Inside Charles Lindbergh Hall at Dassault Aviation’s Bordeaux-Mérignac final-assembly facility in France today, Dassault faced the constraints of the coronavirus pandemic head-on and rolled out the super-midsize, wide-cabin Falcon 6X during an online ceremony broadcast live on YouTube—a first for a business jet program. The event, featuring Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Eric Trappier, was hosted by pilot and broadcasting veteran Miles O’Brien.
“Instead of violins and Versailles, the virus has put us in the virtual world,” O’Brien said. “But that in no way diminishes the excitement we have for the accomplishment we herald today. Mérignac is a special, magical place. This is where Falcons come together and first take flight.” More than 10,000 Dassault aircraft, both military and civil, have been manufactured here, including 2,600 Falcons. “In this corner of Bordeaux,” he said, “the beautiful, bold vintages never stop improving. The Falcon 6X is just the latest baby, the best and brightest, of course, to hatch from this high-tech nest.”
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