Flyboys Crashes & Burns

I was really looking forward to Flyboys, since I’m an aviation freak, and as a child I had a much-treasured book of flying stories, many from WWI, starring the Lafayette Escadrille in their SPADs, and Billy Bishop in his trusty SE.5a, and many more.

But if Frank Martin’s review is anything to go by, it’s a renter:

According to the makers of this film, the Imperial German Air Forces were made up entirely of Fokker Triplanes, all of which were painted bright red.

Not just one Red Triplane, but every single one.

Every.Single.Fighter.

Except one of course and that one belongs to “The Black Falcon”

Of course, if the above doesn’t make any sense to you, you might as well go see it…