Capt. Bill 'Bird Dog' Birdell is a fictional character portrayed by John Allen Nelson in the TV series Quantum Leap.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Genesis: Part 1 - September 13, 1956 (season 1), they were 29 years old.
They appear in 1 episodes out of a total of 97 aired
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Genesis: Part 1 - September 13, 1956
episode S1.E1 march 1989Although the Project Quantum Leap isn't ready yet, Sam Beckett doesn't listen to supercomputer Ziggy, hops into the Accelerator and leaps. As Tom Stratton, an Air Force test pilot about to attempt a dangerous flight. Sam finds his memory Swiss cheesed, with only enough left to know that he is not where or when he belongs. According to Sam's friend and partner Al, who appears to him as a hologram nobody else can see, Al explains that the Project has gone awry and in order to leap out of the pilot's body, Sam must successfully fly the X-2 to Mach 3, which according to historical records, ended in a fatal crash.