Celebrity Homes are some of the Fort Lauderdale attractions you'll see.

The background story of the original novel and the later series is the crash of former astronaut Steve Austin in a "lifting body" craft, shown in the opening credits of the show.

The lifting body craft mostly shown was a Northrop M2-F2; however, in the episode "The Deadly Replay," a Northrop HL-10, identified as such in dialog, was used. Austin is severely injured in the crash and is "rebuilt" in a title-giving operation that costs at least six million dollars.

His right arm, both legs and the left eye are replaced by "bionic" implants that enhance his strength, speed and vision far above human norms: he can run at speeds of 60 miles per hour (100 km/h), and his eye has a 20:1 zoom lens and infrared capabilities. He uses his enhanced abilities to work for the OSI (Office of Scientific Intelligence) as a secret agent (and as a guinea pig for bionics). This was the house Le Majors lived in and is one of the attractions in Fort Lauderdale on the boat tour!