that's the third time you've asked me that.

It's just a simple question.

Michael doesn't ask simple questions.

Marilla was monitoring the NORAD map when you came south.

How cozy she had her eye on us.

Well, I couldn't exactly see you, but... Well, there were several stray targets.

No one could explain them. They appeared, disappeared.

Several?

From you?

Exactly six.

Well, again...

Nice work.

We'll be watching for you on Friday.

And hoping we don't see you.

You know, I didn't want to say anything before, but those airwolf computers were

a little screwy.

Yeah.

Look, let's sleep on it.

We'll play test pilot between now and Friday.

Check it out.

Good idea.

Hey, get another beer?

How's it looking, Dom? Good as gold back here.

You ready to try autopilot?

Come on, come on, baby.

Nav systems refusing to engage, String.

We're engaged now. Here comes autopilots.

Hey! What happened?

The autopilot changed course on us.

Can't do that. It can't, but it did.

The course is due north.

Supposed to want to go back to the ice and snow?

Well, you think getting close to the North Pole has something to do with it?

Maybe.

Well, let's just let it fly for a while.

See what's happening.

Okay.

But I feel better with a thumb and four fingers on the stick.

We'll have to change courses soon, String.

The Air Force test range is dead ahead.

Disengage. We'll come left and go around.

Disengaged. No, it's not. I haven't got control.

It won't disengage.

We're closing on an aircraft, String.

Weapons went to combat mode. Tom, get control of the autopilot.

Too late.

Oh, my God.

We killed that crew, String.

No, it was a drone.

A target plane.

Yeah, but let's get this baby back to the lair before something else happens,

huh? My thoughts exactly.

I'm sorry, String.

I'm over my head with this.

Old-timer?

Come on, why don't you finish the sentence?

Hey, you work the keyboard just fine.

Especially for a guy who crank-started his first car.

I'll crank-start you.

You know, I can't even type a letter.

So how are we going to pick up Dr. Burton on Friday?

The computer controls and monitors every system aboard Airwolf. You know that.

We're gonna fix it.

Oh? What if we can't?

Forget can't. There's no such word as can't. Okay, but we'll need help.

I don't even want to hear his name.

As much as I hate to, we've got to go with Archangel on this. No way.

Why don't we get a bunch of his whiz kid computer types and then bring them down

here blindfolded and put them to work and... Yeah, and then we got the firm's

people in here. How do we get them out?

Look, if we can't program Airwolf's computers, how are we gonna know what

they're gonna put in there?

My friend, there comes a time in everyone's life when you gotta put your

trust in somebody.

We can't fix her.

Archangel can.

We have no choice.

Maybe we do.

Good.

Don't overcompensate now.

Good.

Concentrate. A hard right turn.

You're not concentrating.

Sorry, Dr. Hanson. We had visitors.

Visitors?

Dr. Hanson, you might remember me.

My name is Stringfellow Hawk.

Stringfellow Hawk.

I wonder if we might have a few words.

Take a break, Stan.

You seem to have changed quite a bit since the last time I saw you.

Well, yes, I lost a few pounds.

Changed my programming, so to speak.

You seem about the same, though.

Maybe a little older.

This is my friend, Dominic Santini.

Pleased to meet you.

Hello.

So, what did you want to talk about, Hawk?

Airwolf.

Oh, that was such a tragedy, the way it was lost.

It was so far ahead of its time.

I always suspected Charles Moffat was unstable.

You haven't heard the rumors, then?

I mean, among the intelligence community?

I'm not in the intelligence community.

How could I hear them?

Well, the rumor is that Airwolf has survived and that Archangel is using it

for special missions.

Why are you telling me this?

Because Airwolf's computer system has serious problems.

And I understand that you worked on the original program.

So, you're still with the firm?

Uh, not exactly.

I don't understand.

I'd be more than happy to explain it all to you.

If you'd promise to help us.

Well, I... I don't know.

Give me some time to think about it.

Would it be all right if we come back after a while?

Okay.

dedicated scientific type, huh? Well, the lady's changed.

Just a tad.

This is Charles

Henry Moffat.

I am the creator of Airwolf.

And this is my last will and testament.

It's a special meeting of scientists that have taken place for several years.

They help defuse world tension by sharing information.

The Russians would do a double backflip if they knew this was going on.

So would our own government.

That's why we've got to get him out of there in two days.

Well, here we are.

It's beautiful.

Sorry about the blindfold.

No.

It's better I don't know where we are.

Yeah, we didn't want you to end up playing 20 questions with the firm.

Should I leave the computer on?

This is my last will and testament.

Airwolf has been instructed to engage this special program if it failed to

receive a code from me at this time.

