hollywood enjoy a period of unprecedented interest in technology during the mid 1980s with super vehicle show such a airwolf and blue thunder and the highwayman and knight rider and the underated street hawk . borne from the mind of one of u television most creative writer of quality entertainment donald p. bellisario who bring u tale of the golden monkey and magnum p. i. and quantum leap and currently with the military drama series and j. a. g. and it have everything with action and adventure and espionage and adult script and international intrigue and couple with real world politics ( which be rare in hollywood ) even push some right wing and hawkish politics into the middle of the action . with grim a granite jan michael vincent in the main role a loner pilot and stringfellow hawke and aid by oscar win movie veteran and ernest borgnine and a support cast include movie actor and alex cord ( and c. i. a. deputy director michael archangel ) and tv regular jean bruce scott and it be a show on the edge and that and with the excite aerial climax at the end of most episode push the boundary of television with it movie quality action sequence and technology and location ( include the beautiful monument valley in utah ) . it now have a sizeable following of loyal fan worldwide ( the wolf pack ) and include many people who become pilot ( military and commercial ) through their love of the show many fan of which have be follow the commercially successful show of donald bellisario ( belisarius production ) from it humble beginning in the early 1980s and include the current success of j. a. g. on cbs . a show which deserve a big follow at the time and it a rare gem of television history .