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Civil Aviation => Modern Civil Aircraft => Topic started by: smudge on February 07, 2015, 07:30:36 AM

Title: Falcon 8X first flight
Post by: smudge on February 07, 2015, 07:30:36 AM

http://www.dassaultfalcon.com/en/MediaCenter/Newsd/Pages/PR%202015/Falcon8X-first-flight.aspx

“Throughout the flight, the Falcon 8X demonstrated excellent handling qualities"..well of course.

My dream is that someday a test pilot will step out of the cockpit of a new aircraft and declare 'What a dog!  I'm never flying that thing again!', throw his helmet to the ground and walk off...  with a sly grin.

Interestingly though Dassault are moving all thei bizjets up the scale.  When our head office comes to replace their Falcon 2000s there won't really be anything that 'small' left in the range, even the new 5X is twice the weight.

Title: Re: Falcon 8X first flight
Post by: Brunki on February 07, 2015, 11:53:51 AM

A US major apparently said of the short c23a when answering a colleage 'yes I've seen it and I've flown but I still don't believe it.