Like The Blue Max , The Ace deals with World War I aviation .
Like The Blue Max , The Ace focuses on the human costs and chaotic conditions that bedeviled the Americans in their need to build a world - class air force virtually overnight .
Like The Blue Max , The Ace deals with World War I aviation , but focuses on the human costs and chaotic conditions that bedeviled the Americans in their need to build a world - class air force virtually overnight .