Dassault Falcon 20

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The Dassault Falcon 20 is a [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] business jet and was the first of a family of business jets built by [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

Design and development


[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] gave the go-ahead for production of an eight or ten seat executive jet or military liaison aircraft the Dassault-Breguet Mystère 20 in December 1961.

The Mystère 20 was a low-wing monoplane with two rear-mounted [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] engines.

The prototype, registered F-WLKB, first flew on the 4 May 1963 at Bordeaux-Merignac.

Under the influence of Pan American the aircraft was re-engined with two [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] engines and some dimensions were increased.

Pan American signed a contract to distribute the Mystère 20 in the western hemisphere and ordered 40 aircraft with options on 120.

The re-engined aircraft first flew on 10 July 1964.

The first production aircraft flew on 1 January 1965 and both [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] certification was awarded in June 1965.

Deliveries began to the Pan American outfitting facility at Burbank Airport, California.

In 1966 thecompany re-designated the American-delivered aircraft as the Fan Jet Falcon, this later became the Falcon 20.

Military orders from Australia and Canada were received.

All non-American aircraft were fitted out before delivery at Bordeaux-Merignac.

In 1967 Pan American Business Jets Division increased their firm orders to 160 aircraft.

The improved Falcon 200 featured more advanced jet engines and other major improvements to increase range, capacity and comfort.

The aircraft proved to be so popular that production did not end until 1988, being superseded by more advanced developments of the Falcon family.

The [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] operates a model called the HU-25 Guardian which is used as a high-speed spotter aircraft to locate shipwreck survivors and direct slower-moving aircraft and rescue vessels, and interdict aerial and shipborne drug trafficking.

A total of 473 Falcon 20s and 35 Falcon 200s were built by the time production ended in 1988.^{[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]
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Later developments of the Falcon 20 include the smaller [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], the larger 30-seat Falcon 30 (not developed) and [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], an improved three-engined development.

Variants


Mystère/Falcon 20

Prototype, one built.

Mystère/Falcon 20C

Initial production version. known originally as the Standard Falcon 20 both examples converted to D model.

Falcon 20CC

One aircraft similar to the Falcon 20C, equipped with low-pressure tyres.

Mystère/Falcon 20D

Higher thrust engines ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]) and lower fuel consumption and more fuel capacity.