First Flight for Dassault Falcon 6X

At 2:45 p.m. local time today, Dassault Aviation test pilots Bruno Ferry and Fabrice Vallette 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. Ferry—in the left seat—and Vallette logged about two hours and 30 minutes during the flight, testing handling… (www.ainonline.com) More...