Hows the Falcon 20?

[Gearmonkey]

amazing aircraft, handles like a dream! i recently retired serial number 5, was the lowest serial falcon still flying in the world. she was a young 43 years old and she still kicked azz!

Damn! We have had serial #3 stuffed in a hanger in OSC for the last 5 years. Juan Trippe and Charles Lindbergh flew it on it's maiden voyage apparently, the plaque has been long since removed though. She'll never fly again but still cool. How many hours did #5 have?

 

[Floyd94]

I fly both CF-700 and 731 powered 20's, I think they both have their advantages as long as I am not paying for gas. The fly great and land even better and it's got that big airplane feel. Sometimes I feel like I am flying around a museum, but having no glass doesn't bother me, real men fly steam.

Ours has the 731, and has Pro-line 4 package with dual universal FMS's(all glass). Serial number 386, the last 20 ever made back in '86. Was only made to fly the dessault execs around back in the day. Great airplane that is indeed built like a tank, and handles like a sports car.

 

[2EASYPilot]

Ours has the 731, and has Pro-line 4 package with dual universal FMS's(all glass). Serial number 386, the last 20 ever made back in '86. Was only made to fly the dessault execs around back in the day. Great airplane that is indeed built like a tank, and handles like a sports car.

Might want to check your notes...we had an "F" model serial number 391, manufatured around 1979 or so.

 

[Floyd94]

Might want to check your notes...we had an "F" model serial number 391, manufatured around 1979 or so.

I could be off with the serial number/date, but thats what the chief tells me(of course he has been known to confuse it with some of the 50's in the fleet)...

by the way it will be up for sale if anyone is interested.

 

[Gearmonkey]

Ours has the 731, and has Pro-line 4 package with dual universal FMS's(all glass). Serial number 386, the last 20 ever made back in '86. Was only made to fly the dessault execs around back in the day. Great airplane that is indeed built like a tank, and handles like a sports car.

Our "glass" 20-5 is serial 24 and supposedly flew the Beatles around. Yep, she's that old.

 

[stupidpilot]

Our "glass" 20-5 is serial 24 and supposedly flew the Beatles around. Yep, she's that old.

Was she painted yellow?

 

[Gearmonkey]

Was she painted yellow?

lol no, it did have a gold stripe when we got it though, it kinda looked yellow. It also has a little skylight in the lav, is that normal on pax falcons?

 

[stupidpilot]

No clue.

 

[cherry20's]

Our "glass" 20-5 is serial 24 and supposedly flew the Beatles around. Yep, she's that old.

We got Elvis Presleys old 20, N216CA.

Also think we have serial #7, N207CA, I'll have to check on it though.

 

[cherry20's]

I lied, 207 is like 130 serial #

216 is serial #11, thats the oldest one we got. It was flying great until they pulled the motors off of it a year ago. The only other real old one we have is #17, 234CA. It still flys great.

 

[TXDA2000]

I could be off with the serial number/date, but thats what the chief tells me(of course he has been known to confuse it with some of the 50's in the fleet)...

by the way it will be up for sale if anyone is interested.

You have 486. We had 471 out of the same batch of about 15 that were the last delivered.

Fantastic aircraft.

 

[sleepy]

I consider the DA-50EX's I fly old, so a 20 is really old.

 

[Gearmonkey]

I lied, 207 is like 130 serial #

216 is serial #11, thats the oldest one we got. It was flying great until they pulled the motors off of it a year ago. The only other real old one we have is #17, 234CA. It still flys great.

More than you can say about an old Learjet. We have 25 #5. She's not too bad but every Lear flies different from the other, especially the high time ones up around the 20k mark. As far as the Falcon goes, some may be a little more twisted than others, but once you trim them up, they all fly the same.

 

[JJET44]

What would be a good replacment for the 20? We're tossin around the idea of a Sovereign.

 

[sleepy]

What would be a good replacment for the 20? We're tossin around the idea of a Sovereign.

We had a Sovereign that we got from a company we bought. We sold it, but it was not a bad aircraft. I got maybe 60 hour in it before it was gone. It's slow though (VMO is Mach .80), so you will miss the speed of Falcon.