Dassault Falcon
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The Falcon is a family of business jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation. Early members of this family were known as the Mystère within France, "Falcon" originally being an export name only.
The Falcon began its career in United States in 1965 as a business jet operated by Pan American Airways Corporation. The first aircraft family of Federal Express was the Falcon 20 in 1972.
The United States Coast Guard uses the Falcon 20. First adopted in 1983, it remains in service. The main designation is HU-25 Guardian.
Aircraft include:
- Falcon 10 (later versions known as Falcon 100) Scaled down Falcon 20
- Falcon 20 (later versions known as Falcon 200) Original plane in successful family of aircraft.
- Falcon 30 (improved version of the Falcon 20 - prototype only)
- Falcon 50 Trijet.
- Falcon 900 Stretched transcontinental trijet.
- Falcon 2000 Scaled down twin jet Falcon 900 derivative.
- Falcon 7X (originally Falcon FNX)
