Specifications
AI Description
- Fresh 1C inspection completed (May 2025)
- Dry bay modification completed
- APU carbon seals replaced (May 2025)
- Engines: Honeywell TFE731-3D-1C, enrolled on MSP Gold
- APU: Honeywell GTCP 36-100A
- Avionics: Dual Collins FCS-80 Pro Line, EFIS Collins EFIS-86C 5-tube flight director, and various dual communication and navigation systems
- Wi-Fi: Yes, with text and talk capabilities
- Executive interior completed in 2006, configured for 11 passengers
- Interior features: Forward four-place club setting, aft three-place divan, two-place club setting, cockpit jump seat, and belted lavatory
- Entertainment: Airshow 400 system, bulkhead monitors
- Exterior paint completed in 2018, overall white with burgundy and gray accents
- Additional equipment: ADS-B Out, Artex 406 ELT, therapeutic oxygen, and various control systems
- Total passenger capacity: 11 (including crew)
About this Model
Overview
The Falcon 50 is a classic Dassault tri‑jet designed to combine intercontinental-style legs with access to a wider set of airports than many contemporaries. Its defining attributes are a third engine for added redundancy on remote and overwater routings, a wing optimized for higher-altitude cruise, and a systems philosophy aimed at dependable dispatch in varied weather and runway conditions. Today it typically appeals to operators who value range and routing flexibility in a proven airframe, and who are comfortable with legacy avionics and cabin standards relative to newer designs.
Mission Fit
In practical use, the Falcon 50 fits missions that mix longer stage lengths with airport access needs, including island, northern, or developing-region operations where alternates and weather can drive conservative planning. It can be an effective tool for transoceanic or transcontinental routing with appropriate equipment and approvals. It is less compelling when the mission is dominated by short hops, high-frequency charter-style cycles, or when passengers expect modern cabin amenities and low acoustic levels without upgrades.
Cabin
Cabin layout typically supports a club seating arrangement with an additional seating group aft, plus an enclosed lavatory. The cabin is generally regarded as comfortable for midsize-to-large-cabin class travel of its generation, with good baggage capacity and the ability to carry coats and catering equipment. Noise levels, cabin electronics, and connectivity depend heavily on refurbishment and avionics/cabin retrofit history; many aircraft have been updated with modern interiors and in-cabin power, while others remain largely original.