Louis de Monge

Louis de Monge (Vicomte Pierre Louis de Monge de Franeau) (1890– 25 July 1977, New York) was a notable Belgian engineer. He is mainly remembered as the designer of the Bugatti Model 100 racing aircraft.

Career Louis de Monge's parasol wing racer at the Concours Securite in 1914. De Monge's design had a wing that flexed with the air flow. The springs automatically returned the wing to its normal position. He was interested in aircraft from his childhood and by 1907 had begun to explore ways of automatically stabilizing aircraft. These studies culminated in 1914 with the construction of such a machine, which flew successfully in turbulent conditions on 15 June 1914. In 1915 he produced another autostabilized aircraft, a biplane with a propeller in the centre of its fuselage.

Miniatures Bugattistes Association Bulletin Vol.5, N°2, On the Bugatti Aeroplane. Miniatures Bugattistes Association Bulletin Vol.5, N°3, Bugatti Blue and one more 100 Airplane Model; The Other Airplane Engine. Miniatures Bugattistes Association Bulletin Vol.5, N°3, Model 100, also one of kind.