Maintenance and Modifications
Western Aircraft Finishes First Falcon 8X 1C Inspection
Inspection required every 96 months or 4,000 cycles
a mechanic works on inspecting a business jet in a maintenance hangar
© image courtesy Western Aircraft

MRO provider Western Aircraft, a Greenwich AeroGroup company, has completed its first 1C inspection on a Dassault Falcon 8X—the most extensive scheduled maintenance event the French-made jets undergo. The project also covered related service bulletin compliance work, a Honeywell EASy IV cockpit upgrade, and installation of two Garmin GI 275 electronic flight instruments.

Falcons must undergo the 1C inspection at 96-month or 4,000-flight-cycle intervals, whichever comes first. The work involves stripping the airframe of its exterior panels and removing major interior components.