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Although this aircraft - the BUGATTI 100P - was not actually a MILITARY VEHICLE, it does have a very interesting history, having been smuggled out of Paris in the dead of night just as the German Forces were capturing the city during World War II.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/525000827/reve-bleu-bugattis-blue-dream-will-finally-fly
Just imagine, if BUGATTI had indeed created a speed-record-setting airplane design, what could the Germans done with that technology toward improving their war machines?
Special features to notice:
- Counter-Rotating DUAL Props (Like on the Soviet TU-95 Bear Bomber of the Cold War Era)
- Inverted Tri-Tail (Horizontal and Vertical Stabilizers)
- Engine Cooling Air Inlets IN the leading edges of the Tri-Tail
- Engine postioned Midships for concentrated or compressed Center-of-Gravity (CG)
![Bugatti Type 57 Car & 100P Airplane.jpg Bugatti Type 57 Car & 100P Airplane.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/291/291111-f31d73e177353df7d1e1469e77b5c045.jpg)
NOTE:
I am NEITHER endorsing nor discouraging the FUND RAISING focus of the linked article - Simply posting up a historically significant aircraft design's story for y'all to enjoy.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/525000827/reve-bleu-bugattis-blue-dream-will-finally-fly
Just imagine, if BUGATTI had indeed created a speed-record-setting airplane design, what could the Germans done with that technology toward improving their war machines?
Special features to notice:
- Counter-Rotating DUAL Props (Like on the Soviet TU-95 Bear Bomber of the Cold War Era)
- Inverted Tri-Tail (Horizontal and Vertical Stabilizers)
- Engine Cooling Air Inlets IN the leading edges of the Tri-Tail
- Engine postioned Midships for concentrated or compressed Center-of-Gravity (CG)
![Bugatti Type 57 Car & 100P Airplane.jpg Bugatti Type 57 Car & 100P Airplane.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/291/291111-f31d73e177353df7d1e1469e77b5c045.jpg)
NOTE:
I am NEITHER endorsing nor discouraging the FUND RAISING focus of the linked article - Simply posting up a historically significant aircraft design's story for y'all to enjoy.
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