Dassault Falcon 900#Variants

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The Falcon 900 is a development of the Falcon 50, itself a development of the earlier Falcon 20. The Falcon 900 airframe design incorporates composite materials.

Other models include the Falcon 900-B, featuring an increased range, and the Falcon 900EX featuring other improvements in engines and range and an all-glass flight deck. The Falcon 900C is a companion to the Falcon 900EX and replaces the Falcon 900B. Later versions are the Falcon 900EX EASy, and the Falcon 900DX.{{Cite web|title=Falcon 900 DX|url=http://www.dassaultfalcon.com/aircraft/900dx/|website=DassaultFalcon.com|publisher=Dassault Aviation|date=2009|access-date=15 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228183131/http://www.DassaultFalcon.com/aircraft/900dx/|archive-date=28 February 2009}} At EBACE 2008, Dassault announced another development of the 900 series: the Falcon 900LX,{{Cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/05/19/223850/ebace-2008-dassault-announces-falcon-900lx.html|title=EBACE 2008 - Dassault announces Falcon 900LX|website=FlightGlobal.com|publisher=FlightGlobal|date=19 May 2008|access-date=7 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521214809/http://www.FlightGlobal.com/articles/2008/05/19/223850/ebace-2008-dassault-announces-falcon-900lx.html|archive-date=21 May 2011|url-status=live}} incorporating high mach blended winglets designed by Aviation Partners Inc.

In 2023, the 900LX equipped price was $44.7 million.{{Cite news|url=https://infogram.com/bca-table-2023-jets-1ho16vorwrp8x4n|title=Purchase planning handbook - Jets table|website=Infogram.com|date=Second Quarter 2023|publisher=Business & Commercial Aircraft}}{{cite news |last1=Rivero |first1=Nicolás |title=Why the idea of Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl jet trip is sparking controversy |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/01/31/taylor-swift-super-bowl-jet-tax/ |work=Washington Post |date=7 February 2024}}

In France, the Falcon 900 is used by the Transport Squadron 60 (Transportation, Training and Calibration Squadron 65), which is in charge of transportation for officials in France.

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:Announced in 1984, original production. Powered by three {{Convert|20|kN|abbr=off|lk=on}} Garrett TFE731-5AR-1C turbofan jet engines.Taylor 1988, p.77. It was certified in 1986 by French and U.S. aviation authorities.

;Falcon 900 MSA

:Maritime patrol version for Japan Coast Guard; this variant is equipped with search radar and a hatch for dropping rescue stores.{{Cite web|url=http://www.airliners.net/aircraft-data/stats.main?id=175|title=The Dassault Falcon 900|website=Airliners.net|access-date=15 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425201516/http://www.airliners.net/aircraft-data/stats.main?id=175|archive-date=2009-04-25}}

;Falcon 900B

:Revised production version from 1991, powered by {{Convert|21.13|kN|abbr=off}} TFE731-5BR-1C engines.{{Cite book|editor-last=Taylor|editor-first=M.J.H.|date=1999|title=Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000 Edition|publisher=Brassey's|isbn=1-85753-245-7|pages=416–417}}

;Falcon 900C

:Replacement for 900B, introduced in 2000.

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:Long range version with {{Convert|22.24|kN|abbr=off}} engines; this variant features TFE731-60 engines, with a range of {{Convert|4500|nmi|0|abbr=off}}. Avionics by Honeywell Primus. It entered service in 1996.

;Falcon 900EX EASy

:Long range version produced from 2004 to 2009; fitted with Honeywell / Dassault Primus Epic EASy avionics. TFE731-60 engines.{{Cite web|url=https://www.guardianjet.com/jet-aircraft-online-tools/aircraft-brochure.cfm?m=Dassault-Falcon-900EX-EASy-170|title=Dassault Falcon 900EX EASy|website=GuardianJet.com|access-date=3 October 2022}}

;Falcon 900DX

:Shorter-range production type with TFE731-60 engines.

;Falcon 900LX

:Current production variant of EX fitted with blended winglets; range of {{Convert|4750|nmi|0|abbr=off}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dassaultfalcon.com/en/Aircraft/Models/900LX/Pages/performance.aspx|title=Falcon 900LX performance|website=DassaultFalcon.com|publisher=Dassault Falcon|date= |access-date=2016-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531074606/http://www.DassaultFalcon.com/en/Aircraft/Models/900LX/Pages/performance.aspx|archive-date=2016-05-31|url-status=dead}}

;Envoy IV

:Royal Air Force military designation for the 900LX.{{Cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/envoy-iv-cc1/|title=Envoy IV CC1|website=RAF.MoD.uk|publisher=Royal Air Force, Ministry of Defence|date= |access-date=3 October 2022}}

;VC-900A

:Italian military designation for the 900EX.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dgaa.it/newsletter/newsletter60/AER-0-0-12.pdf|title=UTILIZZO DELLA NOMENCLATURA "MISSION DESIGN SERIES" (MDS) NELLE PUBBLICAZIONI TECNICHE (PPTT) DI COMPETENZA DELLA DAA|website=DGAA.it|publisher= |date= |access-date=2012-07-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220014637/http://www.DGAA.it/newsletter/newsletter60/AER-0-0-12.pdf|archive-date=2013-12-20}}

;VC-900B

:Italian military designation for the 900EX EASy.

