The Other Bugatti

June 22nd, 2017 · 18 mins 5 secs

About this Episode

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

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 “Oil King of France” Henri, had revived the competition in 1931 in memory of her late husband...

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