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Dassault Aviation has had three aircraft accumulate over development three years ago.” Interior
Dassault Aviation is proceeding at full speed 650 flight hours in 325 flights, till date. The completion work was begun on five aircraft
in 2016 for its new flagship, the Falcon 8X, as a Falcon 8X remains on track to obtain official at the end of 2015. Test aircraft s/n 03 has
result of the tasks related to the certification certification in the middle of this year. First completed thermal, acoustic and cabin
program underway for the type. However, customer deliveries are slated for the second amenity testing at the Little Rock Completion
once these tasks are completed over the next half of 2016. “We are delighted and thrilled Center, and is the first 8X equipped with a
few months, there will be a decrease of 8X with the way the Falcon 8X programme is fully fitted interior and is one of three aircraft
work toward the end of the year. The Falcon proceeding,” said Eric Trappier, Chairman/ dedicated to development and certification
8X is now in the final stages of its flight test CEO of Dassault Aviation. “The flight test testing for the Falcon 8X. Cold soak trials
and certification programme and nearly all campaign has been flawless and the aircraft under extreme weather conditions saw s/n
certification tests have been completed will be in initial customers’ hands this 03 complete its cold soak trial campaign at
as part of the flight test programme, which summer, just as planned when we launched Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, on the north western

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