Dassault Falcon 50

The first prototype flew on 7 November 1976, with French airworthiness certification on 27 February 1979, followed by U.S. Federal Aviation Administration certification on 7 March 1979. Dassault developed a maritime surveillance and environmental protection version as the Gardian 50.Taylor 1993, p.928

The Falcon 50 was later updated as the Falcon 50EX, the first of which flew in 1996,{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/1996/05/01/17122/dassault-flies-falcon-50ex-for-first-time.html|title=News Channel - Homepage - flightglobal.com|website=Flightglobal.com|access-date=26 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606130024/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/1996/05/01/17122/dassault-flies-falcon-50ex-for-first-time.html|archive-date=6 June 2009}} and the last of which was delivered in 2008. The Falcon 50EX features improved engines and other enhancements to give further range improvements to an already long-range jet. The Falcon 50EX designation applies to serial numbers 253–352, which marks the end of the production line for the Falcon 50/50EX.

Successors to the Falcon 50 are the Falcon 7X{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2002/07/16/151403/longer-faster-7x.html|title=News Channel - Homepage - flightglobal.com|website=Flightglobal.com|access-date=26 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606130029/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2002/07/16/151403/longer-faster-7x.html|archive-date=6 June 2009}} and the Falcon 900 featuring a larger fuselage and the same three-engine arrangement. Dassault announced in January 2008 what is essentially a replacement aircraft for the Falcon 50, codenamed the "SMS" (Super Mid Size). The basic design process, including engine selection, was supposed to be completed by early 2009. However, in a June 2009 press conference, CEO Charles Edelstenne said that all design choices had been reopened and the goal was extended to the end of the year.

Dassault and Aviation Partners Inc. have developed and certified High Mach blended winglets for the Falcon 50 & 50EX as a retrofit kit.

By 2018, Falcon 50s from the mid-late 1980s were priced at $0.879 to $1.6 million while 1998-2003 Falcon 50EXs can be had for $2.95 to $3.95 million.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.ainonline.com/sites/default/files/full-issues/ain_1218.pdf |title= For many models, market hitting the apex |magazine= Aviation International News |author= Mark Huber |date= December 2018 |pages= 20–21, 24 |access-date= 2018-12-27 |archive-date= 2018-12-27 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181227181555/https://www.ainonline.com/sites/default/files/full-issues/ain_1218.pdf |url-status= dead }}

;Falcon 50

:Basic initial variant with Honeywell TFE 731-3-1C engines and optional auxiliary power unit (APU); 252 manufactured, with one serving as a prototype for the Falcon 50EX.

;Falcon 50EXFile:9H-AVE Dassault Falcon 50EX FA50 - LSA (26547177406).jpg

:Marketing name for Falcon 50 with 3 DEEC (Digital Electronic Engine Control) controlled TFE 731-40 engines; an APU installed as standard equipment; changes to the rudder control system; updated avionics; and other improvements; 100 manufactured, plus one modified Falcon 50Type Certificate Data Sheet A46EU, p. 4Type Certificate Data Sheet A46EU, p. 16

;Falcon 50 "Susanna"

:Single Falcon 50 for Iraq modified with a Cyrano IV-C5 radar and hardpoints to carry two AM-39 Exocet antiship missiles. Used for training Mirage F1 crews and possibly carried out the attack on the USS Stark on May 17, 1987. This aircraft was flown to Iran during the Persian Gulf War and was not returned.{{cite book |last1=Garcia |first1=Miguel |title=Iraqi Mirages in Combat: The story of the F.1EQ in Iraq |date=2018 |publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |isbn=978-1717467553 |pages=118–124}}{{cite web |last1=Leone |first1=Dario |title=How a Modified Iraqi Falcon 50 Business Jet Nearly Destroyed a US Frigate |url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-modified-iraqi-falcon-50-business-jet-nearly-destroyed-us-frigate-66772 |website=The National Interest |date=14 July 2019 |access-date=1 December 2020}}{{cite journal |last1=de Guillebon |first1=Hugues |title=L'attaque de la frégate Stark par un "Falcon" 50 irakien le 17 mai 1987 |journal=Le Fana de l'Aviation |date=February 2020 |issue=603 |pages=16–28}}{{cite web |last1=Cooper |first1=Tom |title=In 1987, a Secret Iraqi Warplane Struck an American Frigate and Killed 37 Sailors |url=https://warisboring.com/in-1987-a-secret-iraqi-warplane-struck-an-american-frigate-and-killed-37-sailors/ |website=War is Boring |access-date=1 December 2020}}

File:F-HUNT Dassault Falcon Mystere 50EX FA50 FAB 002 "Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia" (ex M-GPIK) (10840181333).jpg for vice-presidential use]]

File:A Iranian Government Dassault Falcon 50 lands at Mehrabad Airport.jpg in Tehran]]The majority of Falcon 50s are operated by corporate and individual owners.

