Natural Born (episode)

Natural Born was the 28th episode of Airwolf and the 17th episode of Season 2. The episode first aired on 2/23/1985.

Plot synopsis

A young man, Kevin Hansen, takes a job at Santini Air but he had more in mind than just sweeping the floor. He wants to hunt down the the drug smugglers who killed his uncle whom he loved.^[1]

Episode summary

Story locations

Aircraft seen

• Airwolf
• Bell 205A1 - N4774R.^[2] Kevin and Caitlin are tied up inside this one. Another is painted olive drab and used to represent a UH-1J belonging to "Blue Stone Flying Service". This UH-1J is later armed with missiles.
• Bell 206 JetRanger - belonging to Santini Air
• Boeing-Stearman PT-17 - belonging to Santini Air
• Hughes 369D - N58428.^[3] Chester Hansen offers joyrides in this
• Bell 206L LongRanger - N331WD.^[4] Kevin steals this Police chopper to chase the UH-1J
• Mooney M-18 Mite - N124C.^[5] Seen in Chester Hansen's hangar
• Assorted aircraft seen at Van Nuys
  • Cessna 150G N8572J^[6]

Firearms seen

• Remington 870 - Chester Hansen
• M60 machine gun - appears to be what is used by Jake to shoot down the police Longranger which Kevin is piloting.

Special dedication

This episode is dedicated to stuntman Reid Rondell ^[7] who died in a helicopter crash during the filming.

Research Notes

Guest stars/Recurring cast

• Noble Willingham as Chester Hansen
• Lance Sloane as Kevin Hansen
• Christie Houser as Winter
• Sandy Kenyon as Reverend Clements
• Seth Foster as Jake O'Donnel
• Lee Ryan as Bert Allyn
• Kathryn Stanleigh as Marcia
• Casey King as Wiley
• Allen Joseph as Mechanic #2
• John Medici as Gibson
• Nancy Linari as Receptionist
• Robby Dillon as Girlfriend
• Gary Frommer as Mechanic #1
• Steve Chambers as Schecter
• Kevin N. La Rosa as Police Pilot
• Aline Towne as Town Lady

Gallery

• This gallery is incomplete. The following have not been identified. It is not clear where they turn up in the episode:
  • Allen Joseph as Mechanic #2
  • Gary Frommer as Mechanic 31
  • Aline Towne as "Town Lady". According to her biography at IMDB, she would be in her 70s in this episode.

• One possibility for "Town Lady" is right at the beginning if the episode where there is the voice of a lady asking people to enter their cakes and pies for a baking contest at the fair (see transcript). But she is not seen on camera.

• Allen Joseph as "Mechanic #2". According to IMDB, he should be in his 60s. He is also described as diminuitive.

• John Medici as Gibson. According to the subtitles of 1 DVD set, Gibson is the mechanic installing the rockets on O'Donnel's UH-1J

Noble Willingham as Chester Hansen.

Lance Sloane as Kevin Hansen, whom his uncle says is a natural born pilot. He is wearing his uncle's cap.

Christie Hauser as Winter, Kevin's girlfriend and daughter of Reverend Clements.

Sandy Kenyon as Reverend Clements. He thinks Kevin is irresponsible and reckless. Seen here ducking when Kevin buzzes the fair in his chopper.

Seth Foster as Jake O'donnel. He wants Chester to fly drugs for him. As the next picture shows, they are possibly old buddies.

This picture is in Chester's hands when he dies. He's at the back by the sign. Jake O'donnel is to his left. It isn't used much as a clue but it does direct Kevin to Van Nuys where he meets the Santini Air crew.

Lee Ryan as Bert Allyn. He's a film director who wants a Stearman and three choppers to do a commercial for a bathroom detergent.

Casey King as Wiley Beecham, product spokesman for a brand of bathroom detergent. Has to jump from a chopper as part of a commercial.

Wiley now dressed as a clown for the commercial. No sign of his parachute though.

Kathryn Stanleigh as Marcia. Her role in the bathroom detergent commercial team is not stated but she thinks Bert is too good a director for commercials.

Nacy Linari as the receptionist at Jake's Blue Stone Aviation, seen here with Caitlin.

Robby Dillon as the girlfriend of Winter. She's the one in the blue dress and has a line or two. Can someone identify the album she is holding?

Steve Chambers as Shecter, one of Jake's hitmen. He is flying the Bell 205 with Caitlin and Kevin tied up in the back.

Kevin N. La Rosa as the police pilot who lands at the scene of Chester's murder.

The man in the blue overalls is tentatively identified as John Medici, playing a character named Gibson.

Another of O'Donnel's pilots. The subtitles of one DVD set identifies him as Fields. But the actor does not seem to be credited. He has quite a lot of lines.

The man in the dark suit to the left ha s a line or two but is also not credited. Fields is in the middle.

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References

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141122113822/http://series.airwolf.tv/episodes/ep28.html
2. ↑ Registration details for N4774R
3. ↑ Registration details for N58428
4. ↑ Registration details for N331WD
5. ↑ Registration details for N124C
6. ↑ Registration details for N8572J
7. ↑ http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Airwolf-Rondell-N805V.htm