But Blue Thunder had that mental mini gun that would tear up everything in site. Airwolf looked a bit more flimsy, plus Jan Micheal Vincent at the controls who was always a bit too preoccupied with looking cool and aloof to appreciate what nice bit of kit he was in control of. Add to that Ernest Borgnie in a grey jumpsuit and Archangel and his white suits and you've got a rather dodgy team!!
Blue Thunder however started off with the original cool copper and all round 30ft shark killer Roy Schneider at the controls (ok so he left it on some train tracks at the end - I can overlook that!!!). Add in a bloke with a cool name like "Jaffo" and the fact they'd use it the grease shoplifters and muggers instead of foil KGB plots (a much more effective use of a super helicopter - think they'd been to the B.A. school of effective use of rescources!!)
and you've got hours of stuipd rip roaring fun.
Ok - time to take my pills.......