I must assume that I am in prison.

Or dead.

So what will I leave this tacky...

money-grubbing world to remember me by.

I leave a machine out of control, a machine worthy of that insane

world of theirs.

The wolf has come down from the north, and your fat little town is safe

no longer.

This is Charles Henry Moffat.

This is my last will and testament.

We shut him off.

Moffat foresaw that he might lose control of Airwolf. He protected himself

like this.

He really was a genius, you know.

Twisted genius.

It gives me the creeps.

It's like a ghost.

Who ever heard of a haunted helicopter?

We see a lot of this in the computer trade. It's called a logic bomb.

Mama mia. Not only a ghost, but bombs, too?

I'll give you the classic example.

A guy is fired from a company with a computerized payroll, but before he

leaves, he plants a logic bomb in the central programming.

Now, when the computer senses that his name is no longer on the payroll, it's

instructed to disrupt the company, say, by adding a zero to everybody else's

check. Someone making 750 is suddenly making 7,500.

It can be darn hard to dig out, too, if it's planted deep enough.

Can you do it?

I used to play a lot of chess with Moffat.

I usually won.

It's no chess game.

In a way, it is.

You see, for every move I make, he may have already programmed a counter move.

Say, if I turn him off today, it triggers a signal to come back on

tomorrow when I don't expect it.

Complicated. Stick with me, kid. Like I said, we played a lot of chess.

Maybe we'd better get something to eat.

Good idea.

Do we get a campfire?

What kind of high tech around here?

Got a gas stove.

Oh, come on. Let's have a little romance.

Airwolf has been instructed to engage this special program. If it failed to

receive a code from me at this time, I must assume that I am in prison or

dead.

So what will I leave this?

tacky, money-grubby world to remember me by.

Oh, shut up.

That was the craziest thing I have ever done, landing on that sub.

A submarine?

A big one. In the middle of the Pacific, their computer had a nervous breakdown.

I was a freelance troubleshooter with a secret clearance.

So, ten hours later, there I was doing my...

Harry Houdini imitation from a chopper slung 100 feet above a rolling deck.

You get it fixed?

Oh, sure.

But for the next 15 days, I was the lone female in a crew of 120-plus men who had

all been on patrol for 60 days.

Uh-oh.

I learned one thing.

What's that?

Karate.

Seriously, though, they were all gentlemen.

Is that the salt, Dom?

Oh, yeah, sure.

Say, if you don't mind, I've been meaning to ask you about that experiment

that you were running in your lab.

Oh.

I'm working on a program that would enable a man to fly by merely thinking

the maneuvers. A right bank, a dive, whatever.

And land in a crosswind.

Like a kitten out of a tree, huh? You can scoff, but in 20 years, the way you

fly will be obsolete.

Excuse me, but I've been hearing that word obsolete most all of my life.

And you know what?

We still dig holes with shovels.

So if you had it your way, there'd be hundreds of combat pilots with nothing

to do.

Oh, I'm sure you'll think of something to do.

Like they used to say, make love, not war.

They'll probably come up with a computer to improve on that.

Maybe.

But like Dom says, we still dig holes with shovels.

Okay, Moffat, round two.

Airwolf has been instructed to engage this special program.

If it failed to receive a code from me at this time, I must assume that I am in

prison or dead.

I have a bone to pick with you, Archangel.

General Gilson, what a pleasant surprise.

What takes you so far from the beaten path?

I am hot, and I am tired, and I want some straight answers.

As soon as I hear a straight question... Well, how's this?

Are you testing some kind of stealth aircraft in NORAD's northern sector?

Stealth aircraft?

You know what it means.

Invisible to radar.

Answer the question.

We are testing nothing.

Then why did my big board light up with false targets the same day you people

started monitoring our operations?

I don't know.

The Pentagon agreed to provide your firm with that information over my personal

objections.

Now, I'm warning you.

If you're doing what I think you're doing, I'll have whatever it is shot out

of the sky.

I hope we understand each other.

Why are you looking at me like that?

You know what I have to do about Airwolf.

I have no choice.

I must assume that I am in prison or dead.

So what will I leave this tacky, money-grubbing planet to remember me by?

I leave a machine... What happened?

Are you okay?

Electric charge.

Electric charge?

It tried to electrocute you? Yeah.

Isn't that great?

Well, that's a significant clue.

I think Moffat's ghost is done for.

I think you've been working too many hours.

How about some fresh air?

That sounds like a good idea.

Well.

Nothing like a change of scenery, is there?

Yeah.

I guess we don't need this anymore.

Oh, it's pretty here.

Yeah.

Hawk. Uh-huh?

