Dassault DA-50 Falcon

Aircraft Information
> Aircraft Make: Dassault. Model: 50. Nickname: Falcon
> Aircraft Mil Civ Description: Business Jet
> FAA Category and Class: Airplane multi-engine land
> Engine Description: Tri jet

Aircraft Experience
> As of: 9/2/2021
> Number of Hours Flown: 3
> Number of Times Flown: 3
> Other Aircraft Models Associated: several Dassault models

First Flown Information
> Sequence First Flown: 151
> Date First Flown: 10/20/2004
> Location First Flown: Lincoln, Nebraska Airport (KLNK)
> Who and/or What Organization First Flown With: Duncan Aviation

Recollections: My first flight in the Falcon (this is a big, three-engined airplane) was a project to evaluate a Universal cockpit display installed in and airplane owned by none other than Michael Bloomberg, at the time the mayor of New York City.

The French cockpit, and displays were very foreign and unusual but, with the help of Bloomberg’s pilot, we got the test done.

I’ve flown the 50 a couple of times since then, as Honeywell uses one as a flying tech demonstrator.