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frenchcurious · 7 months

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Bentley 4,5 Litre Blower Le Mans 1930 « Le camion le plus rapide du monde » disait Ettore Bugatti. - source Renaud Mann via Old British Car Club.

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tavoit · 9 months

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The stylish and elegant Jean Bugatti was the designer at Bugatti, which was founded by his father Ettore Bugatti.

Dead by the age of thirty, he was described as being an elegant man, charming and a charmer yet very spiritual.

One way to honor this lost icon is to wear the equally iconic (and difficult to find) Bugatti fragrance, whose bottle echo's Jean's radiator design for Bugatti cars. Another Bugatti charmer, this fragrance is a citrus amber fougere, Italian elegance in a bottle.

#bugatti #Ettore Bugatti #Jean Bugatti #mens fragrance

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blueiskewl · 2 years

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The Revolutionary 500 MPH Bugatti Plane That Almost Changed WW2

This is the Bugatti Model 100P: A 900 HP, 500 MPH, race plane imagined by none other than legendary automotive designer Ettore Bugatti, so technologically advanced that it could have single-handedly dominated the skies of WWII for Germany, had the Nazis ever gotten their hands on it. But after more than seven decades of obscurity in a French barn, the "Veyron of the Skies" is ready to finally take flight for the first time.

In 1938, Ettore Bugatti enlisted the help of his chief engineer, Louis de Monge, to do something the pair had never attempted before: build an airplane. And not just any airplane, a screamingly fast racer capable of beating his counterparts in Deutchland's most prestigious air race: the Coupe Deutsch. And they almost did too.

The Model 100P that Bugatti devised was the SR-71 of its day—an aircraft packed with technology ludicrously advanced beyond the existing state of the art. Measuring a stout 25 feet long with a 27-foot wingspan, the 100P Its fueselage and forward-swept wings were formed from multi-layer wood laminate—sandwiching balsa and hardwoods—a manufacturing technique still widely used today but practically unheard of in the 1940's.

The 100P was exceptionally streamlined thanks to its revolutionary inline engine design—wherein the 100P's pair of 4.9L, 450HP, 8-cylinder racecar engines were positioned behind the cockpit—that drove a pair of counter-rotating props. It also included a 102 degree V-tail, a zero-drag cooling system that ejected air from the trailing edges of the wings, and computer-directed flight controls that automatically changed the wing profile to produce extra lift or reduce drag and acting as an airbrake when pulling out of dives. Even the automatic landing gear took orders from the plane's computer system.

The airspeed record in 1939 stood at 469 mph, set by a German Messerschmitt. Had the 100P flown in 1940 at the Coupe Deutsch, the math suggests it would have topped 500 mph. However, the 100P never did fly in 1940, having just missed the entry deadline in September 1939 due to manufacturing delays.

While this was a disappointment to Bugatti, this delay may well have changed the outcome of World War II. During development, the French government learned of the project and approached Bugatti with an offer to use the technology for a new generation of highly-maneuverable, light-weight fighter planes. He turned them down but as the second World War broke out. When Germany invaded France in 1940, there became a very real chance that the Germans could learn of and seize the 100P, using the technology as their own war machine to decimate the Allied air fleet, Spitfires and all.

But Bugatti, who became a French citizen after WWI and who rarely hide his distaste for the Germans, wasn't having any of that mess. Rather than let the plane fall into Nazi hands, he decided to hide the nearly-completed aircraft in a barn somewhere in the French countryside. And that's where it stayed throughout the war.

After its rediscovery at the end of the War, the 100P was sold and auctioned numerous times before finally coming to rest in the EAA Airventure Museum, where it has been restored and is currently on display. However, this septuagenarian aircraft is far too old and delicate to fly anymore, which is why a dedicated team of classic plane enthusiasts have spent the better half of a decade building an exact, full-scale replica capable of flight.

"The vision, the courage, the entrepreneurial spirit, those things. That's where the focus is," Scotty Wilson, a former Air Force pilot and historical plane enthusiast from Tulsa, Oklahoma involved in the replica project, dubbed Le Reve Bleu, told KFOR. "It's an airplane at the end of the day. But it happens to be a very cool airplane with an interesting story."

"The Bugatti 100P was 85 percent complete when the Germans invaded," ex-RAF engineer John Lawson, who built the replica's gearbox, told Metro UK. "If it had flown in 1940 then it would have been a revolution. It was an incredible aeroplane and Louis de Monge, who worked on it with Ettore Bugatti, was a brilliant engineer."

"The plane was designed to fly very fast but the gearbox wouldn't have much longevity,"Lawson continued. "I reverse-engineered it from plans and pictures and designed one which runs perfectly." The Le Reve Bleu team hopes to have the replica finished by this fall and will be making appearances in the skies above the Farnborough Air Show and Goodwood Revival for years to come.

By Andrew Tarantola.

