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Blackwing - Huge high-tech
black aircraft resembling a wing featured on the adventure HUMAN
TARGET/ABC/1992. The Blackwing was headquarters for Christopher
Chance (Rick Springfield), a former Special Forces operative
turned decoy-for-hire who impersonated endangered people
("whether you're a busboy or the king of England"). Chris'
clients lived in the safety and comfort of the Blackwing until
the assignment was completed. The ship's multi-levels housed
facilities including worldwide television reception and advanced
audio and visual communications systems. It crew included
Vietnam veteran pilot Jeff Carlyle (SaMi Chester); computer whiz
Libby Page (Signy Coleman); and makeup maven Philo Marsden (Kirk
Baltz) who transformed the appearance of Chance via
computer-generated masks for each assignment (which cost 10% of
the client's yearly salary).
According to the show's producer
Steve Hattman "This was a man (Chance) who, at a very young age,
went to war in Vietnam. He was in Special Forces. He was, in
fact, an assassin. He did what he felt was his duty. It affected
him. "At one point he took life, but now he finds life sacred.
This is a character who's on a redemptive trek through his like
and that's why he chose to become 'The Human Target' - to
protect lives in danger, stop murders."
TRIVIA NOTE: The
Blackwing aircraft used for the series was designed by Mike "The
Shadow" Kaluta.
An aircraft called "Sky One" headquartered an
elite team of crime fighters working for the Foundation for Law
& Justice on the action adventure TEAM KNIGHT RIDER/SYN/1997-98.
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