Les Falcon
Documentary (1993)
English title: The Falcon
Starring:
Patrick Dijard (Realisation and Production)
Luc Berger (Technical Advisor )
Olivier Lalo (Editing and Effects)
Jean Barney (Narrator in French)
Edouard Marcus (Narrator in English)
Derry Cook-Radmore (English Traduction)
History of the French business jet saga through the decades.
Introduction
Dassault Falcon 2000
Prototype Avion N°1.
Registration F-WNAV, c/n 1. First flight in March,3rd of 1993. Registered F-GMOE in June 2002 owned by Dassault Aviation, re-registered VP-CAS, then F-GXJC in April 2010 under Dassault Aviation ownership. Sold to Gama Aviation Ltd in June 2011, registered G-YUMN. Sold to Springside Ltd in June 2014, registered M-YUMN. Sold to Productivity Strategies LLC Olathe KS in June 2017, registered N822P.
Unidentified radome and control tower.
Naissance des Falcon
Dassault Mystère 20
Design and building the 1st prototype at Avions Marcel Dassault - Bordeaux Mérignac (BOD) factory. Will be registered F-WLKB. See below.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Dassault Mystère 20
Prototype livery. At Avions Marcel Dassault - Bordeaux Mérignac (BOD).
Registration F-WLKB. c/n 1. First flight the 4th May 1963 with P&W JT12A-8 engines. Re-registered F-BLKB in December 1967, as Dassault Mystère 20C re-powered by General Electric CF700 engines. Preserved at Bordeaux Merignac, in May 1983, registered F-WSMH, then at Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace-Aéroport Paris LeBourget
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Dassault MD.415 Communauté
Registration F-WJDN, c/n 1. First flight the 10th May 1959.
Dassault Falcon 20C
100th aircraft produced at Avions Marcel Dassault - Bordeaux Mérignac (BOD).
Registration N983F, c/n 100. Delivered new to Pan American World Airways in July 1967. Sold to Ralston-Purina Company in August 1967? re-registered N605RP. Sold to Pacific Western Aviation Inc in June 1987, re-registered N200FT in October 1988. Sold to Great Planes Sales Inc in November 1988. Sold to Partecipazioni Fin. e Industriali in September 1989, registered I-VEPA. Sold to Grand Aire Express Inc in May 1994, registered N179GA. Written off in a crash near St Louis USA in 8th April 2003.
Beside another aircraft of the same type to its right.
Dassault Falcon 20C
4 aircraft on the tarmac of Avions Marcel Dassault - Bordeaux Mérignac (BOD).
Production hall of Avions Marcel Dassault - Bordeaux Mérignac (BOD).
Dassault Falcon 10
Falcon 30
A single aircraft was produced, the program being cancelled in 1974.
Registration F-WAMD, c/n 1. First flight the 11 May 1973. Stored at Conservatoire de l'Air et de l'Espace d'Aquitaine.
Dassault Falcon 10
Unreadable US registration.
Dassault Falcon 10
Registration N244FJ, c/n 178. First flight on the 17th March 1981. Delivered to Indrex Aviation Inc in December 1981. Sold back to Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation in June 2002. Sold to Jet Best LLC in April 2006.
La famille Falcon
Dassault Falcon 200
Re-powered variant of the Falcon 20 with Garrett ATF3-6A-4C turbofan engines and with more fuel.
Registration F-GATF, c/n 401. First flight the 30th April 1980 as F-WZAH. Re-registered F-GATF when certified in June 1982, ownership of Dassault Aviation. Delivered to Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation.]], registered N200FJ. Sold to AiResearch in April 1983, registered N207FJ. Sold to Gilram Co. in August 1985, registered VR-BJJ. Bought by Dassault Aviation in September 1987, registered F-GEXF. Sold to Armada de Chile in March 1988, registered OB-14333 (301 VP.1). Sold to Grand Aviation Inc. in March 1998, registered N699GA. Sold to Jet East Inc in December 1998, then P & R Investment Group Inc. Sold to KKC Enterprises LLC in June 1999, registered N501KC. Sold to Symbolic Aviation in November 2004. Sold to LGP & EAH Air Lease Inc. leased to Los Ruiseñores S.P.R. de R.I. Leon Mexico in June 2005. Sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest in June 2011. Sold to Meisner Aircraft Inc in October 2011. Sold to National Holding Group Inc. in February 2012. Written off in March 2013.
Dassault Falcon 200
At Avions Marcel Dassault - Bordeaux Mérignac factory.
Dassault Falcon 200 (cockpit)
Les Falcon américains
Dassault Falcon 20DC
At Memphis International Airport (MEM/KMEM), hub of the company Federal Express since 1973 (FedEx Express nowadays).