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A wide range of private owners, businesses, and small airlines operate Falcon 900s.

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• Government owned (registration number 5A-DCN)

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• Qatar Amiri Flight

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• Saudia Private Aviation

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• Bolivian Air Force - 900EX (registration FAB-001) is presidential aircraft{{Cite magazine|last1=Cicalesi|first1=Juan Carlos|last2=Rivas|first2=Santiago|date=August 2010|title=New Bolivian Presidential Transport|magazine=Air International|volume=79|issue=2|page=5}}

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• French Air and Space Force

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• Bundesnachrichtendienst (Federal Intelligence Service)

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• Italian Air Force - operates five Falcon 900EX since 2005{{Cite web|url=http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/Mezzi/velivoliDotazione/Pagine/Falcon900EX.aspx#ev|title=Official website Aeronautica Militare|website=difesa.it|access-date=7 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701024748/http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/Mezzi/velivoliDotazione/Pagine/Falcon900EX.aspx#ev|archive-date=1 July 2016|url-status=live}}

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• Japan Coast Guard

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• Namibian Air Force

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• Nigerian Air Force

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• Portuguese Air Force{{Cite web|url=http://www.passarodeferro.com/2023/02/falcon-900-com-callsign-da-equadra-504.html|title=Falcon 900 com callsign da equadra 504|website=Passarodeferro.com|date=February 2023}}

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• President of Russia

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• South African Air Force

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• Spanish Air and Space Force

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• Swiss Air Force - 900EX EASy II{{Cite web|url=http://www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaffe/de/home/dokumentation/assets/aircraft/falcon900.html|title=Dassault Falcon 900EX EASy II|access-date=2015-06-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531072111/http://www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaffe/de/home/dokumentation/assets/aircraft/falcon900.html|archive-date=2015-05-31}}

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• Syrian Air Force

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• United Arab Emirates Air Force

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• Royal Air Force
• 32 (The Royal) Squadron - two civilian-registered 900LXs operated under civil contract from March 2022, full military from 2026.{{Cite web|last=Cartlidge|first=James|date=13 February 2024|title=Military Aircraft|url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-02/12757|website=Questions-Statements.Parliament.uk|access-date=13 February 2024}}

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• Venezuelan Air Force

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• Algerian Air Force

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• Royal Australian Air Force - five in service from 1989-2003
• No. 34 Squadron RAAF

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• Belgian Air Component - one was in use until 2019 for VIP transport

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• Gabon Air Force

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• Government of Greece

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• Government of Malawi - a Falcon 900EX purchased in 2009 as a presidential jet, sold in 2013{{Cite news|url=http://www.nyasatimes.com/2013/09/05/malawi-to-feed-poor-from-k5bn-of-presidential-jet-sales/|title=Malawi sells presidential jet|website=nyasatimes.com|date=5 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519222402/http://www.nyasatimes.com/2013/09/05/malawi-to-feed-poor-from-k5bn-of-presidential-jet-sales/|archive-date=2014-05-19}}
• Military of Malawi

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• Royal Malaysian Air Force{{cite web|url=https://www.malaysiandefence.com/rmaf-retires-falcon-900-vip-jet/|title=RMAF Retires Falcon 900 VIP Jet}}

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• Government of Monaco - replaced by a Falcon 7X

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• On 14 September 1999, Olympic Airways Flight 3838, a Falcon 900B (registered SX-ECH) operating for the Hellenic Air Force by Olympic Airways, was descending to land at Bucharest, Romania, when the autopilot disengaged and several pilot-induced oscillations occurred. The impact of unfastened passengers with the cabin and aircraft furniture resulted in fatal injuries to seven passengers, serious injuries to two, and minor to another two. Among the victims was Giannos Kranidiotis, then deputy foreign minister for Greece.{{ASN accident|id=19990914-2|title=ASN aircraft accident 14-SEP-1999 Dassault Falcon 900B SX-ECH|access-date= }}
• On 13 February 2021, a Falcon 900EX corporate jet (N823RC) experienced a landing gear collapse after an aborted takeoff at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, California. Although the aircraft sustained significant damage, all five occupants on board escaped without injuries. The flight crew explained that during the takeoff attempt, the captain applied back pressure to the control yoke, but the nose failed to rotate to a takeoff position. After multiple attempts, the captain decided to reject the takeoff by reducing thrust and applying maximum brakes. As a result, the aircraft overshot the runway and the landing gear collapsed upon reaching a gravel pad. The NTSB investigation revealed that the captain did not possess a valid pilot certificate due to an emergency revocation by the FAA two years earlier. This revocation occurred because the captain had falsified logbook entries and records for pilot proficiency checks, competency checks, and training events while serving as a check pilot for a Part 135 operator.{{ASN accident|id=20210213-0|title=ASN aircraft accident Dassault Falcon 900EX EASy N823RC San Diego-Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, CA (MYF)|access-date=6 July 2023}}

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• [http://www.dassaultfalcon.com/en/Aircraft/Models/900LX/Pages/overview.aspx Dassault Falcon 900 page]
• [http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=175 Airliners.net aircraft data sheet]

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