Let me ask you something.

How do you remember me from those days?

Dedicated, worked long hours, committed to the project.

That was my whole life back then, work.

The project, the team, the job.

Home, I fell dead.

Yeah, I hardly believe how much you've changed since then.

That time I spent on the submarine?

That was back when I looked so terrible.

And the whole time I was aboard, they all treated me like one of the guys.

I hated that.

Well, they sure wouldn't treat you like one of the guys now.

What nothing

Do

it

No

No. Accept that.

Good.

Now pay attention.

This is my last will and testament.

Airwolf has been instructed to engage this special program if it failed to

receive a code from me at this time.

Now, goodbye,

Charles Henry Moffat.

She's starting to feel like her old self.

Hey, come on, Dom. Kick on the turbos. Let's give this lady a ride for her

money. Okay.

Wait a minute, String.

You got traffic. Get ahead.

Slow single engine.

Hey, Don, what's going on? Did you switch on autopilot?

I hate to say it, but we still got ghosts back here. Impossible.

I erased that entire menu.

Well, the computer doesn't know that.

now is showing that private plane is a target of mig 23 don't cut it off i

can't try cancel double m

You tried to kill those people.

It missed?

No, we, uh... We replaced the live ammo with blanks. Just in case.

Now it's turning north.

Always north.

Hey, can you get us back in control?

Auto-engage override is isolated.

I cut it out completely.

Including the diffuser channel.

Type this. Direct to CP.

U-U-U-1-5.

Disengage.

Nothing.

Now it's chasing birds.

Try U-U-U.

Comdeck 1-5.

Try it.

Get us down fast. That won't last forever.

I don't know what to say.

I'm sorry.

Well, at least no one was hurt.

It had me completely faked out.

It must be tied to every system aboard, like some disease spreading.

Are you saying that Airwolf will never fly again?

Well, I'm gonna dig it up again.

I gotta get Dr. Burton.

Look, if I had a more powerful computer, I might be able to override this one and

cancel out the program.

Where do you get one on such short notice?

I leave a machine out of control.

A machine worthy of that insane world of theirs.

The wolf has come down from the north, and your fat little town is safe

no longer.

This is Charles Henry Moffat.

Moffat? Now Moffat's ghost?

Aren't we ever going to be free of this maniac?

We wonder the same thing.

What does that psychotic riddle mean, the wolf has come down from the north?

It's a colloquialism from a novel by... Thank you.

Our expert says there's more levels.

We don't even know what he wants yet.

Well, whatever he wants, we know it isn't good.

And until we can sort out those computers, Airwolf should be grounded.

Um, perhaps we should have some of our experts take a look at it. Fat chance.

You don't mean take a look. You mean take back.

And we already had an expert look at it.

Well, not a very good one, judging by your last flight.

What happens if the next target it mistakes for a MiG-25 is, in fact, a

747?

Every piece of armament has been taken off her.

Suppose Moffat had a kamikaze streak.

People's lives are at stake here.

Your lives!

What about Dr. Burton's life?

We will attempt to provide the doctor with another means of transportation

out.

I promised the man that I would pick him up in Airwolf.

You are impossible to talk to.

Tom?

The computer equipment your expert asked for is on the ramp.

These are some classified detail designs of Airwolf.

I thought you might like to show them to your computer man.

Thank you.

She must love one of us, String.

The one is Airwolf.

Take care.

This is Charles Henry Moffat.

I am the creator of Airwolf, and this is my last will and testament.

After talking with Hawk and Santini, I'm convinced there's no turning them away.

They will fly, Airwolf. I can't imagine anything more terrifying than that

machine under Moffat's control.

God knows what he's programmed it to do.

If you can fix Airwolf with absolute certainty, do it.

But if there's even the slightest question, in a compartment in the rear

of this unit is a homing beacon and a small explosive charge with a detonator.

You will activate the beacon, and our personnel will move in. If they attempt

to lift off, explosives placed on the rudder will safely disable Airwolf.

Dr. Hansen.

We are all counting on you in this unpleasant business.

Say good morning.

Good morning.

Did you fix it?

I don't know.

I tried.

Wait.

We can't wait any longer, honey. We've got a passenger waiting.

I just told you, I don't know if it's fixed.

Disconnect electronics from flat cold. It's been done before. Moffat's

programming can override that. You touch anything in there, including the radio,

and you're inviting disaster.

That'll be okay.

No.

I've planted an explosive, and this is the detonator.

Now get away.

I'm warning you.

Why?

I have my orders.

What do you mean, orders? I'm sorry, Hawk.

I know how important Airwolf is to you.

Your brother and everything.

She's with the firm.

