The first of the Royal Australian Air Force\u2019s (RAAF) new Dassault Falcon 7X aircraft arrived in Canberra today.
\nThe new aircraft,\u00a0being leased by RAAF, replace\u00a0the Bombardier CL604 Challengers\u00a0and\u00a0provide\u00a0a larger passenger load, modern communication and increased range and endurance.
\nWing Commander Jason Pont, Commanding Officer of 34 Squadron said the Falcon complements RAAF\u2019s larger Boeing 737 Business Jets.
\n\u201cThe Falcon 7X is an advanced business jet designed and manufactured by Dassault Aviation,\u201d Wing Commander Pont said.
\n\u201cThe jet has a standard crew of three (pilot, co-pilot and crew attendant) and can carry up to 14 passengers.
\n\u201cWith a maximum operating speed of Mach 0.9 and a range of up to 11,000 km, the aircraft can fly from Canberra to anywhere in the world with only one stop. Its ability to land at almost any airfield provides notable regional and remote airfield accessibility.\u201d
\nThe Falcon features a high-tech wing, an advanced \u2018glass cockpit’ with a heads-up display and an infrared enhanced vision system. It also has satellite communications to support Government business while airborne.
\nThe aircraft will be operated by Number 34 Squadron as part of the Special Purpose Aircraft fleet, based at Defence Establishment Fairbairn in the Australian Capital Territory.
\nThe fleet will continue to be maintained by Northrop Grumman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The first of the Royal Australian Air Force\u2019s (RAAF) new Dassault Falcon 7X aircraft arrived in Canberra today. The new aircraft,\u00a0being leased by RAAF, replace\u00a0the Bombardier CL604 Challengers\u00a0and\u00a0provide\u00a0a larger passenger load, modern communication and increased range and endurance. Wing Commander Jason Pont, Commanding Officer of 34 Squadron said the Falcon complements RAAF\u2019s larger Boeing 737 … Continue reading “New Dassault Falcon 7x Special Purpose Aircraft Arrive”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}