Pilot Report: Dassault Falcon 8X

Credit: Dassault Falcon Jet
The Falcon 8X now is more than halfway through its flight test campaign, putting it squarely on track for certification in mid-2016. Recently, 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...
Fred George

Fred formerly was senior editor and chief pilot with Business & Commercial Aviation and Aviation Week's chief aircraft evaluation pilot. He has flown left seat in virtually every turbine-powered business jet produced in the past three decades.

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