Concorde Ornament

Hand-finished polished aluminium ornament celebrating Concorde, the iconic British-French supersonic airliner that first entered service in 1969 and became a symbol of late-20th-century technological optimism and modernist design. Concorde was the product of an unprecedented international engineering collaboration, its development requiring solutions that had never previously been encountered. The airframe expanded by up to 25 centimetres during flight as aerodynamic heating raised its temperature to over 100 degrees, and its distinctive delta wing, droop nose and afterburning Olympus engines gave it a silhouette of such functional beauty that it has become one of the great design icons of the 20th century. A distinguished gift for any lover of aviation, engineering or elegant technological ambition.

Colour: Silver
Aluminium
18 x 15 x 32cm
Clean with a soft cloth