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Bringing the Bugatti 100P back to life: Bid to rebuild incredible 500 mph
WW2 plane that could have won Germany the war
-- Near completion in 1940, Bugatti was forced to conceal the aircraft
-- The plane survived the war hidden from the enemy but never flew
-- Now Scottish engineer John Lawson, 59, is developing a working replica
-- Original Bugatti 100P would have been fitted with two 450 horsepower
engines and had a wingspan of nearly 27 ft (8.2m)
PUBLISHED: 18:41 GMT, 27 February 2014 | UPDATED: 10:30 GMT, 28 February 2014
A landmark but unflown aircraft, dubbed the 'Bugatti Veyron of the skies', is being recreated by a Scottish engineer working with a team in Oklahoma.
The Bugatti 100P was described as one of the most advanced planes of its era and if it had flown, its designers believed it would have reached 500mph.
At the time the air speed record, set by a German Messerschmitt in 1939, was 469mph.
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But in 1940, and near completion, Bugatti - the Italian car designer - was forced to conceal the elegant aircraft in the hope it would not be discovered by the German military.
Article and photos here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2569407/Bringing-Bugatti-100P-life-Engineer-plans-recreate-500mph-WW2-plane-never-took-skies.html
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Bringing the Bugatti 100P back to life: Bid to rebuild incredible 500 mph
WW2 plane that could have won Germany the war
-- Near completion in 1940, Bugatti was forced to conceal the aircraft
-- The plane survived the war hidden from the enemy but never flew
-- Now Scottish engineer John Lawson, 59, is developing a working replica
-- Original Bugatti 100P would have been fitted with two 450 horsepower
engines and had a wingspan of nearly 27 ft (8.2m)
Bringing the Bugatti 100P back to life: Bid to rebuild incredible 500mph WW2 plane that could have won Germany the war
- Near completion in 1940, Bugatti was forced to conceal the aircraft
- The plane survived the war hidden from the enemy but never flew
- Now Scottish engineer John Lawson, 59, is developing a working replica
- Original Bugatti 100P would have been fitted with two 450 horsepower engines and had a wingspan of nearly 27 ft (8.2m)
PUBLISHED: 18:41 GMT, 27 February 2014 | UPDATED: 10:30 GMT, 28 February 2014
The Bugatti 100P was described as one of the most advanced planes of its era and if it had flown, its designers believed it would have reached 500mph.
At the time the air speed record, set by a German Messerschmitt in 1939, was 469mph.
Scroll down for video
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A British engineer is behind ambitious plans to recreate a landmark but tragic aircraft, the Bugatti 100P Pictured is the original Bugatti 100P which was mothballed in 1940 to conceal it from the Germans
Article and photos here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2569407/Bringing-Bugatti-100P-life-Engineer-plans-recreate-500mph-WW2-plane-never-took-skies.html
or go to: http://tinyurl.com/qyatr69
