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Dassault Falcon 8X: Dassault’s Most Advanced Business Jet Yet!

23Oct

By Alya KulikovaNo Comments

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Dassault Falcon 8X: Dassault’s Most Advanced Business Jet Yet!

An improved variant of the Falcon 7X, the Dassault Falcon 8X was designed to be Dassault's most innovative corporate jet yet, and a replacement for its older Falcon models. Introduced on October 5 2016, the Falcon 8X has proven surprisingly popular, with over 50 having been built to date and a backlog of orders that'll keep Dassault busy for the next few years at the least! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Background Founded by Marcel Dassault in 1929, Dassault Aviation entered the private jet world in the early 1960's with their now-famed Falcon 20 jet - generally considered France's first business jet. Proving more successful than their previous non-military endeavors, Dassault spent the next four decades developing new private jets from t...

8Sep

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

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Dassault Falcon 7X: A First of Firsts

Designed to rejuvenate Dassault's ageing fleet of private jets, the Dassault Falcon 7X was given all the latest toys, making it the first private jet to have several now-common features, including a digital flight control system (DFCS). The largest jet Dassault offered when it was unveiled to the world at the 2005 Paris Air Show, the Falcon 7X is currently the second-largest jet built by the company, only being smaller than the Falcon 8X which the company introduced in October 2016. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Dassault Falcon 7X Ever since there have been aircraft used to transport people, there have been ultra-wealthy individuals looking to own an entire aircraft for themselves. One solely for their use. Happening mostly on a sma...

29Jul

By Christopher HarrowNo Comments

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15 Fastest Private Jets in The World!

Since Bill Lear invented the first private jet, manufacturers have strived to make private jets that are faster than anything that came before it. So what are the fastest private jets that you can buy? There are two main ways that you can define the phrase "fastest private jets"- cruise speed and max speed. For the purposes of simplicity, we'll be using cruising speed for ranking (as that is the speed you'll more than likely fly at). (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Gulfstream G280 Gulfstream is well known for making some of the largest private jets in the world. However, they have also developed a shorter range jet. The latest incarnation of this jet is the Gulfstream G280. In 2005, the Gulfstream G200 (originally the IAI Galaxy, re-desi...

11Jul

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

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15 Best Private Jets in The World!

Since the introduction of the first private jets, some have been better than others. This begs the question, which are the best private jets on the market today? There are two main ways we can measure how good these private jets are: the amount built or the amount of hours flown by air charter companies each year. Just because it's one, doesn't always mean it's the other... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Gulfstream G650 Following on from the popularity of the G600, Gulfstream introduced the lengthened G650. The G650 was meant to capitalize on the longer range and more luxurious market that the G600 didn't fully tap into. The G650 is a re-engineered and lengthened G600. The G650 has new engines which allows the G650 to travel both furthe...