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- [Sam Chui] Hi Guys. Last week I was invited
by Dassault Aviation of France to try out their new flagship
of their business jets, Dassault Falcon 8X.
Which is a three-engine business jet
that can fly faster and further.
The design of the Falcon 8X is from the same design house
of the famous fighter jets Dassault Mirage
and Dassault Rafale.
I absolutely loved the look and design of it.
It is so different to the conventional two-engine,
T-tail business jet.
Not every day I get a chance to fly
in a VIP private jet like this.
So I would like to share with you my exciting journey
inside a Dassault Falcon 8X in this video
on my flight from Abu Dhabi to Paris.
The great thing about flying a private jet
is you can have all the flexibility.
I arrived at just twenty minutes before the flight
and I could even observe the cockpit during the flight.
Let's enjoy the takeoff first and I will show you
more of the cabin feature and service later.
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(pilots chatting)
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This is what the interior
of my Falcon 8X flight looked like.
It was configurated with 14 seats
across three section of the cabin.
I'll show you later how the interior
can be converted into six fully flat beds.
The interior is fully customizable.
You can even install a shower in the bathroom.
Here you go.
- Yeah, you can move around, just like the same,
so we have plenty of space.
- Very cool, I really like this swing
- It's very smooth.
(laughing)
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- There, we have French butter, the best.
This one is my favourite.
I'm on a French private jet.
Now of course, we're gonna have the French croissant, right?
Hopefully the French croissant tasted better
on the Dassault Falcon.
- Bon appetite.
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- I'm really impressed about the croissant.
The croissant came straight from Abu Dhabi,
but we've got a Frenchman's approval here.
He also enjoyed a croissant,
- It's a real one.
- Really good croissant.
After breakfast, I started to feel more relaxed on board.
I enjoyed looking out the window while we fly over
the snow-capped landscape of the Northwest part of Iran
and Northern Turkey on our way to Paris.
The Falcon 8X have a much lower cabin altitude
during the flight, at just about 4000 feet.
I definitely felt better on board,
and less jetlagged after arrival.
It is also worthwhile to mention the noise level
is surprisingly low on the Falcon 8X.
Captain Boscal.
- Bonjour.
- [Sam] Could you give us some flight information?
How long was our flight from Abu Dhabi to Paris?
- The flight is going to be six hours
and fifty-five minutes.
- [Sam] Oh, so it's quite a long flight today.
- Yes.
- [Sam] And what's our cruising speed?
- We are cruising at point eight five in term of Mach,
and that means indicative airspeed at 260 knots.
- [Sam] 260 knots.
Right now it's doing Mach 85.
- [Captain] That's correct.
But this aeroplane can go to Mach 90, right?
- [Captain] That's correct.
- [Sam] And now we're at 40,000 feet.
Man, this is beautiful.
Look at his screen, it's fully colour and digital.
So Captain, how much fuel do we have loaded on board?
- We have about 25,000 pound.
- [Sam] 25,000 pound.
- [Captain] Yes.
- [Sam] I can see on the play screen here.
- [Captain] You can look at the three banks.
- [Sam] And how much fuel will you think
this flight will take?
- [Captain] We are going to burn 19,000 pounds.
- [Sam] 19,000 pounds.
So we have some 8,000 pound remaining?
- [Captain] 6,000 pound remaining on arrival.
- [Sam] 6,000 on arrival.
And what will be the final cruising altitude on our flight?
- [Captain] It will be 43,000 feet at the moment,
just to optimise the time of the flight.
- [Sam] 43,000 feet.
I was told earlier this airplane's capable to cruise
at flight level five one zero.
- [Captain] That's correct.
- [Sam] I see.
And just for our information,
we just left Iran's controlled airspace, we're in Turkey,
northeast side of Turkey near the city of Van.
- [Captain] That's correct.
- [Sam] Well, thank you very much, Captain.
- [Captain] Welcome.
- This is Catherine.
Catherine looks after me on this private jet.
- Good morning.
So Sam, welcome in our Falcon 8X.
So this is the crew rest area, and now I will show you
that we can transform it in a very comfortable,
flat crew beds.
- [Sam] Okay, you're going to convert it into a flat bed
in the crew rest area.
- Yes, very comfortable.
- [Sam] Excellent, okay, waiting.
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It's a very long bed.
Okay, see you guys.
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It's so beautiful, guys.
This is why I love aviation,
it's just the views under 43,000 feet is so inspiring.
It make you fall in love with the romance of aviation.
This is one of the reasons I really really love
the Falcon and flying.
And I'm at home, almost like, I turned into my slippers,
pyjamas, my usual clothes,
I just felt so comfortable on the flight.
This is the advantage of a private jet.
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Oh, it can go the other way around.
Oh, it can come down.
Wow.
So it can go like, ah, a person can sleep.
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Ah, the table can come out.
Wow, lots of hidden features here.
- [Dassault Representative] Yeah, you can have
five people on this.
- [Sam] Oh, we can have people sitting here
and also can enjoy the dining together.
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What they have done is to convert two double sofas
you've seen earlier, into a gigantic,
this is probably bigger than a king size bed.
And luxuriously decked out.
I'm gonna try out my bed here,
and there's a door here you can fully close.
Well guys, this is it, this is the epitome,
the luxury on the private jet like 8X.
I have a huge bed here,
and it's converted from the double sofas in the rear cabin.
They can convert it to a huge king-size bed.
Or even bigger than a king size.
So I'm just gonna lay on my bed and have a little nap
before lunch is served later on.
Before landing in to Paris.
Hello, guys, guess what I'm doing?
I'm doing yoga on the flight to avoid the DVT,
you should exercise in your flight,
no matter if it's a private jet or a commercial flight.
So, namaste.
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(speaking French)
Oh, poulet.
Beautiful.
- [Dassault Representative] You speak French, huh?
(laughing)
Say just one sentence, but he speaks French.
- [Sam] If I remember.
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Because it's French,
and you have beautiful multi-plates cuisine,
and to top off with the lunch
we have beautiful macaroon here, let's see.
And also we have chocolate and a variety of cakes
and dessert to go with, so.
This makes flying the private jet experience complete.
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(engine hum)
- [Electronic Voice] 500.
300.
Autopilot.
Approaching minimums.
Minimums.
200.
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50.
40.
30.
20.
10.
Five.
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- Well guys, here I am, Paris Le Bourget,
after six hours and 40 minutes,
with the beautiful Falcon 8X.
Let me tell you, I think this is the private jet to have,
because it not only has two engines,
it has three engines and it has such a quiet cabin.
I mean, I enjoyed a lot of it,
because there's just lots of good moments.
I was so into aviation, I was looking out the window,
and I was totally immersed myself into that experience.
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- Welcome to Paris.
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