Dassault Aviation aircraft types

Dassault Mercure

Mercure 100

A French short-haul jet that was bigger and faster than the Boeing 737 yet found only one customer: the Dassault Mercure flew exclusively for Air Inter from 1974 to 1995. Here is how to recognize it and find it in a museum today.

Dassault Falcon 20

Mystère 20

It started the Falcon family, it launched Federal Express’s overnight network in 1973 – and as a target aircraft it still flies today: the Falcon 20 is a business jet with an astonishing career.

Dassault Falcon 2000

Falcon 2000

Two engines at the tail, the cross-section of a Falcon 900 and, since 2009, usually winglets: the Falcon 2000 is Dassault’s best-selling large-cabin Falcon. Here is how to identify it and tell the variants apart.

Dassault Falcon 50

Falcon 50

Small, slim and with three engines at the tail: the Falcon 50 established Dassault’s tri-jet tradition in 1976 and flew heads of state and governments for decades. Here is how to still identify the classic today.

Dassault Falcon 6X

Falcon 6X

Two engines at the tail, a strikingly voluminous fuselage and behind it what Dassault calls the widest cabin in business aviation: the Falcon 6X is the big twinjet from France. Here is how to recognize it.

Dassault Falcon 7X

Falcon 7X

Three engines at the tail, sidesticks instead of a control yoke: in 2005 the Falcon 7X was the first business jet with full fly-by-wire controls. Here is how to identify it and tell it from the almost identical Falcon 8X.

Dassault Falcon 8X

Falcon 8X

Three engines at the tail, one of them in the middle of the fuselage: the Falcon 8X is the largest trijet in Dassault’s current lineup. Here is how to recognize it and tell it apart from the nearly identical Falcon 7X.

Dassault Falcon 900

Falcon 900

Three engines at the tail, a wide fuselage and over four decades in production: the Falcon 900 made the trijet business jet big and still serves governments and companies today. Here is how to recognize it and its variants from the 900B to the 900LX.

Breguet Atlantic / Dassault Atlantique 2

Breguet Br 1150 Atlantic

Two powerful turboprops, a fuselage like a figure eight on its side and a boom at the tail: the Breguet Atlantic hunted submarines for the German Navy until 2010, and as the Atlantique 2 it still flies for France. Here is how to identify it and where you can still find it.

Dassault Mirage 2000

Mirage 2000

A slim delta wing, no horizontal stabilizer, a single large engine: the Mirage 2000 was the backbone of the French air force for three decades. Here is how to recognize it, how to tell the versions apart and where it still flies.

Dassault Mirage F1

Mirage F1

The Mirage F1 broke with Dassault’s delta tradition: a high-mounted swept wing, a classic horizontal stabilizer, one Atar engine. France flew it until 2014, and today former military jets work as civilian adversary aircraft in the US. Here is how to recognize it and how its career unfolded.

Dassault Rafale

Rafale

Canards right ahead of the delta wing, two side air intakes, a fixed refueling probe next to the cockpit: the Rafale is France’s all-purpose combat jet. Here is how to recognize it and its versions B, C and M.

Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet

Alpha Jet

High-set swept wing, two engines at the sides of the fuselage, stepped tandem canopy: the Alpha Jet is the Franco-German joint project of the 1970s – a light attack aircraft in the Luftwaffe, a trainer and aerobatic icon in France.