Falcon 6X arrives at Little Rock

The first customer Dassault Falcon 6X left Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport, in the early hours of 28 January. It departed for Little Rock (AR), where Dassault has its aircraft completion centre, and msn 005 (test registration F-WZOC) touched down at 13:25 hrs LT.

Teams in Little Rock have been preparing for months anticipating the arrival of the first Falcon 6X with new engineering solutions that aim to accelerate the completion and delivery cycle. A dedicated 6X technical response team has performed robustness and cycle testing on equipment and components in preparation of manufacturing. Engineers have also designed processes that will allow “one shot installation” on interiors, further reducing completion time.

Completions will be performed in a spacious state-of-the-art hangar that came online in 2015. The hangar was designed from the start to accommodate completions for advanced new models like the Falcon 6X.

Dassault announced the widebody 6X in 2018 and rolled out the airplane in December 2020. In March 2021, the first test 6X, msn 001 (F-WSIX), completed its initial flight. Since then, three other 6Xs have joined the flight-test fleet, with a fourth to join at the end of Q1 2022. This will be equipped with a full interior and will undertake a round the world campaign, to show off the finished product at entry into service.

Type certification of the 6X is anticipated by year-end. Once in customer production, the 6X will boast the largest cross-section dimensions of any purpose-built business jet.

Pictures: AINonline and Dassault Aviation