{"id":12757,"date":"2019-05-10T00:32:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T00:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=12757"},"modified":"2019-05-10T00:32:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T00:32:55","slug":"dassaults-falcon-8x-sets-new-cross-country-speed-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/dassaults-falcon-8x-sets-new-cross-country-speed-record\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Dassault\u2019s Falcon 8X Sets New Cross Country Speed Record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Demonstrating unmatched airport performance, Dassault\u2019s\nFalcon 8X recently set a new coast-to-coast speed record, flying from Santa\nMonica\u2019s notoriously short 3,500 foot runway to Teterboro, New Jersey. The\nflight took just 4 hours and 28 minutes with overall poor tailwinds, averaging\njust five knots, over the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dassault-Pilotsedit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12760\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dassault-Pilotsedit.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dassault-Pilotsedit-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBusiness aviation is about flying precisely where you\nneed to be. Today\u2019s flight on the Falcon 8X embodies everything that advanced\ndesign can accomplish: unparalleled airport performance, a quiet noise\nfootprint and extended capability, all in a large cabin business jet,\u201d said\nEric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation. \u201cThis is not possible in\nany other business jet in the ultra-long range class.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission, with four passengers and 200 pounds of\npayload, beat a previous speed record by 24 minutes which was set when Santa\nMonica\u2019s runway measured 5,000 feet. Santa Monica represents a specific\nchallenge because of the 3,500 foot runway length and a strict noise abatement\ndeparture procedure. The airplane needed less than 2,000 feet of runway upon\nlanding and a balanced field length only of 3,200 feet when it departed at 8:08\na.m. local time. Incredibly, the departure procedure and climb-out measured\nsignificantly below the 95 dBA SEL sound limit. The 8X landed in Teterboro at\n3:36 p.m. local time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The record is pending official ratification by the\nNational Aeronautic Association (NAA) in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new speed record follows a series of records set in\n2018, including a challenging mission from London City that crossed the\nAtlantic Ocean to Beverly, Massachusetts, an immediate suburb of Boston, in 6\nhours and 44 minutes. London City\u2019s stringent noise rules, short runway and\nsteep glide scope limit the airport to very few aircraft types. All production\nFalcon aircraft are certified to operate at London City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its entry into service in late 2016, the Falcon 8X\nhas been widely recognized not only for its superior performance, including its\nability to land at airports like Aspen, Lugano and Gstaad, Switzerland with\nchallenging approaches that typically limit access to very few ultra-long range\nbusiness jets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demonstrating unmatched airport performance, Dassault\u2019s Falcon 8X recently set a new coast-to-coast speed record, flying from Santa Monica\u2019s notoriously short 3,500 foot runway to Teterboro, New Jersey. The flight took just 4 hours and 28 minutes with overall poor tailwinds, averaging just five knots, over the trip. \u201cBusiness aviation is about flying precisely where you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/021_Falcon8X_2018USB55_A4.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12761,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12757\/revisions\/12761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}