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Dassault Aviation: Falcon 6X Completes Maiden Flight Falcon 6X Completes Maiden Flight Saint-Cloud, France, March 10, 2021 – Dassault Aviation today announced that the company’s widebody Falcon 6X has successfully completed its first flight as planned in the first quarter of 2021, demonstrating the maturity of the program and opening the test campaign for certification. “Today’s flight is another milestone in Dassault history, made all the more satisfying by the remarkable efforts of the entire Dassault organization and its partners over the challenging past year,” said Dassault Avi...

 - March 10, 2021, 11:09 AM At 2:45 p.m. local time today, Dassault Aviation test pilots Bruno Ferry and Fabrice Valette pushed the throttles forward and lifted off on the first flight of Falcon 6X S/N 1 from France’s Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport. The inaugural flight launched the flight test phase of the widebody 6X, Dassault’s newest fly-by-wire flagship. Certification and entry into service are planned for 2022.  Ferry—in the left seat—and Vallette logged about two hours and 30 minutes during the flight, testing handling qualities, engine response, and key systems while climbing t...

 - March 5, 2021, 10:14 AM The first three developmental Dassault Falcon 6Xs are now undergoing various stages of ground testing, with first flight of S/N 1 expected by the end of this month. (Photo: Dassault Aviation - A. Daste) First flight of the Falcon 6X is on track to take place by the end of this month, Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Eric Trappier said today during a press conference outlining the company’s 2020 results. The first three development Falcon 6Xs are now completed, following the December 8 rollout of S/N 3, registered as F-WAVE. S/Ns 1 and 2 are “heavily instrume...

First flight of the Falcon 6X is on track to take place by the end of this month, with service entry expected in late 2022.