Dassault Aviation’s new flagship Falcon 8X landed at Teterboro Airport April 5 on a global test campaign that began in mid-March to showcase the aircraft’s performance and reliability in various conditions ahead of certification this year.
Dassault Falcon is emphasizing its new flagship, the ultra-long-range Falcon 8X. The new trijet isn’t here, but its predecessor 7X is, as is the Falcon 2000LXS twin, which is finding increasing success in the region for special missions.
We flew the first flight test aircraft to evaluate the progress of the program, to gauge how well Dassault is meeting the trijet’s stated weight, performance and cabin comfort goals and to sample its handling qualities.
Dassault’s newest Falcon jet – the three-engine, long-range 8X – performed its first flight on Feb. 6, officially kicking off the aircraft’s flight-test campaign a month after its rollout.
While the 8X is essentially an iteration of the three-engine model one digit removed, its additional cabin space and increased fuel load make it the French planemaker’s most comfortable long-ranger.
