Gallery Update: Falcon 10 Sighting in Salem!

It has been a while since I specifically chased after rare and unusual corporate jets. Despite today's crappy weather, a business jet worth chasing did fly into Salem today, the Dassault Falcon 10!

The Mystère/Falcon 10 family is a light business jet based off the larger Falcon 20. Despite its numbering sequence it was actually developed after the Falcon 20. While the Falcon 10 is sometimes considered as a scaled-down version of the Falcon 20, it was totally redesigned with a non-circular fuselage, a new wing with slotted flaps, a split passenger door and many simplified circuits compared to the Falcon 20; in essence, it's a miniaturized Falcon 20 and was originally known as the Minifalcon.

Salem (SLE)

Preview:

Dassault Falcon 10 (N42G) arriving on 31 from Missoula. My first time seeing the Falcon 10!

N42G taxiing up to the ramp.

The Falcon 10 had a roughly 19-year production run from 1970 to 1989 and 226 airframes were built, making this type a somewhat uncommon sight.

The Falcon 10 remains a fairly popular business jet on the second-hand market priced from low to mid six-figure sums.

N42G parked on the ramp.

N42G taxiing for departure for the return-trip to Missoula.

N42G departing on 31 for Missoula.

The Dassault Mystère/Falcon 10 family is not to be confused with the new Falcon 10X currently under development by Dassault Aviation.