Smithsonian National Air And Space Museum WWI Biplanes Washington DC United States // WASHINGTON DC, United States — Visitors observe a collection of World War I biplanes, featuring a British Sopwith F.1 Camel alongside an American-marked fighter suspended above, inside the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Introduced in 1917, the Sopwith Camel is distinguished by its rotary engine and the metal fairing over its twin synchronized Vickers machine guns, which created the characteristic "hump" that inspired its name. The exhibit preserves these original wooden-framed, doped-fabric airfra

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