Dassault Falcon 20

what is it?

The Dassault Falcon 20 is a French business jet developed and manufactured by Dassault Aviation. The first business jet developed by the firm, it became the first of a family of business jets to be produced under the same name; of these, both the smaller Falcon 10 and the larger trijet Falcon 50 were direct derivatives of the Falcon 20. Initially known as the Dassault-Breguet Mystère 20, approval to proceed with development of the aircraft was issued during December 1961.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 16.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 862 km/htop speed
• range 3,350 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 14passengers
• size 13 tmax take-off weight
• built 508made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 63 years ago, in 1963.
• 🏎️Top speed is 6.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 16.3 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 3,350 km: 19× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.4× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1963

introduced

1965

status

still flying

number built

508

role

business jet

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Dassault Aviation

engines

2× General Electric CF700-2D-2

crew

2

passengers

14

length

17.2 m

wingspan

16.3 m

height

5.3 m

max take-off weight

13 t

top speed

862 km/h

cruise speed

750 km/h

range

3,350 km

ceiling

12,800 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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