Aircraft
First Flight for Dassault Falcon 6X
Dassault Aviation test pilots Bruno Ferry and Fabrice Valette took off for the first flight in Falcon 6X serial number 1.
The first flight of Dassault's Falcon 6X marks the beginning of the flight test program. (Photo: Dassault Aviation)
The first flight of Dassault's Falcon 6X marks the beginning of the flight test program. (Photo: Dassault Aviation)

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. 


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