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; Benin

; Bolivia

• Bolivian Air Force

; Bulgaria

• Bulgarian Air Force - former operator

; Burundi

; Djibouti

• Djibouti Air Force

; France

• French Air Force - former operator
• French Navy operate eight Falcon 50M for maritime surveillance.

; Egypt

• Egyptian Air Force - former operator

; Iran

• Iranian Air Force
• Iranian government

; Iraq{{Cite web | url=https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-uss-stark-incident-that-time-a-modified-iraqi-falcon-50-business-jet-almost-sank-a-us-navy-frigate/ | title=The USS Stark Incident: That time a Modified Iraqi Falcon 50 Business Jet almost Sank a US Navy Frigate| date=2019-07-10}}

• Iraqi Air Force - former operator of three Falcon 50s, one of which was the aforementioned Falcon 50 "Susanna"

; Italy

• The Italian Air Force operated four Falcon 50s from 1985 until 2005, when two aircraft were retired.{{cite web|url=http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/Mezzi/velivoliDotazione/Pagine/Falcon50.aspx|title=Official website Aeronautica Militare|website=difesa.it|access-date=26 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215223539/http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/Mezzi/velivoliDotazione/Pagine/Falcon50.aspx|archive-date=15 December 2014}}

; Jordan

• Royal Jordanian Air Force
• Jordanian Royal Flight; Libya

; Morocco

• Royal Moroccan Air Force

; Portugal

• Portuguese Air Force

; Rwanda

; Serbia

• Government of Serbia

; South Africa

• South African Air Force

; Spain

• Spanish Air Force

; Sudan

• Sudan Government

; Switzerland

• Swiss Air Force

; Venezuela

• Venezuelan Air Force

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• {{Timeline-event |date={{Start date|1994|04|06|df=y}} |event=Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira were killed when the Falcon 50 they were travelling in (registration 9XR-NN) was shot down near Kigali, Rwanda, triggering the Rwandan genocide.}}
• {{Timeline-event |date={{Start date|2014|10|20|df=y}} |event=Falcon 50EX F-GLSA collided with a snow plow while taking off from Moscow Vnukovo Airport, Russia, killing all four people on board, including the CEO of Total oil and gas company Christophe de Margerie.}}
• 27 September 2018: Illegal charter flight of Falcon 50 results in death of pilot and copilot. 2 passengers were seriously injured.{{Cite web |last=Mondor |first=Colleen |title=Illegal Charter and the Falcon 50 Crash {{!}} AIN |url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-10-07/illegal-charter-and-falcon-50-crash |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Aviation International News}}

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|related=

• Dassault Falcon 20
• Dassault Falcon 900

|similar aircraft=

• Bombardier Challenger 300
• Cessna Citation X
• Embraer Legacy 450/500 and Praetor 500/600
• Gulfstream G200
• Hawker 4000

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• List of civil aircraft

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• Dassault Falcon family

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{{Reflist}}

• Federal Aviation Administration Type Certificate Data Sheet No. A46EU, Revision 18: Dassault Aviation Mystere-Falcon 50, Mystere-Falcon 900, Falcon 900EX; August 17, 2016
• {{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |year=1993}}
• Taylor, John W. R. (editor). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988–89. Coulsdon, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group. {{ISBN|0-7106-0867-5}}.

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• [http://www.dassaultfalcon.com/aircraft/50ex/ Dassault Falcon 50 official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615021029/http://www.dassaultfalcon.com/aircraft/50ex/ |date=2008-06-15 }}
• [http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=174 Falcon 50 at Airliners.net]
• [https://www.aviationpartners.com/aircraft/falcon-winglet/ Falcon 50 Winglet Modification]

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