posted 05-06-2025 08:07 AM               

NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to lift off May 15 as Lego Icons model

A new flight plan has been filed for a NASA winged orbiter and its jumbo jet transport, four decades after the iconic combination departed on its one and only international goodwill tour.

The Lego Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft set recreates the prototype Enterprise and the modified Boeing 747 jetliner as they uniquely appeared when touching down at the Paris Air Show in May 1983, as well as at post-show stops in Italy, England, Iceland and Canada. The $229.99 (€229.99 or £199.99) building kit is scheduled to land on Lego's website for the company's "Insiders" loyalty club members on May 15, followed three days later by an arrival in Lego Stores in the United States and Europe.

posted 05-06-2025 01:30 PM               

I was on top of the roof of the main assembly plant at Canadair, for the manufacturing of the CL600 Challenger, when this did its flyover in 1983. I then went to Ottawa for the static display and I believe I have photos of the 747/Orbiter on the ground there.

posted 05-11-2025 09:54 AM               

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Originally posted by GACspaceguy:
I believe I have photos of the 747/Orbiter on the ground there.

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