Peanuts by Charles Schulz for July 21, 1968
Transcript:
The World War I Flying Ace stands next to the doghouse and thinks, "I love my Sopwith Camel."<BR><BR> The World War I Flying Ace walks and thinks, "Here's The World War I Flying Ace walking out onto the aerodrome at Rembercourt . . ."<BR><BR> The World War I Flying Ace stands next to the doghouse and thinks, "The month is October . . The year, 1918!"<BR><BR> The World War I Flying Ace sits on the doghouse and thinks, "I have been assigned to a night-fighter unit . . As I climb into the sky, the huge LeRhone rotary engine in my Sopwith Camel throbs its song of destiny."<BR><BR> The World War I Flying Ace continues, "We flying aces are very dramatic . . My mission is to fly south from Verdon to St. Michael and then southwest to Bar-de-Loc, hoping to trap a German gotha bomber in the night . . ."<BR><BR> The World War I Flying Ace thinks, "There's only one thing wrong . . ."<BR><BR> The World War I Flying Ace kicks at the front door.<BR><BR> Snoopy lies in bed with Charlie Brown and thinks, "I'm afraid of the dark!"<BR><BR>
Plus, in the age before electricity was wide-spread and there were no lighted instrument panels to speak of, flying at night was almost impossible.