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. They first adopted it in 1983 and it remains in service. The main designation is HU-25 Guardian.
Aircraft include:
- Falcon 10 (later versions known as Falcon 100)
- Falcon 20 (later versions known as Falcon 200)
- Falcon 30 (improved version of the Falcon 20 - prototype only)
- Falcon 50
- Falcon 900
- Falcon 2000
- Falcon 7X (originally Falcon FNX)
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