RAF to buy Dassault Falcon to replace BAe146

[Britman]

There was nothing wrong with the white,light aircraft grey with blue lightning bolt cheat line. Very regal I think. 

 

Keith

[Patrick Martin]

How about a Challenger CL-604?

[Britman]

7 hours ago, Patrick Martin said:

How about a Challenger CL-604?

We probably owe the French a political favour, although what the hell for I can't think!

 

Keith

[Dave Fleming]

I'd imagine the scheme will be very similar to the BAE146 scheme, white with a red/blue cheat line

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

On 4/4/2022 at 4:10 PM, Nigel Bunker said:

Why, oh why don't MoD check to see if there's a 1/72 kit of the aircraft available before ordering them? 😉

There is the Broplan vacform and a suggestion from AModel they may release one in injected form (they already do a Falcon 50) some time in the future.

[EwenS]

On 06/04/2022 at 00:56, Patrick Martin said:

How about a Challenger CL-604?

CL 604 has been out of production since 2006.

 

Falcon 900LX, which is the model that is being bought, is a 19 seater with a range of 4,750 nm (8,800km).

 

Current options in the Bombardier range around that are:-

Challenger 650 12 seats 4,000nm (7,400km)

Global 7500 19 seats 7,700nm (14,260nm)

 

There are another few models but only with 16-17 seats but ranges greater than the Falcon.

 

The A321LR leased from Titan has a range of 4000nm (7,400km) but with much greater seating capacity. So a long range bizjet might cause even more questions about that deal.

[David H]

Speaking as a Falcon 900 pilot myself, they made a good choice.

 

-d-

[TheyJammedKenny!]

On 4/7/2022 at 3:42 AM, Romeo Alpha Yankee said:

suggestion from AModel they may release one in injected form (they already do a Falcon 50) some time in the future.

Hey there, RAY!  Where did you pick up that information?  This would be a physically large kit in 1/72 if A Model actually goes forward with it.

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

On 4/20/2022 at 9:34 PM, TheyJammedKenny! said:

Hey there, RAY!  Where did you pick up that information?  This would be a physically large kit in 1/72 if A Model actually goes forward with it.

When the Falcon 50's were being tooled up a few years back, a friend asked one of the Eastern European sites that sells the Amodel kits (who had a link to Amodel) about a Falcon 900 and 7x in the future. At the stage they were waiting for the 50's to hit the shelves and said they were looking into both the 900 and 7x.  I also thought I had seen reference to the 7x coming out in one of their catalogues but for the life of me can't find it anywhere now.