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TheDassault Falcon is a family ofbusiness jets, manufactured byDassault Aviation.Dassault produce the midsizeFalcon 2000S/LXS twinjet, the long-rangeFalcon 6X twinjet andFalcon 900LX trijet, and ultra-long rangeDassault Falcon 7X/8X trijets.
The firstFalcon 20 took off on its first flight on 4 May 1963,[1] and was handed over to a customer in 1965.[2]The Falcon 900 was rolled out in 1984, and theFalcon 7X made its first flight in 2005.[1] The 2,000th Falcon was delivered in 2009, and theFalcon 8X made its first flight in 2015.[1]The 2,500th Falcon was delivered in July 2017, as more than 2,100 were in service with 1,230 operators in 90 countries, having accumulated 17.8 million flight hours.[2]
In 2018, Dassault launched theFalcon 6X with a 5,500 nmi (10,200 km) range.[3]By May 2023, more than 2,700 business jets have been delivered.[1]TheFalcon 10X is planned for certification in late 2025.[1]
| Model | Intro. | End | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon 20/200 | 1963 | 1988 | 1,810 nm | original model in family of aircraft, later versions known as Falcon 200 |
| Falcon 75 | 1968 | project | 2,000 km | Transonic (Mach 1.2)swing-wing, powered by twoPratt & Whitney JT8Ds.[4] |
| Falcon 10/100 | 1970 | 1989 | 1,920 nm | scaled down Falcon 20, later versions known as Falcon 100 |
| Falcon 30/40 | 1973 | 1975 | 1,150 nm | enlarged 30-seat Falcon 20, prototype only, Falcon 40 outside North America |
| Falcon 50 | 1976 | 2008 | 3,220 nm | trijet derived from the Falcon 20 |
| Dassault Falcon 900 | 1984 | current | 4,750 nm | trijet, larger cross section development of the Falcon 50 |
| Dassault Falcon 2000 | 1993 | current | 4,150 nm | scaled down Falcon 900twinjet |
| Dassault Falcon 7X | 2005 | current | 5,950 nm | trijet, development of the Falcon 900 with its cross-section |
| Dassault Falcon 8X | 2016 | current | 6,450 nm | larger, improved Falcon 7X |
| Dassault Falcon 5X | 2017 | 2017 | 5,200 nm | new cross section twin jet discontinued due toSafran Silvercrest issues |
| Dassault Falcon 6X | 2021 | current | 5,500 nm | longer, heavier 5X, announced in Feb. 2018[5] |
| Dassault Falcon 10X | 2025 | planned | 7,500 nm | wider cross section, longer, heavier, longer range.[6] |
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| 5X⁑ ...6X⁑ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| cross section: | = Falcon 20 | = Falcon 900 | = Falcon 5X | = Falcon 10X | ⁑: twinjet | ⁂: trijet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
