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12 Best Airplane Battle Scenes In Movie History

Whether they take you to the danger zone or send you back in time to World War I (or WWII), these airplane battle scenes are ...

This WWII Fighter Plane Inspired Star Wars' Y-Wing Starfighter

Those futuristic spacecraft in "Star Wars" didn't come out of nowhere. X-wings are basically space Spitfires, and Y-wings ...

The story behind the WWI fighter plane that inspired Snoopy's Flying Ace

During World War I, fighter planes called Sopwith Camels downed 1,294 enemy aircraft, more than any other Allied fighter in ...
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This World War I Plane Has Two Claims to Fame: It Was One of the Deadliest Fighter Aircraft of Its Time, and It Was Flown by Snoopy

Key takeaway: What is a Sopwith Camel? The Sopwith Camel was a famous fighter aircraft during World War I. It was a single-seat, single-engine biplane. On October 10, 1965, Snoopy, clad in aviator ...