Pierre Cryns published some years ago the biography of Louis de Monge who designed the Bugatti 100 P. This new book cover the history of the aircraft
The Bugatti 100P record plane
Created by Ettore Bugatti and Louis de Monge
Jaap Horst
ISBN : 978-90-8616-123-2
Language : English
Format : 220 x 285 mm
Pages : 220, hardcover
Approx. 400 photographs and drawings
Published by: Violaero
The development of this extremely advanced airplane with many novel
features was started in 1937, for which Ettore Bugatti had hired the
Belgian Louis de Monge as chief engineer. The first version of the
airplane was planned as a speed-record airplane, a military version was
to follow later. Tragically the Bugatti 100P airplane never flew, the
Germans invaded Paris where it was being built before it was 100% ready.
The airplane surprisingly survived the war, and still exists in the EAA
museum in Oshkosh, USA. Both engines exist, and were built into Bugatti
race-cars. Currently a flying replica is being constructed in the USA,
built in such a way, that it will be aerodynamically the same as the
original.
This book for the first time describes the complete history of this
wonderfully beautiful streamlined airplane, as well as all of it’s novel
systems. Also, the histories of both the plane’s creators are followed,
from the early years of aviation.
http://www.bugattiaircraft.com/index.htm
Le
héros de guerre Michel "Mike" Donnet est décédé dans la nuit du
mercredi 31 juillet au jeudi 1 août 2013. Il avait 96 ans. Le général
aviateur en retraite Donnet était pilote dans la Royal Air Force (RAF) britannique pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
