The Other Bugatti

Published: June 22, 2017, 8 p.m.

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The star-crossed history of the most beautiful aircraft ever.

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The prospects for the 1939 Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe air race did not look good. Suzanne Deutsch de la Meurthe, the widow of the \\u201cOil King of France\\u201d Henri, had revived the competition in 1931 in memory of her late husband...

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