First Flight for Dassault Falcon 6X

At 2:45 p.m. local time today, Dassault Aviation test pilots Bruno Ferry and Fabrice Vallette 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… (www.ainonline.com) Plus d'info...