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I leave my estate to the only honest man I ever met, Dominic Santini.

Dom, Dom, what's wrong? Just hang on.

Walk away and not say anything when we're forced to contest the will.

Adult formation, we're going in.

Three to one odds, Dom.

Doctors General, this is Mercy One leaving Point Discovery.

ETA, your location, one hour.

Roger, Mercy One. What is the condition of your cargo?

Staying cool and in real good condition.

Roger, Mercy One, and I thank you.

We have the red carbon out for you. Good luck on your flight.

Over and out.

Graydon, I'm going to be two hours late for the meeting.

I won't have time to notify everyone on the board, Mr. Barron. They can wait for

me, then.

Maybe they'll think of something creative for a change.

I'll tell them that.

Do so.

This is Barron One. Clear.

Hey, what's that?

Oh, I don't believe this.

Be with you in a minute, buddy.

Okay, buddy.

Except for a bruised ego, yes.

Come on.

What is this thing you're flying?

That's the taxi that's going to get you out of here. Come on.

I thought my company was on the cutting edge of technology.

Oh? You an engineer?

Sort of.

My name's Dominic Santini.

Carl Barron.

I wanted you to change course for Los Angeles.

I'd like to oblige you, Mr. Baron, but I got a human heart back there.

There's a team of doctors in Chicago waiting to transplant it into the chest

of a 16-year-old kid.

I've got to get to L.A.

$25,000 for you to change your flight plan.

Maybe you didn't hear me.

I said I got a human heart and... Maybe you didn't hear me.

$50,000 to Los Angeles, one way.

believe what I heard.

I guess what they say about you is true.

Oh, what do they say?

That you got a heart as cold as a snake.

My temperature is my own business.

And my flight plan is mine.

You're going to Chicago, pal.

Mr. Archangel, the House Oversight Committee has brought to our attention

your payments to Santini Air.

Santini Air provides transportation and surveillance services.

The two men who had the most intimate knowledge of Airwolf still work for the

firm.

Because we need people we can trust.

There's no mystery.

Sir, you are testifying before a committee which represents the people of

the United States.

We deserve forthright answers to our questions.

Then ask questions, Mr.

Younger. All you have are innuendos and rumors.

Your story belongs in the checkout line at a supermarket.

There you go, Mr. Byrne.

You're almost home.

Mark I in a helicopter?

Miracles never cease, do they? I don't understand. You could have taken my

offer, made $50,000 and still got the heart to Chicago on time.

It's a matter of priorities.

$50,000 isn't one of them. Money is the grease which makes the world go round.

There's no denying it.

Except that sometime money gets in people's way.

That's mine.

I built it from the ground up.

Suit your personality steel and concrete

Steel and concrete, huh?

Thanks, Santini.

For the rescue.

For everything.

I'm telling you, it was 50 grand.

He offered me 50 grand in cash. Carl Barron, the richest man in the world.

Hey, sir, help me. It was him. I swear it, String. But you got the heart to

Chicago General first?

Hey, what do you take me for?

I take you for Dominic Santini.

This is my last.

Good evening, Mr. Barrett. Good evening, George.

I'll be working in the plasma lab tonight.

Yes, sir.

Just let me know when you're through.

I'll do that.

Mr. Byron!

Oh, my God.

Mr. Byron!

Mr. Byron!

All Byron's legacy was to the future of mankind.

He was the embodiment of a self-made man.

He was a self-reliant man.

Now, I know that Baron technology will remain a part of the family tradition as

long as his granddaughter, Marco Brewster, has anything to do with it.

And I also know that we'll offer her all the support that she needs in this

difficult time of transition.

Thank you.

Uh, ladies and gentlemen, excuse me, please.

I'm sorry.

My name is Charles Selkirk. I'm Mr. Barron's attorney.

Before this tragic accident, Mr. Barron made out a new will in his own

handwriting. He requested that it be read at his funeral.

See, I told you he was a weird duck. I guess that's why he liked you, huh, Dom?

Now, just a second, please.

Just a second.

I don't believe in a lot of legal jargon, so I'll get right to it.

My home's another real property I leave to my granddaughter, Margo Brewster.

The remainder of my estate will be divided.

60% to Margo Brewster.

The remaining 40% I leave to the only honest man I ever met, Dominic Santini.

Just a second, please.

Please let me continue.

Please, ladies and gentlemen.

Even though he was flying a secret advanced design helicopter on a mission

of mercy, he stopped to save me when my plane crashed in the wilderness and

refused any reward.

In my life, I always suspected the motives of a good Samaritan. In death, I

reward at least this one.

The guest register indicates that Mr. Santini is present.

Mr. Santini, would you please identify yourself?

