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FALCON 6X FOR
SERVICE ENTRY
Dassault Aviation is down to the final flight test campaigns before achieving certification and placing the
Falcon 6X into service with customers. Those deliveries will take place in mid-2023 with first aircraft already
undergoing cabin completion at the company’s Little Rock center.
The 6X is Dassault’s most advanced aircraft yet and its largest
and most comfortable. The cabin cross section (6.6 feet tall and
8.6 feet wide) eclipses any other business jet - with the exception
of the Falcon 10X now in development. The 6X is the largest
aircraft in the long-range segment, and has the capability to fly
over 11 hours and 5,500 nautical miles nonstop. It is a big jet that
retains Dassault’s trademark short field capabilities, in large part
due to the wing’s moveable slats that extend to provide high lift
and low approach speeds.
The 6X also retains typical Dassault efficiency through
aerodynamics and the aircraft’s recently certified Pratt & Whitney
812D engine, which provides double digit fuel efficiency gains
over comparable earlier generation engines. The aircraft can
operate on a blend of up to 50 percent sustainable aviation fuel.
The 6X has marched through a certification program that began
with first flight on March 10, 2021. As of writing in October 2022,
Dassault Aviation test pilots are finishing verification flights with
EASA and FAA pilots, which is the last step toward certification.
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