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The Bugatti Model 100


The Bugatti Model 100 airplane was designed in 1937 by Louis D. de Monge to compete in the famous "Coupe Deutch" air race. Originally designed with a single propeller, it was later fitted with a second engine, located behind the first one, and a second, counter-rotating propeller.


Although offering many avant-garde design features (inverted Y-tail, forward-swept wings), the Model 100 would never fly.


Hidden during World War II, it was then brought to the United States, where its engines were removed and used to power racing cars. Its fuselage, passing from hand to hand, was finally donated to the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) museum, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, which started a restoration project in 1996.


Some experts think this unique aircraft would have set a world record at the time. We hopefully once know if this is true - but the Bugatti 100’s unique, elegant lines have earned it a spot of honor in the EAA museum.



The Bugatti Aircraft Association was founded in 1998 by Jaap Horst, the goal of the association is to gather all possible knowledge about the airplane, with as a final goal to enable the building of a FLYING replica! At that moment, we will know if the 100P really would have broken the world record for land airplanes of that time!
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