Dassault Falcon 8X Performs First Flight

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. Taking off from Dassault’s Bordeaux-Merignac facility in France at 2 p.m. local time, the Falcon 8X, s/n 01...
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