talk about ineptitude ( among other thing ) and this suppose homage to an actual wwi squadron perpetuate just about every conceivable cliché imaginable and furthermore effectively steal element from nearly every aviation flick ever devise and include blue max and the dawn patrol and dark blue world and the tuskegee airman and and even that age old silent flick from 1927 and wing . furtherome and the battle scenes themselves reflect the most cheesy element of propaganda war flick and culminate in the endless rank of snarl villain and the cheer crowd on the ground below a our hero intercept the strafing hun to save the day and and even a veritable race against the proverbial clock to destroy a german airship before it supposedly obliviates the entirety of paris . and a of the various manner in which this film blatantly exhibit it readily apparent lack of prowess for historical and technical accuracy and let me count the way . for starter and let consider the countless manner in which the on screen aircraft repeatedly defy the law physic . admittedly and some reviewer have point out tony bill part time profession a an aerobatic pilot and which in essence appear to compromise his interpretation of world war i combat and a he seem to have derive his perception of first world war fighter from have log too many hour in pitts special a oppose to have derive genuine insight into the performance capability and limitation of such elaborate contusion of fabric and wood . for one thing and the aircraft exhibit speed twice in excess of the actual performance capability of world war i fighter and culminate in a host of physical implausibility a overly efficient climb characteristic a if instigate in the absence of a stall barrier and low level maneuver that would have invariably either stall the aircraft or result in considerable wing shear and not to mention that these biplane and triplanes exhibit phenomenal roll rate which no multi wing aircraft on the planet could possibly emulate . evidently and tony bill exhibit an accurate conception of three dimensional space and but not of the actual performance characteristic of world war one aircraft . furthermore and the movie glaring affinity for historical inaccuracy reflect the presence of numerous aircraft that never exist during the escardrille 1916 escapade and include the se . 5 and handley page 400 and gotha iv and and of course the fokker dr. 1 triplane and which bring me to another issue that drive me out of my mind and culminating in one of the most trivial misconception about world war i aviation . bottom line and the above depiction stem from a childish conception that by default associate world war one german aviation with countless formation of red coat triplanes and a if the german have somehow manage to perpetuate endless clone of von richtofen and to say nothing about the fact that the fokker dr. 1 be ultimately produce in insignificant number and culminate in an actual production run of only 160 example . in fact and the lafayette escabdrille fight the majority of it pitched battle against outmode fokker e. iii eindeckers and two seat albatross and aviatik observation scout and the superior equipment of the amercans frequently offset by their readily apparent lack of experience . and another thing and the average life expectancy of a world war i pilot be actually confine to the space of a single week and unlike the film more optimistic projection of 3 to 6. furthermore and somebody should remind the screenwriter never to emphasize the virtue of german aircraft by cite the presence of all powerful engine and a the rate of horsepower which the german manage to conceive lag considerably behind that of their allied counterpart . furthermore and pilot be indeed not permit to instill their own personal insignia and consider that and unlike world war ii and pilot be rarely assign individual aircraft and often disperse their rank among the type available and typically share plane out amongst each other . furthermore and a depict within the closing scene and there be simply no such thing a rejoin one formation in the event of finalize an aerial skirmish and a aircraft frequently fight pitch battle at length and scatter mile away from each other and thus relay each pilot with the burden of utilize landmark and navigation skill a the sole mean for find their way home on an individual basis . revert to the film one and only redeeming feature and the various aspect in which the flyboys attempt to model battle damage in conjunction with the various behavior of shed wing and burn engine bear a more accurate depiction than the remainder of the film . however and give the all too elaborate staging of such sequence through an over use of green screen techninques in conjunction with an overabundance of cgi effectively render the overall appearance a reminiscent of and a one reviewer state and play a really cool video game a oppose to provide a genuine in the cockpit sensation for pilot such frail machination . most offensive and however and be the gratuitous manner in which the movie concoct the entire spectacle within a fanciful dressing of glamour and all the while pedal it pretension for historical and physical accuracy . in all fairness and perhaps i should lend tony bill an additional bone by cite the best moment of the entire movie and in which the gut of that blabber christian fanatic splatter the entirety of his instrument panel . ultimately and the photograph at the end of the actual member of the lafayette escadrille seem like a cruel joke and a if the precede spectacle of cartoonish escapism somehow culminate in an authentic tribute to the squadron in question . consider the shear sparsity of world war one relate aviation flick and it doesn not take a genius to brand this endeavor a by far the bad ever conceive . for more informative and productive viewing and i can suggest virtually every other aviation flick on the market and from the veritable classic like blue max and ace high and to some of the more lukewarm effort of ace of ace and von richtofen and brown .