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The Blue Max is a 1966 war film directed by John Guillermin and starring George Peppard, ... He has shot down enough aircraft, even without Willi's kills, to qualify ...
The Pour le Mérite (German: [puːɐ̯ lə meˈʁiːt]; [3] French: [puʁ lə me.ʁit], lit. ' For Merit '), also informally known as the Blue Max (German: Blauer Max) after German WWI flying ace Max Immelmann, is an order of merit established in 1740 by King Frederick II of Prussia.
The Morane-Saulnier MS.230 aircraft was the main elementary trainer for the French Armée de l'Air throughout the 1930s. Almost all French pilots flying for the Armée de l'Air at the outbreak of World War II had had their earliest flight training in this machine.
Richthofen in the cockpit of his famous Rotes Flugzeug ("Red Aircraft") with other members of Jasta 11, including his brother Lothar (sitting, front), 23 April 1917. Richthofen received the Pour le Mérite in January 1917 after his 16th confirmed kill, the highest military honour in Germany at the time and informally known as "The Blue Max". [34]
Large numbers of replica and reproduction aircraft have been built for both individuals and museums. Bitz Flugzeugbau GmbH built two Dr.I replicas, serial numbers 001 and 002, for use in Twentieth Century Fox’s 1966 film The Blue Max. Replica 001 EI-APW is the oldest surviving example of the Dr.1.
The airlines and Boeing say they're committed to safety. Some analysts and aviation experts, however, still have concerns about the Max 9.
20th Century Fox used two Lucioles in their 1966 film The Blue Max. These had the rear seat converted into a machine-gun position so that they look like British observation planes. One of these survives on the American registry. United Artists used one Luciole for their film Von Richthofen and Brown (released in 1971).
The airline's existing Max 8 and Boeing 737-800 aircraft are also getting charging ports and larger bins. Southwest expects to complete that process "over the next several years."