Veteran aviation journalist, Fred George, calls the Falcon 6X “a game-changer” on his first flight alongside Dassault Chief Test Pilot Philippe Duchateau.
the boss of FEDEX at the beginning, he bought FALCON 20s, because they allowed him to land on basic terrain (grass for example) before his big expansion, he flew several dozen FALCON 20s, he recounts a misadventure arrived at one of these planes, the FALCON landed on a small airport, during the night the fog lifted, the controller of the control tower had left several planes landed during the fog to remain on the runway while waiting for the fog to lift , but he forgot to report it to the new controller, the FALCON crew must take off and asks the controller for authorization, the latter ignoring the presence of several planes parked on the runway and not visible from the tower, he gives the authorization for the FALCON to take off, the plane positions itself at the start of the runway, the crew starts the engines, the plane picks up speed and suddenly, they realize that the runway is cluttered with several planes , not being able to stop before obstacles, the FALCON20 crosses all the planes, tearing all the planes with its wings, a lot of damage on all these planes while the FALCON 20 only had scratches on its paint, the boss of FEDEX was really surprised by the great strength of the wings of DASSAULT aircraft, in reality, DASSAULT has the reputation of making ultra-strong wings, for example those of the Rafales which are capable of withstanding up to 11G! it is the only plane in the world that can exceed 9G!
as DASSAULT is above all a manufacturer of fighter aircraft, these FALCON aircraft are designed in exactly the same way, the Rafale and the FALCON 6X have exactly the same flight systems (sero engines for example!! or in-flight protection system )
Mike B - Dassault's long-term goal for Falcon 10X is to gain approval for one pilot to nap in cruise while the other pilot monitors the aircraft. As for single pilot Falcon jets, well, that idea went away with Falcon 10 in the 1970s. I also suggest that you peruse NTSB accident statistics for single-pilot vs two-pilot jet accident rates. The difference is eye watering.
@@fredgeorgeaerollc4050 Thank you for the reply. 😊 If I could ever one day afford one, the 8X still would be my first choice. It’s literally the last of the Tri-Jets, if I’m not mistaken. 🤔 I miss the big ones of days long gone. Have a great day. 😊
@@mikeb0912 - You're indeed correct! Falcon 8X is the last of the Dassault Tri-Jets. DFJ's PR chief Andrew Ponzoni tells me that there's still market demand for 900LX and 8X, so they'll remain in production as long as their respective order books remain strong. In case you missed it, here's a link to my Falcon 8X pilot report: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8ki9oLEjMmo.html
