Most people know Bugatti for sleek cars and blistering speed records, but did you know they also built an aircraft? The Bugatti Model 100 Racer was designed in 1938 by Ettore Bugatti to compete for the Deutsch de la Meurthe Cup and smash the world speed record. Its futuristic design included a sandwich of lightweight woods, two modified Bugatti engines buried behind the cockpit, and contra-rotating propellers powered by drive shafts that ran beneath the pilot’s seat. Unfortunately, with World Wa