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aseanaero
10th Feb 2009, 03:22
Hi ,
Is there any operators out there using Falcon 20s for cargo like courier bag feeders ?
privateer01
10th Feb 2009, 03:45
IFL group has a couple TFE-731 powered ones doing UPS.
Fed Ex got thier start with the 20
cosmiccomet
10th Feb 2009, 08:17
There is/was a Falcon FA20C operator based in Detroit. Its name is Grand Aire.
They were/are flying those Falcons with General Electric CF700-2D2 without side cargo door.
The Falcon FA20 is the best airplane I have ever flown.:ok::ok::ok:
USA JET still have some, Reliant Airlines had 10+++, out of bussines in 2002. Both from YIP based. Stay away from Grand Air, OK.
AircraftOperations
10th Feb 2009, 11:04
There was at least 1 with cargo door operating in Europe (Germany?) until a few years ago, but not sure where the aircraft currently is.
aseanaero
10th Feb 2009, 14:45
Got to say , the French make beautiful jets and helicopters , pity about their cars which seem to be as durable as a Bic disposable razor :bored:
privateer01
10th Feb 2009, 16:26
Grande Air is pretty much TU.
Renamed Tricoastal and also TU.
IFL wound up with three of thier 700 powered birds with cargo doors.
Understand USA Jet has parked all thier Falcons and all but 1-2 of thier DC-9's. Someone told me the laid off all but 8 flight crewmembers.
Kalitta Charters still has a few Falcon freighters. They have the Gov. contract moving caskets.
Royal Air I believe has at least 1 or 2 700 powered ones
aseanaero
10th Feb 2009, 18:18
Thanks for the info guys
Boardin4life
11th Feb 2009, 20:58
Kalitta Charters has 6 CF-700 freight falcons flying with another coming online shortly. They also have 1 pax falcon with the dash 5 retrofit.
gooneydog
11th Feb 2009, 21:22
USA JET has one Falcon 20 still running fr8 and has no less then 9 Dc-9's still operating daily. Rumours of demise is greatly exaggerated
Rob
cambox
10th Jun 2010, 20:06
Cobham in the U.K operate 9 old Fed-Ex freighters for naval training and RAF electronic warfare exercises. They also have 4 ex Canadian AF aircraft plus a few others.
Still going strong after all these years. :uhoh:
Flightmech
10th Jun 2010, 21:38
Didn't one of the FR Aviation Falcon 20's have a freight door?
flugholm
13th Jun 2010, 20:14
Naske Air operated one mainly out of Hanover until its nasty CFIT crash in Greenland in 2001, which killed (among others) the boss and destroyed the aircraft and thus the company.
ASN Aircraft accident Dassault Falcon 20C D-CBNA Narsarsuaq (http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010805-0)
http://www.hcl.dk/graphics/synkron-library/hcl/dokumenter/redegorelser/2001/49-01.d-cbnaEND.pdf
(Apparently not the aircraft's fault.)
Tmbstory
14th Jun 2010, 06:20
The Falcon 20 Series Bizjet was an excellent aircraft and a delight to fly.
Tmb
CL300
14th Jun 2010, 06:56
bebop : Dassault Falcon History Tour (http://www.dassaultfalcon.com/historytour/)
dixi188
14th Jun 2010, 07:37
Flightmech.
IIRC the first 10 Falcon 20s that FRA (now Cobham) bought in the mid '80s, were ex Fedex with cargo doors. They were operated on the N register for a while.
Trim Stab
14th Jun 2010, 10:02
Must be a nice job, flying a Falcon 20 with no pax!
falconflier
14th Jun 2010, 18:16
Must be a nice job, flying a Falcon 20 with no pax!
Flew cargo -20s for 5 years, absolutely loved the airplane. By far the best flying characteristics of the few jets I've flown.
Ameristar also has a few cargo birds flying along with Cherry Air and Alliance, all based in North Texas.