Please.

I met him one time.

What's the future of Baron Technology?

Are you going to be splitting it up, Ms. Brewster? I don't know. I haven't had

time to think about that.

Ms. Brewster, what do you think about your grandfather giving 40% of the

company to a complete stranger?

I'm sorry, I can't answer that question. Mr.

Santini, what was it that Baron said about a super helicopter?

Well, I must have some reaction to that, Ms. Brewster. Yes, yes, tell us.

The owner of Santini Air is the windfall recipient of Carl Barron's estate,

estimated to be in the vicinity of $100 million.

Yeah.

Right. Put him through.

Yes, Mr. Younger.

That's quite a tale, don't you think?

Canada to Chicago to Los Angeles in an advanced chopper flown by Dominic

Santini?

I think it's preposterous.

There's a public committee meeting in ten days.

You'd better have an explanation.

What was he doing flying Airwolf?

Hey, I was sick with the flu.

Well, it's an incredible breach of security.

I did it because some kid needed a new heart. I'm talking about Baron.

What was I supposed to do, let him freeze to death?

You would have done the same thing.

I think.

Maybe... Maybe if you said the man was delirious when you picked him up.

Dominic's in that will because he's an honest man. Now, you want him to lie?

Besides, if Barron's state of mind comes into contest, Dom could lose the whole

thing. Right.

Don't worry, Michael. You'll think of something.

Dominic Santini with $40 million.

What a terrifying prospect.

It's just like my grandfather to do something like this.

He was always good at messing up other people's lives.

Look, I'm positive that Carl wouldn't give Santini anything.

It was a hoax.

Are you sure?

You just wait and see how fast he takes our offer.

And then you're going to have everything.

What will I do with it?

That's why I'm here, darling.

James, you've always been so sweet and helpful.

Margo?

Are you going to ask me to marry you again?

I guess I don't give up easily, huh?

Jim, I'm so confused about all of this.

I'm just a preschool teacher.

I don't... I need more time.

I won't rush you.

You know what? It's funny about time.

You believe you have plenty of it.

until something like this happens.

Now, I'll never be able to tell my grandfather what was in my heart.

Into gasoline.

We'll call an alarm.

Well, what are we going to drink?

Hey, Dom.

Come here.

What? Margot Rooster, Carl Barron's heir and granddaughter, eluded reporters

outside the preschool where she teaches.

A resignation from the school fuels rumors... Poor kid. At least I'm used to

craziness. ...is head of Barron's industry.

A multi-billion dollar international conglomeration... San Diego.

Hello, Mr. Hawke.

This is Graydon. I'm outside.

I'd like to see you.

...was killed by a sudden and still unexplained explosion at the Barron

Industry Laboratories early this week. It is assumed by... We've got visitors.

Outside in a limo.

Quite a little circus you have there, Mr. Santini. I wish they'd all go away.

How are you?

They will.

This bubble won't last forever.

What bubble?

Mr. Santini, somebody's played a very cruel joke on you, and we feel badly

about it. Those of us who are close to the Barron family, we'd like you to come

away with something a little more than just, uh, circus memories.

Just how bad do you feel, Mr. Braden?

Say... Seven figures?

Five.

Five hundred thousand.

To walk away and not say anything when we're forced to contest the will.

Why would I do that?

Because over half that 40 million is in BTS' stock, Dom.

Those guys are worried about their jobs.

We want to save Mr. Santini some embarrassment.

And we also want to retain family control over what's a family company.

Mr. Barron put me in that will for some reason.

Take the money, Mr. Santini.

I don't like being bought and sold, mister.

It won't be offered again.

Then I guess I blew it.

I guess you did.

How much of that was in Barron's stock, Caitlin?

A lot.

Over half.

I'll see you in the boardroom, Mr. Graydon.

You sound like a real executive there, Dom.

Well, listen, I've been running this operation on a shoestring for so long

that I've gotten some practical experience.

Mamma mia, I forgot.

We've got a gig at the studio tomorrow.

Shirley, you don't intend to work.

You're darn right.

It'll make me feel like going back to something normal again.

See him in the boardroom.

I'll see him at Herald first.

It's sort of an aerial ballet.

I can't describe it any better. Yeah, well, I'm going to take you on a dry

ride. That way you'll get the feel of it. It's the feel. That's what I'm

after. The feel.

You see...

In order for me to visualize what's happening, I must have the texture, the

substance, the feel, as you say, in order to produce the most dynamic

possible ensemble.

Hi.

A stir stick for your coffee?

Uh-huh. Thanks.

You better watch out for the rotors in my helicopter.

Oh? Yeah.

The draft is liable to give you pneumonia.

Oh, you're just a big old teddy bear. Yeah.

