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Dassault opens top-notch paint facility in Delaware
Just 387 days after groundbreaking ceremonies last year, Dassault Falcon Jet officially opened a new 40,000-sq-ft aircraft paint facility at its Wilmington

Just 387 days after groundbreaking ceremonies last year, Dassault Falcon Jet officially opened a new 40,000-sq-ft aircraft paint facility at its Wilmington, Del. complex on July 29. The facility had actually been up and running long enough for the first airplane it painted to take center stage at the ceremonies. The seven-year-old Corning Glass Falcon 2000 looked brand new in its fresh coat of white accented by oblique blue bands around the fuselage, and Dassault officials emphasized that the shine was exactly how the paint had dried, with no polishing or buffing. The airplane spent the last week of its four-week transformation in the new facility.