I suppose Mr. Clean is on his way up here now, huh?

I've activated a homing beacon.

Where is it?

Stay back. I will detonate this.

That means Moffat wins and Dr. Burton dies.

I can't help that.

Oh, yes, you can. You can put that down right now.

It's too risky.

You know, you've talked about a lot of things.

I gotta take control of your life? Well, then do it. Either push that detonator,

or let's go.

Moffat's still in that machine. We need you.

The decision's yours.

Jericho One, this is Angel One. We're within two miles.

Homing signal still strong and closing.

Angel One, this is Groundskeeper.

Angel One, this is Groundscaper.

We're locked on to Dr. Hanson's homing device.

Good. Don't lose it. Whatever you do.

Roger, Morello.

Howdy. Fill her up.

Why did you come here to see the two-headed snake?

We're just about at the Bering Sea.

How do you feel?

Alive.

Scared, but alive.

Where's Mr. Santini? We've had a crew change.

Dr. Karen Hanson, this is Dr. Roger Burton.

Welcome aboard, Doctor.

Did you get a look at those gunships?

Those helicopters were headed west.

Then we'll head north, over the pole and come down the east coast.

Why not back the way we came, toward Alaska?

We've got to return Dr. Burton to Washington immediately.

We're approaching the coastal Edas. We'll have to use the computers.

Hawk, we can't take the chance that Moppet is really gone.

And I can't risk flying to the U.S. territory blind.

Let's try it.

All right.

Keep your fingers crossed.

We're coming online now.

I have a bogey penetrating U.S. airspace.

Scramble jets and intercept.

Baker Flight Airport.

I have two jets vectoring on us.

Unidentified helicopter, I am on your tail.

Identify yourself at once. Over.

Unidentified black helicopter, identify yourself at once. Over.

What will you do?

We can outrun them with the turbos.

Yeah, for a while. They'll report us to the air command, and it's a long way

home. We'll have to talk to them.

Air Force pursuit.

We are on an unscheduled intelligence mission for the United States.

We are unarmed.

Follow me to a landing zone and sit down.

Air Force, my course is... Acknowledge my transmissions or I

will fire. I say again, I will fire. Over. Air Force Pursuit, do you read me?

They're not acknowledging.

Moving into attack position.

Holy,

look at that!

Max thrust, let's go!

We're going to need help with this guy.

Watchdog, watchdog, this is Flight Baker.

Watchdog, this is Flight Baker. Do you read?

Quite an elevator ride.

Is everybody okay?

Yes, I'm okay. Did it? Yeah, but it's riding a power climb.

What is it?

Our onboard computer.

It's out of my control.

Well, then take it back. I can't. Oh, my God.

Moffat's taking control of the ship's systems.

Where are the jets?

Directly below us.

Can you hear us? No.

They're trying to radio for assistance.

Moffat's jamming.

This is Charles Henry Moffat, and this is my last message to all of you.

I created Airwolf, and I will destroy her.

Airwolf goes back to the womb with a boom, check, and mate.

That's all, folks.

What is that?

He's projecting Russian bombers.

He's making us a target for NORAD.

More than that, those bogeys are to create confusion so we can get through.

Didn't you hear him? He's targeted us to kill Langley, the firm.

There are thousands at that one facility alone, and when Langley starts to defend

itself... A lot of people will die.

Jericho, approach.

Jericho, approach. Come in.

Archangel, talk to me. I'm broadcasting in the clear. Come in.

It's no use.

Moffat's jamming us.

He'll know.

He'll have to know.

Archangel, talk to me.

You know what we're up against.

It's Moffat.

Get me General Gilson, please.

It's not what we think that matters. It's what NORAD thinks. What are you

going to tell him? To disregard the radar scope.

He may not disregard.

General, this is Archangel.

The radar tracks you're getting are false.

I repeat, false.

You were right about my project.

I was testing an aircraft. Something went wrong.

It is sending out those tracks.

There are no Russian missiles.

One plane is doing all that? It's an extraordinary aircraft.

General, you've got to believe me. What you're getting is... I warned you.

I think we've got one chance, people. The purge control.

Maybe we can freeze Moffat out.

Yes! Yes! Do it! Make no mistake.

Depressurizing the cockpit at this altitude will mean...

Thank you.

I remember an offer. Overall, a certain helicopter.

No questions asked.

You name the time and place.

Just send us the part.

We'll take care of it.

The question is, will it ever be free of Moffat?

It is already.

The extreme cold purged all programming.

It's a blank slate now, like a child waiting to be taught.

Well, I know a real good teacher.

Well, just promise me one thing. Will you leave out the story of the big bad

wolf, okay?