You know, I read about you in the paper.

I think it's wonderful.

Um, keys, Dominic?

Keys?

Yeah.

Oh!

Well, um, not right now. You see, I better be getting to work.

Well, we all have to work, don't we? Yeah.

Mama mia.

Healthy girl.

And so sincere.

Hey,

I'm starting the run. You ready?

I'm focused.

No. Hey, what's wrong? What happened?

I meant to cut a rotation.

Cut. Cut.

Cut, Hal. Just hang on.

It's a wrap.

It's a wrap.

Let it be a wrap.

It's a wrap.

That reminds me.

I better get a will of my own.

She'll patch, Dom.

You put her down real easy.

There's still no reason for a rod to fail like that.

You know, String, I wonder if being rich isn't the first step on the road to

paranoia.

You might have to get used to it, Mr. Santini.

The court dismissed the challenge.

Validation of the handwriting was upheld.

You'll soon be a wealthy man.

Well, I feel better.

Not because of the money.

Because now they know I'm not a liar.

Hangar's all buttoned up. Ready to go home?

Ah, the Barron Industries is having their board meeting tomorrow. I'm trying

to make some sense out of these reports so I won't look like a total idiot.

Looks pretty thick.

Yeah.

Like my head.

You know, Dom, you and I kid around a lot.

Trading shots and whatnot.

But I'll tell you something.

You're one of the most intelligent men I know.

And if you want to figure that out, you can do it.

Thanks, String.

Margot, Santini is dangerous.

He thinks your grandfather gave him this money for a special purpose. He's making

noises about shaking up this company. Now we have to be prepared to do battle

with him.

Battle?

Jimmy, make it sound like war.

It is war, Margot. Your grandfather would have told you that.

Everything. Once the car burned.

Business, marriage, children, grandchildren.

All are studying tactics.

I know.

You thought about my proposal?

Another tactic.

Margot.

Jim, I'm sorry. I don't know why I said that.

It's just... I haven't decided yet.

Margot, the company needs your help now.

We have to fight off Santini. Now, you can wait to decide about marriage, but I

have to have your proxy now.

Of course.

I'll do it.

Now, this concludes the acquisition profile for BTS in the last quarter.

And as you can see, we are a well-balanced and diversified company.

Good job, Jim.

I'm disposed to give you carte blanche.

Thank you.

Mr. Santini, would you like to make that unanimous?

Mr. Santini, would you like to make that unanimous?

Uh, what?

Oh, you have read the report.

Oh, uh, well, uh, it would take a Philadelphia lawyer to figure this

out, but, uh, I read it last night.

All night.

And I got a couple of problems, Mr. Graydon.

Um, it says here, we charged...

The United States Air Force, $16,000 for sensors to go with the

helicopter guidance system.

Now, I know helicopters, gentlemen, and I know that those

sensors shouldn't cost any more than 160 bucks.

We are ripping off the American taxpayer.

And you know it.

Is that true?

Is that true?

Mr. Santini, you don't buy these things off the rack. You have to consider

research and development costs.

Research and development does not justify this kind of a markup, sir.

Now,

on page 47, it shows that you're buying up a lot of farmland in Tucker Valley.

Yes. Well, I know that area because I fly over it. I know it, too. It's

lovely.

And, um, what you've got there is a lot of small family farms.

Now, what I'd like to know is, um, are we muscling those people off their

land?

I'm not gonna be cross-examined by some-some throttle jockey.

Now, this report stands approved as presented.

Not till I get these answers.

You are outvoted, sir.

No, he is not.

Mr. Santini, you and I are long overdue for a talk.

Miss Brewster, you're on.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

You know, I wish I could say I knew your grandfather, but I didn't even like

him very much.

You know, that's the same with me. Really?

See, after my parents died ten years ago, plane crash in Europe, well, we

just... Pulled away.

I don't know. A note once a year at Christmas on the back of the card.

Checks I never cashed.

That's why I can't understand all of this.

Why leave it to me?

I can't manage it.

Are you sure about that?

You know, every big corporation needs someone at the top with that human

touch.

Well, you know, you have that...

Barron bled in you.

You could make it work.

Maybe he knew that.

You know, I've been trying to figure out why Carl Barron put me in his will.

I figured there must be some reason.

And you know something?

I think this is it, this talk we're having.

Well, what should I do?

Just keep watching her.

Yes? Edna?

Dominique Santini wants me to meet him in the parking lot.

Okay, I'll be there in five minutes.

Thank you.

You're not... Oh, my God.

Give me Graydon.

He's on the test range.

Graydon. Graydon, I lost her.

What, you lost her?