Dassault Falcon HU-25A Guardian
Among four of them:
Registration 2126, c/n 441. Delivered in March 1981 to Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation. Sold to United States Coast Guard in March 1983. Withdrawn from use by 2001 Army Materiel Acquisition Review Committee (AMARC) at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson (KDMA/DMA). Broken up in August 2011.
Dassault Falcon HU-25A Guardian
On a mission above the ocean.
L' oeil des Falcon
Dassault Mystère 20F
Registration F-BMSS. c/n 2. First flight the 4th May 1965 with General Electric CF700 engines. Delivered to Europe Falcon Service in 1970. Sold to IGN-Institut Géographique National in April 1970. Wfu at Le Bourget (LBG). Stored at Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace in March 2005.
Dassault Mystère 20C
Registration F-BSYF. c/n 25. First flight the 21th March 1966. Delivered new to Prince Aga Khan in April 1966, registered F-BOON. Sold to Air Jet SA in May 1972, registered HB-VCO. Sold to SASA SA in May 1974. Sold to Uni-Jet Genève in September 1974. Sold to IGN-Institut Géographique National, Creil photogrammetry equipped, in December 1975, registered F-BSYF. Sold to Active Aero Charter in September 1993, registered N813AA. Sold to DHL de Guatemala in December 1993, registered TG-GGA/ Sold to YIP Group as N813AA in September 1995. Wfu in May 1996.
Les Falcon vues d'intérieurs
Dassault Falcon 900 (interior)
Dassault Falcon 50 (interior)
Les Falcon au long cours
Dassault Falcon 50
With this colour used for advertising brochures, it must be:
Registration N50FJ, c/n 137. First flight in 1983 as F-WZHC. Delivered new to Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation in June 1983, registered N127FJ, then N50FJ in October 1984. Sold to Trans Canada Pipelines Ltd in September 1985, registered C-GTPL. Sold to Jetcraft Corporation in July 1998, registered N119FJ. Sold to Canandaigua Brands Inc in December 1998, re-registered N117SF in February 1999. Sold to Constellation Brands Inc in June 2005. Sold to Chartright Air Inc in August 2006, registered C-FJUH. Sold to Avcorp Registrations Ltd in November 2007, registered N137FA.
Dassault Falcon 50
Dassault Falcon 900
Dassault Falcon 900
Ilyushin Il-76
Background on the ground, behind Dassault Falcon 900 taking off.
Dassault Falcon 900
Registration F-GKDI, c/n 106. Delivered new to Dassault Aviation in April 1992. Sold to Government of Sarawak in January 1994, registered 9M-BAN. Bought back by Dassault Aviation in March 1998, registered F-GJRH. Sold to Flying Falcon Inc. St Thomas USVI in June 1998, registered N332EC, re-registered N333EC in November 1998. Sold to Aeromanagement Inc. Annapolis MD in July 2006. Sold to Gestair Executive Jet SA in July 2006, registered EC-JVR. Sold to Global Jet Luxembourg SA in May 2018, registered LX-FFL.
Unidentified Aircraft in the foreground, owned by TOTAL oil company.
Unidentified Aircraft in the background.
Unidentified Aircraft in the background.
Dassault Falcon 900
Either HB-IAD or HB-IAF of Aeroleasing-ALG.
Dassault Falcon 900
Registration F-GFJC, c/n 2. First flight in September 1985, registered F-WFJC. Re-registered F-GFJC as Dassault Aviation ownership. Sold to Armée de l'air in November 1987, registered 2/F-RAFP for the 1/60 Commandement du Transport Aérien Militaire.
A bord du Falcon 900
Dassault Falcon 900
Le Falcon 2000
Dassault Falcon 2000 (design)
Dassault Falcon 2000 (assembly)
Prototype Avion N°1 registered F-WNAV already mentionned above.
Construction at Avions Marcel Dassault - Bordeaux Mérignac (BOD).
Boeing 720-051B (test bed)
Test bed for CFE738-1-1B engine.
Registration N720GT, c/n 18384/237. Delivered new to TWA in September 1961, registered N794TW (leasing). Leased to Northwest Airlines in October 1962, registered N733US named 733. Sold to Maersk Air in January 1973, registered OY-APZ. Leased to Nigeria Airways in December 1974. Leased to TEA-Trans European Airways from November 1979 to January 1980, registered OO-TYA. Sold to Conair of Scandinavia in February 1981, back to OY-APZ registration. Sold to Allied Signal Inc. / Garrett Engine Division in December 1987, registered N720GT, used as test bed for engines. Bought by Honeywell International Inc. in February 2000, registered N720H. Broken up at Phoenix (PHX) in June 2008.
Baptême du Falcon 2000
Dassault Falcon 2000
Christening of F-WNAV already mentionned above.
Génération Falcon
Dassault Falcon 2000
F-WNAV already mentionned above.
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