The sky's the limit as LEGO_Group unveils a jaw-dropping 2-foot-wide Concorde model, paying homage to the legendary supersonic jet. ✈️
passenger jet and could fly from Europe to the east coast of the US in half the time it normally took. Despite this, the tailless aircraft never caught on, partially due to the fact that it was limited to transoceanic flights due because of the sonic booms it produced over land. In 2003, after 27 years of commercial service, the Concorde was retired.Lego’s version of the jet measures nearly three-and-a-half feet in length and has a wingspan of one-and-a-half feet.
The pint-sized Concorde features several functional mechanisms like some of the recent automobile-based sets released under the Lego Technics banner. The chief of these is the plane’s landing gear, which can be raised or lowered with a twist of the tail cone. The model also features an adjustable droop nose that can be lowered to make takeoff visibility better, just like the actual plane.
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