Yeah, Santini took her up in one of his choppers, and, uh, look, it didn't look

right. Meet me there.

Look, she got into one of your red, white, and blue choppers only half an

hour ago.

Come here. Come here.

Look at that rotor.

That's my bird.

Dom, doesn't Angelo do your painting? Yeah, across the runway.

Kate, watch the store. Come on, String. Let's go see Angie.

He was a cash customer, Dom. I figured it was something to do with the $40

million. A present or something.

Yeah, but what did he look like, Angelo?

Yeah, old guy.

60 at least.

I don't know. Important looking.

My God.

And if he's still alive... That's right, Santini. If he's alive, you don't get

it.

Is this him?

That's him.

Correction.

You don't get it either way.

Is there any other way out of here? It's all locked up, Donald.

Center.

Change center. Cover your mouth.

When the door opens, Cooper.

cause a spark and then the whole place would go up in flames.

Listen, that chopper's course was northeast.

So why don't you fly it? All right.

Chopper's Baker and Charlie joined us over Big Bear and... 15 minutes

And he's got Marco.

And now Dave is trying to finish him off.

Come on, we've got to borrow one of your choppers. All right.

Where are we going? The old seismology lab. It's been shut down for years.

Aaron knows the place. It fits.

Why would he fake his own death?

He didn't.

He died in that plasma explosion.

Marco died in the hands of a kidnapper. Then we all know what happened to

Santini.

The estate will be in probate for years.

Yeah. I'll control the company.

What do we do now, String? Those BTS choppers got about an hour's head start

on us, and we don't know where Michael could be.

Dobby, remember the other night we were talking about trying to patch into the

air traffic control system?

Yeah, sure, I can get the LA pattern on my scope, but we're talking about

hundreds of radar blips. Here, take a look.

See? Here's Caitlin taking that chopper back to Angelo.

What are all the rest of those things?

Graydon's chopper had rocket pods on her.

Like he'd be to the test range.

String. You're brilliant.

Punch in Barrett's test range.

See what comes up.

Got him.

One departure in the last hour.

No, wait.

Two. Twenty-five minutes.

Three to one odds, Dom.

How could you do this to me?

You think you have the right to interfere in other people's lives to

judge what's good for them?

You're despicable!

You have a perfect right to your anger.

But hear me out.

I berate employees when they do not learn from mistakes.

But I never did my whole life.

When you're...

Mother and father died, I felt terribly betrayed.

So I retreated into my office, into my work, just when I should have

been close to you.

It was a terrible mistake.

A couple of weeks ago, I met a man.

Santini made me feel the loss of all those years.

I felt the pain, but I hadn't learned anything.

I retreated again.

I made the ultimate retreat.

I gave you one last big Christmas present... and played dead.

You should have come to me.

that's what i said to myself five days ago in a mountain cabin on the north

island of new zealand the place i'd chosen to live out my my

life i woke up saying your name

and Charlie. We're going in.

Margo.

I see movement inside. It's gotta be them.

Fire!

Speaker Charlie on the ground.

I'll see you next time.

chance you're gonna win i want you and that chopper out of here or i'm gonna

waste them now get over that horizon move

um

not now don't rush me after 20 years i want to save her this moment what the

hell are you doing are we over the horizon yes but uh turbos

What are you waiting for, Grayson?

Fire!

Mr. Santini, how's it feel to have $40 million?

What are the plans for the company now?

Is the building before or after Santini? Mr. Santini, how's Mr. Santini?

Mr. Barron, we thought you were dead, sir. What's going on here? Where have

you been hiding? Where have you been hiding?

Mr.

Barron, we thought you were dead, sir. Where have you been?

Please, ladies and gentlemen, please. Please, just a moment.

Please, I'm prepared to make a statement.

I disappeared because I thought I wanted to be totally alone for the rest of my

life. But someone very important to me changed my mind. Will you be staying

with the company, Mr. Barron?

Well, that will be decided at a later date.

But my will, of course, has been invalidated. Will you be running the

company, sir, or will it be someone else?

No, my granddaughter, Margo, will be in charge of the day-to-day operations of

the company.

What's all this we've been hearing about a super helicopter, sir? Yes, well,

there was no super helicopter.

As a matter of fact, when my plane crashed, I was delirious.

It was just an ordinary chopper flown by an extraordinary man, Dominic Santini.

Dominic. Mr. Baron, if we could just get a few words... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, no

more questions.

You know, Dominic, I was just wondering.

Well, maybe I shouldn't ask. No, go ahead. Go ahead.

Well, the second time you saved my life, you lost $40 million.

Right. So?

Well, did it ever occur to you to, at any time, to look the other way?

No.

Well, keep looking in your mailbox.

I won't live forever.