Dassault's Falcon 10X Completes Maiden Flight

Dassault's Falcon 10X completes maiden flight

Dassault Aviation's all-new Falcon 10X has successfully completed its first flight, demonstrating the program's maturity and marking the launch of the flight test campaign, it announced on Friday.

Dassault Aviation: Dassault’s Falcon 10X Makes Maiden Flight

Dassault’s Falcon 10X Makes Maiden Flight (Saint-Cloud, France, June 19, 2026) - Today, Dassault Aviation’s all-new Falcon 10X has successfully completed its first flight,...

Dassault Falcon 10X performs maiden flight

On June 19th, Dassault Aviation’s all-new Falcon 10X has successfully completed its first flight, demonstrating the program’s maturity and marking the launch of the flight test campaign. Follow Aeronews on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and TikTok Test Pilot Sébastien Dupont de Dinechin and copilot Fabrice Dougnac took off from runway 23 at Bordeaux-Mérignac at 11:10 AM for a two-hour and 30-minute flight. The pilots evaluated handling qualities an…

Falcon 10X First Flight Breaks High-End Duopoly

Dassault's Falcon 10X successfully completes its first flight. Discover how this clean-sheet jet shatters the Gulfstream-Bombardier top-end duopoly.

Dassault’s new Falcon 10X jet completes maiden flight

On June 19, 2026, Dassault announced that its newest executive jet, the Falcon 10X, had completed its maiden flight.  The type’s inaugural flight lasted for two hours and 30 minutes, with the Falcon 10X test aircraft (registration F-WNXT) taking off at 11.10am from Bordeaux-Mérignac (BOD), in southwestern France, where the French aircraft maker has its main industrial facilities.  The flight, with Dassault test pilot Sébastien Dupont de Dinechin…