Thu, Mar 27, 2003
Falcon 2000EX Awarded FAA Type Certificate
Dassault Falcon celebrated another milestone
in the 2000EX program: JAA approval and FAA certification.
"This occasion marks the successful culmination of an intensive
flight test program begun in October 2001," said Jean-Louis
Cuvillier, 2000EX Program Manager. In the past year and a
half, the test aircraft have flown 242 flights, totaling 568
hours. "We are especially pleased with the excellent
reliability and dispatch rates for the 2000EX, as demonstrated on
several endurance flights above and beyond the certification
process." Within a span of eight days, the test team performed
36 flights over 51 hours.
Meeting the numbers, beating the numbers...
Dassault Falcon president John Rosanvallon was enthusiastic in
his praise of the engineering and flight test teams. "In
keeping with Dassault's 'Promises made, promises kept' reputation,
the Falcon 2000EX met every key performance goal, and even beat its
predicted balanced field length [BFL] by five percent!" Early
in the program, Dassault had projected a BFL of 5925 ft at 41,300
lbs. After final flight tests, however, the 2000EX actually
beat the original field performance projected for an aircraft that
was 600 lbs lighter. The certificated aircraft will now boast
a BFL of only 5634 ft at SL, ISA+15°C.
The 2000EX is the highly-anticipated sibling of
the Falcon 2000, which last year became the best-selling,
large-cabin business jet and is the most popular large-cabin
business jet in use in fractional programs. The new,
longer-range Falcon 2000EX has a nonstop
capability of 3800 nm (6 passengers, NBAA IFR reserves, .80 Mach).
The main benefit will be westbound nonstop flights from Paris or
London to the east coast of the United States, even into stiff
winter headwinds; or eastbound flights to Europe from major
Midwestern cities like Detroit, Chicago and Minneapolis. Other
headwind legs like Dubai to London and Sao Paulo to Miami will also
be achievable nonstop.
Seven Falcon 2000EX aircraft are now in various stages of
completion: two are in France; five are at the Little Rock (AR)
Completion Center. Customer deliveries will begin in the
second quarter of 2003.
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