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Bugatti 100P Rebuilt: The Plane That Could've Turned the Battle of Britain

Posted by samzenpus on from the blast-from-the-past dept.

concertina226 writes "A team of engineers is working together to recreate the Bugatti Veyron (or Bugatti 100P), an art deco-era fighter plane designed for World War II that would have broken the air speed record in 1940 — only the plane was never flown. Featuring forward pitched wings, a zero-drag cooling system and automated flight control assistance, plane was capable of reaching an air speed of 500mph, which would have made it the fastest and most advanced plane of its time."

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  1. Not a Nazi Plane by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Bugatti, who had gained French citizenship between the two wars, decided to hide the craft in pieces in crates in a barn in the French countryside to prevent it from being discovered by the Nazis."

    Learn to read.

  2. Re:What is "computer-directed flight control"? by CohibaVancouver · · Score: 5, Informative

    what exactly does "computer-directed flight control" mean for a plane from 1939?

    This whole article is full of lazy incomplete writing.

    To wit -

    WWII Bugatti 100P Plane Rebuilt: Jet Fighter that Could Have Won Battle of Britain for the Nazis

    A group of airplane enthusiasts have rebuilt the Bugatti 100P, an advanced fighter jet from 1940

    The word 'Jet' appears nowhere else in the article, nor does it appear the 'jet' was ever built as a 'fighter.'