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| WWI Flying Ace |
What kind of plane does Snoopy imagine himself flying as a World War I pilot? Envisioning himself as a
WWI flying ace,
Peanuts character
Snoopy picures himself flying a
Sopwith Camel in his wild goose chase after the
Red Baron.
Thomas Sopwith, born on
January 18, 1888, turned a hobby of flying into an industry of building planes, the most famous of which at the time was the Sopwith Camel. Sopwith's company built more than 5,700 of the single-seat fighters, which shot down more enemy aircraft than any other Allied fighter plane in the war. After the war, Sopwith went on to work as chairman of his new airplane firm,
Hawker Aircraft. But, his real love by then was reserved for
yachting. Although he never won the
America's Cup, Sopwith came mighty close in 1934. In 1995, he was inducted into the
America's Cup Hall of Fame.
Quote:
"Curse you, Red Baron!" — Snoopy, to his imagined WWI enemy
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