One of the most commented-upon acts in recent UK airshow seasons has been the Great War Display Team. While long-established, the addition of further aircraft and pilots, as well as new choreography of the team's routine, has created a series of spectacularly swirling dogfight' sequences as might have been seen from the trenches of the Western Front a century ago. The team's aircraft represent the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service, US Army Air Service and the air arm of the Imperial German Army, and equally illustrate the diversity of design and rate of development of the period. Up to six different types being flown this year will range from the plodding 65mph BE2 observation biplane ol 1914, through the short-lived triplane scouts, to the definitive SE5a fighter and the heavily-armoured Junkers CL.I trench-strafing monoplane of 1918.
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