#The Revolutionary 500 MPH Bugatti Plane That Almost Changed WW2 #Bugatti Model 100P #aircraft #plane #superplane #prototype #Ettore Bugatti #Veyron of the Skies #Germany #the Luftwaffe #ww2 #long reads

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watchilove · 7 months

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Celebrating an enduring legacy at the 40th anniversary Bugatti Festival in Molsheim

The 40th anniversary Bugatti Festival – each year, on the weekend closest to the birthday of Ettore Bugatti – 15 September 1881 – the town of Molsheim in Alsace is transformed with a three-day celebration of Ettore’s incredible legacy. The Bugatti Festival, organized by the Enthousiastes Bugatti Alsace (EBA), is a pilgrimage of Bugatti fans from all over the world, descending on the place that…

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#automobile history #automotive #automotive heritage #Bugatti #Bugatti festival #Ettore Bugatti #lifestyle

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travelingwithtools · 2 months

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Bugatti Blocks Balderdash!

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#ettore bugatti #french cars #molsheim #type 35 #type 57

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automundoarg · 2 months

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Bugatti Type 35: el auto que cambió el automovilismo para siempre

Creado en 1924, fue el primer auto de carreras del mundo diseñado y fabricado específicamente para competir.

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#Bugatti #Bugatti Type 35 #Ettore Bugatti

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careerwithbooks · 1 year

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Ettore Bugatti - Bugatti Veyron

#exotic car #veyron #ettore bugatti #cars

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illustratus · 2 years

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Deux Bugatti Type 52 avec Ettore Bugatti et ses fils Roland Bugatti (à droite) et Jean Bugatti (en veste noire)

#bugatti #ettore bugatti #roland bugatti #jean bugatti #bugatti type 52 #cars #classic #racing #automobile #europe #automobiles #sports cars #family #famille #fils #sons

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frenchcarssince1946 · 4 months

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2014 Bugatti Veyron Ettore Bugatti

My tumblr-blogs: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/germancarssince1946 & https://www.tumblr.com/blog/frenchcarssince1946 & https://www.tumblr.com/blog/englishcarssince1946 & https://www.tumblr.com/blog/italiancarssince1946 & https://www.tumblr.com/blog/japanesecarssince1947

#2014 #bugatti #veyron ettore bugatti

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copperbadge · 1 year

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Last of the Musee d'Orsay!

This fellow is by the same guy who did the polar bear, Pompon, and he's called the Grand Duke for I think fairly obvious reasons.

[ID: A sculpture of an owl on a plinth; the owl's body is smooth and almost abstract, and its head has only two real features: deep round hollows for eyes, and a bulging curve for the beak. He looks dignified, and also offended by your very existence.]

This is just a really delightful sculpture of two llamas, but I think we need to discuss the fact that the sculptor who made them is named REMBRANDT BUGATTI. That's a fucking amazing name, but he's also the younger brother of Ettore Bugatti, the guy who did the cars, and son of Carlo Bugatti, whose work I featured a while ago when I found the Fastest Rocking Chair in the Detroit Museum of Art.

[ID: A smallish sculpture of a baby llama, facing the camera, head ducking; an adult llama, presumably his mama llama, is pressing her muzzle to his neck. She has a truly magnificent fleece that makes her look like a real Unit.]

#sam travels #the cheese tour #paris #musee d'orsay #art #bugatti

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frenchcurious · 1 year

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Bugatti Type 41 Royale '”Coupé Napoléon'” 1930, voiture personnelle d'Ettore Bugatti, dessinée par son fils Jean Bugatti. - source Cars & Motorbikes Stars of the Golden era.

#ettore bugatti #jean bugatti

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en-wheelz-me · 7 months

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#celebrating #enduring #legacy #40th anniversary #bugatti #festival #molsheim #car #cars #fast car #fast cars #supercar #supercars #classic #classic cars

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horrorslashergirl · 1 year

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For all the KINGS out there

MEN ARE NOT TRASH.

This is probably unrelated to my blog, but I had to write this out because it keeps haunting my mind. The constant hate men get on Tumblr and other social media platforms have been getting out of hand. I lost count of how many times I heard or read this phrase: "Men Are Trash." by women and I kept wondering... How can one person assume every single man on this planet is like that? Have you talked to all of them to prove this theory? Before I speak more, I want anyone who reads this to know it's not a hate-related post, but rather a wake-up call... especially for women who have been brainwashed by society.

NOW. Tons of women spoke about how men are useless, trash, and unneeded in society and how the world would be better without them.

The question is... Who works mostly in the construction industry? Who works mostly in the military department? The special forces? What about engineering and mechanics? Who is mostly down in the mines... getting all dirty and putting in loads of physical work?

Let's see something else...

Leonardo da Vinci

He invented the helicopter and the battle tank. He came up with designs for mechanical looms and hydraulic saws. He drew plans for submarines and robots. The list of his contributions to the world of engineering is virtually endless.

Thomas Edison

A keen businessman with unbridled imagination, he is credited with thousands of inventions, including the phonograph, the electric light bulb, the telephone (although Alexander Graham Bell made it to the patent office first on that occasion), the movie camera, the microphone, and alkaline batteries.

