“Concorde is a special aircraft for many reasons,” says Milan. Even if you’re not aware of the engineering, you know the sleek, flowing silhouette that is just instantly recognizable. It’s a design icon.” Despite its unique look, the Concorde’s original design was for function, not...
“A feature that’s unique to this is, when you pull on this lever inside the build, the rear spoiler wing raises.” The Ford seal of approval While Milan and his team toiled away trying to make the model perfect, they had a little help from the experts. This was one of Milan’s ...
To do this, Milan and the team had to create a mechanism that stretched almost the full 41.5 inches (105 cm) of the set that would lower the three sets of landing gear at different speeds, all housed in the very narrow fuselage, without getting in the way of the interior. ...