Stars: Matt Barr, Charlie Barnett, Christina Ochoa, Nigel Thatch, Corbin Reid, Melissa Roxburgh, W. Tré Davis Producers: Bill Haber, Kyle Jarrow Premise: Set at a U.S. Army base that houses an elite
unit of
helicopter pilots trained to perform clandestine international and domestic missions, the drama unfolds in the present as well as in flashbacks to a failed mission involving one of the first female
pilots in the
unit, ultimately uncovering layers of personal and government / military secrets, and leading to a season - long plan to rescue a group of MIA soldiers.
I had known of his lovely one - man
helicopter design, the Angel, of which a few hundred
units were built, but I didn't know that Gandini had been an active ultralight
pilot, parachuting instructor, and delta - wing - glider enthusiast in the 1960s.