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News: Dassault Falcon First Customer-Bound 8X Arrives At Completions

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  1. Dassault Falcon First Customer-Bound 8X Arrives At Completions
    The Dassault Falcon 8X Program is running full-throttle with over 300 flight hours surpassed already. Additionally, the first customer-bound aircraft has been shipped to the Little Rock completions center too marking a major milestone in the entire process. Actually, two 8X jets have been shipped there with one of them to be fitted with a full interior dedicated to the testing program and the other, the launch client's jet. One of the two aircraft, 8X s/n 03, arrived in Little Rock during the summer for installation of a full interior that will be dedicated to the 8X cabin comfort and functionality test program. This aircraft will also undertake an around-the-world operational test campaign to demonstrate reliability and performance in different conditions of flight, including high and low temperature, high humidity and high altitude operations.
  2. The second unit to enter the completion line, 8X s/n 04, flew to Little Rock from Dassault Aviation’s Bordeaux-Mérignac final assembly facility on October 9. This aircraft will be the first production unit to be delivered to a Falcon customer. Nine other aircraft are currently in various stages of assembly on the Mérignac line as Dassault’s new flagship ramps up production. EASA and FAA certification of the Falcon 8X is anticipated in mid-2016 and initial deliveries in the second half of the year. Unveiled in May 2014 at European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE), the latest addition to the growing Falcon business jet family rolled out on December 17 and made its maiden flight on February 6.

    For more information:

    Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation
    Teterboro Airport
    200 Riser Road
    Little Ferry, NJ 07643
    www.dassaultfalcon.com

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