F.L.A.G. - The Foundation
for Law And Government (a.k.a. "FLAG") is a private organization
dedicated to fighting evil. Founded by millionaire Wilton Knight
(now deceased), its funding supported the development of KITT, a
sophisticated bullet-proof automobile whose built-in computer
capabilities equaled independent thinking. The Foundation, now
managed by Devon Miles (Edward Mulhare), assigned agent Michael
Knight (David Hasselhoff), a former police undercover cop given
a new identity, to drive the futuristic automobile on the NBC
adventure KNIGHT RIDER/1982-86. FLAG later recruited more
talking cars and operatives in the updated version of the series
TEAM NIGHT RIDER/SYN/1997.
TRIVIA NOTE: The mansion used as the
FLAG headquarters was actually the Morton Mansion/Arden Villa
built in 1915 and located at 1145 Arden Road (near Cal-Tech
campus). See also -
AUTOMOBILES: "K.I.T.T."
