Falcon 20 Freighters ?
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Falcon 20 Freighters ?
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Is there any operators out there using Falcon 20s for cargo like courier bag feeders ?
Is there any operators out there using Falcon 20s for cargo like courier bag feeders ?
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.
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.
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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 
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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
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
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Falcon 20 Freighters
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.
Still going strong after all these years.
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://www.hcl.dk/graphics/synkron-l....d-cbnaEND.pdf
(Apparently not the aircraft's fault.)
ASN Aircraft accident Dassault Falcon 20C D-CBNA Narsarsuaq
http://www.hcl.dk/graphics/synkron-l....d-cbnaEND.pdf
(Apparently not the aircraft's fault.)
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bebop : Dassault Falcon History Tour
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
