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In the first episode of a two-part story, Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) temporarily take leave of Adam-12 to join an ASD helicopter unit. The plan is to expedite crime fighting by combining the force's mobile and airborne facilities--and it works beautifully. Also, Jim and Pete gain a whole new perspective on their jobs when they get a chance to view their beat from the skies. The emphasis on supporting players William Stevens and Gavin James, and the curious design of the credit titles, suggest that this episode was intended as the pilot for an Adam-12 spinoff series (which, pardon the pun, never got off the ground).