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Our defence production record goes back to the first Great War when so many Canadians flew alongside our pilots in Sopwith fighters.
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They raced in a craft known as the Sopwith Camel, named after the famed World War I British biplane, one of which shot down German flying ace Manfred von Richthofen.
In Maine, a Rivalry Boils Up On the Lobster-Boat Racing Circuit 2009
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So he could make his 7 p.m. curfew, one of the boys rode her bike close to his home, and then abandoned it in a culvert near Moya and Sopwith, which is where police found it Thursday.
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Though Mr. Kaufman delights in onlookers wondering if a plane did indeed fly in and land on 77 Water St., the aircraft is actually just an artistic re-imagining of a British Sopwith Camel, designed by Rudolph de Harak and constructed by sculptor William Tarr .
A Flight of Fancy on Building Roof Nick Carr 2011
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Photos: Lower Manhattan's Mysterious Warplane Rob Bennett for The Wall Street Journal A replica of a World War I British Sopwith Camel was hoisted onto the roof of 77 Water St. when the building was under construction in 1969, and remains there today as a curiosity piece.
A Flight of Fancy on Building Roof Nick Carr 2011
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He was forever immortalized in popular culture in the Peanuts comic strip where Snoopy believes he is a World War One flying ace in his Sopwith Camel (aka, his doghouse) going after his arch-enemy, the Red Baron, and in song by the Royal Guardsman in their song Snoopy vs. The Red Baron (1966).
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Fforde Special to a new lap record at Brooklands, a feat only matched by my schoolyard career on the Western Front as I piloted my Sopwith Camel above the trenches with even the great Major James Bigglesworth seeking me out for advice.
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As Lucy runs afoul of dog germs, Charlie Brown collects rocks in his trick-or-treat sack, and Snoopy rides the Sopwith Camel doghouse of his imagination into World War I battle, we can appreciate how some things never get old.
Matt's Guide to Thursday TV: A Halloween Classic, Beavis & Butt-head Return and More! 2011
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He was a Canadian pilot and commander of a group of Sopwith Camels that went against the Flying Circus that fateful day.
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The chase, which had Richthofen flying in a straight line to catch up to the much faster Sopwith Camel brought the two very low over the enemy lines.
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