Benjamin Franklin

His legacy includes the lightning conductor, bifocal lenses, and, according to some, the first experiments in nanoscience.

Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla was arguably the greatest geek who ever lived, always fixing things that weren't broken and coming up with amazing inventions in the process. We have him to thank for alternating current, the modern electric motor, remote-controlled boats, and, rumor has it, radar technology and wireless communications.

What about social media? Something that most women wouldn't be able to live without?

Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg

TikTok: Zhang Yiming

Twitter: Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, Evan Williams

Youtube: Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim

Instagram: Kevin Systrom

Still not enough? What about the luxury brands women are dying to have?

DIOR, Louis Vuitton, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci.

Oh, and let's not forget the brand of cars...

Ferruccio Lamborghini, Enzo Ferrari, Ettore Bugatti, Henry Royce & Charles Rolls, Ferdinand Porsche & Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche

Everything surroundings us... MEN have built, and I find it highly offensive to call all men trash. The Audacity!

The thought of waking up one day without men on this planet is simply a nightmare. Now, I am no doctor but I am pretty sure the human race needs MEN too so we can reproduce because, from my knowledge, women aren't capable of parthenogenesis.

Now, many women say that men have an easy life and lots of privileges, but I would like to disagree because if you said that, then you don't know anything about men at all. Just look up the case of 53-year-old journalist Norah Vincent, who pretended to be a man for a long period to see what living as a man is like. The experiment ended up in a tragedy as she committed suicide. She couldn't stand living as a man; she said it was so horrible, and she was shocked by how WOMEN treated her as she kept the disguise of a man.

I get it. Maybe some women ended up with shitty guys, but that's no excuse to treat the entire male population like that. There are good men and evil men... JUST like there are toxic women and good women.

This world needs women and men... to work together and not let social media brainwash them... and ultimately kill something beautiful.

Again, this post is not hate-related but a cold bucket of reality because sometimes we need reality to hit us upside the head and wake us up.

I see many posts like "You go, Queen!" or "Slay them, princess!"

Well... I just wanna say, "Keep your golden crowns straight, Kings!"

#important post #men and women #Stay Strong Kings #I needed to write this down to get some tension out #society #men are important #masculinity is beautiful

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watchilove · 1 month

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Bugatti Type 35: the making of a champion

Setting the blueprint for all Bugatti cars that followed, the Type 35 was designed and engineered like no other, and featured world-firsts to ensure unmatched dynamics, agility and performance. Despite these inherent qualities, the car which would go on to become the most successful racing car of all time didn’t get off to the best start to its illustrious career at the 1924 Grand Prix at…

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#automobile history #automotive #automotive heritage #Bugatti #Bugatti Type 35 #Ettore Bugatti #news #Press release #Type 35

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diabolus1exmachina · 2 years

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Bugatti Type 57S Atalante

The car in this photographs was the first completed Atalante to roll out of Bugatti’s Molsheim factory on 27 August 1936. The car had been ordered back on 29 December 1935 by a Marcel-Louis Bertrand, who needed a new Bugatti because he had crashed his previous one. The Type 57 cars were built on two styles of chassis; a standard chassis that produced a car of conventional height, and the 57S “Surbaissé” chassis which set the car low to the ground – lowering the centre of gravity and creating a sleek lowered appearance.The Type 57S chassis used an articulated front axle to provide a semi-independent suspension with semi-elliptic leaf springs, while the chassis rails on either side were made to increase in height passing alongside the middle section of the car until at the rear they were sufficiently deep that the rear axle could be made to pass through oval shaped holes cut into the chassis.This arrangement kept the reverse quarter elliptic leaf springs close mounted to the outer side of the chassis. It produced a very low slung and rigid chassis, a perfect combination for a high performance car.The brakes were mechanically actuated drums all around, mechanical brakes being Ettore Bugatti’s firm preference.

The engine for both the standard Type 57 and the lowered Type 57S was the 3.3 litre (3,257 cc) Bugatti DOHC straight eight which was also used in the Type 59 racing cars, so the Type 57 were indeed powered by a proven racing car engine. Because of the very low slung Type 57S chassis it was not possible to use a conventional sump mounted under the crankcase and instead a 20 litre dry sump was installed. Given that this was to be a luxurious road car the engine was fitted with gears to drive the camshafts from the rear of the crankshaft to reduce gear noise.

A four speed manual gearbox transmitted the engine’s power to the rear wheels.

In its standard naturally aspirated form as fitted in the Bugatti 57S the Bugatti straight eight produced 175 hp. There was also offered a Roots supercharger equipped version which boosted that power to 200 hp and enabled a top speed of 120 mph (190 km/hr).

#Bugatti Type 57S Atalante

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wetsteve3 · 1 year

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The 1930 Henderson Custom;

The 1930 Henderson Custom is one of the most stunning art deco motorcycles we’ve ever seen, it’s based on a 1930 K.J Henderson with an inline-4 air-cooled engine, that bodywork is all custom and it’s the sort of thing that would have impressed even Ettore Bugatti.

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