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Going Supersonic

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Commercial supersonic air travel… the aviation industry’s holy grail.

Discovered for a brief stretch of time in the form of the Concorde and then lost once again, the aviation industry has been working for decades to find a way to make regular supersonic flight a reality.

It’s an especially exciting time for the Supersonic journey with recent feats like Boom’s first successful “boomless” flight of the XB-1 and NASA’s initial test run of the X-59 QueSST engine making the possibility of sustainable supersonic travel all that more realistic.

Here at Pacmin Studios, we’ve been in a unique position to watch the pursuit of Supersonic Transport unfold in the form of the models we’ve made over the past 79 years. Take a look below at some of the models we’ve produced relating to supersonic development:

Concorde model with Lufthansa livery (produced by Westway Models, which was acquired by Pacmin)
A Convair SST model mockup with TWA livery
1/100 scale Boeing SST
1/144 scale die cast Boeing 733 SST
1/100 scale Aerion supersonic business jet concept model
Aerion business jet exhibit model with Jetex livery
Aerion business jet cutaway model
1/100 scale early concept Boom supersonic airliner model with United Airlines livery
Early concept Boom supersonic airliner exhibit model

By Max Ouweleen

Marketing Coordinator at Pacmin Studios and The Model Shop

About Pacmin Studios

Pacmin Studios has been serving the aviation and transportation industries with creative physical and digital models and exhibits since 1946. 

Known for producing high quality custom aircraft display models, Pacmin Studios has evolved to provide a suite of additional services, including graphic design, CAD, CGI rendering and animation, livery design, and other transportation marketing solutions.

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