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News: Third Dassault Falcon 8X Joins Test Program

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  1. Third Dassault Falcon 8X Joins Test Program; Has Full Interior
    Dassault Falcon has announced that a third Falcon 8X jet has joined the testing program. The regime is fully into swing and this latest aircraft will be evaluating and testing a very important aspect of this aircraft in real-would use, the interior. That's right, airframe number 3 will be fitted with a fully finished Falcon interior. Falcon 8X s/n 03 took off from Dassault Aviation’s Bordeaux-Mérignac facility on Monday, May 11 at 2.00 p.m. local time with test pilots, Etienne Faurdessus and Damien Brault at the controls. The flight plan was similar to that of s/n 02, which joined the test campaign on April 2. To get this cabin installed the aircraft will fly to the Falcon completion facility in Little Rock, Arkansas and tested for cabin comfort and sound levels.
  2. Altogether, the three test aircraft have completed 50 sorties as of mid-May. The full program will total some 200 flights and 500 flight hours through final EASA and FAA certification, which is anticipated in mid-2016. Aircraft production is also well advanced. Eight aircraft are currently in final assembly and 15 other units are at various stages of production.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. It will offer all the advanced technological features of the popular Falcon 7X from which it is derived, including the industry’s quietest and most comfortable cabin. The 8X will also feature the greatest range and the longest cabin in the Falcon line, along with the most extensive selection of cabin configurations available on any large cabin business jet.

    For more information:

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

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