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Second Dassault Falcon 6X Joins Flight-test Campaign

With two flying Falcon 6x twinjets, Dassault expects to add a third fully completed copy to the flight program by this summer, on pace for a 2022 TC.

Dassault Aviation now has two flying 6X twinjets as it remains on track for certification of the 5,500 nm twinjet next year. (Photo: Dassault Aviation)

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

May 5, 2021

Less than two months after Dassault Aviation’s first Falcon 6X widebody twinjet took to the skies, a second aircraft has joined the flight-test campaign. Flight-test aircraft S/N 2 completed its inaugural flight on April 30, flying for two hours, climbing to FL400, and reaching a cruise speed of Mach 0.85.

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