IL SOGNO BLU 
LE RÊVE BLEU 
THE BLUE DREAM

Our MISSION is to build and fly a replica of the Bugatti 100P, the most elegant and technologically-advanced airplane of its time

Our VISION is to recreate – and share with others – the brief period in the late 1930s when Ettore Bugatti and Louis de Monge collaborated to create this singularly unique airplane

Our VALUES include a commitment to honoring the memory of those who designed and built this plane

Bugatti 100p project team

The team started building the replica 100P on 1 July 2009, and has met every major construction milestone. They expect to conduct initial test flights in May 2011. We hope to display the airplane at Oshkosh in August 2011, and bring the replica Bugatti 100P to Europe in 2012 for a two-year tour.

John Lawson, former RAF mechanic and now proprietor of Nottingham-based Lawson Modelmakers has been working on the design of the gearbox; “We had a rough plan of the gearbox as Louis de Monge designed it but we were conscious that this was an early design and was never proven in the original aircraft. We decided for safety’s sake, to start the design from scratch to make sure the transmission could cope with the loads being put through it and to make sure that there was no single point of failure that might take out the drive to both propellers simultaneously.” The design has been extensively modelled using the latest CAD techniques and Vocis Engineering – who have worked on the transmission for many of the latest crop of Supercars (such as the  new McLaren road car) – have provided significant input and validation of the design. “To be honest,” says John “they’ve been invaluable. They’ve made some useful suggestions to make the box stronger & easier to manufacture. I have a lot more faith in this gearbox just knowing that a company such as Vocis has gone over the plan and given it the thumbs up.”

For more information please visit the website.: http://www.bugatti100p.com/