Canadian Armed Forces Dassault Falcon CC-117 20 1960s-1980s – Photo History
Photos by Dr. John Blatherwick (unless otherwise indicated)
Write up by Henry Tenby

The RCAF and Canadian Armed Forces operated a fleet of 8 Dassault Falcon 10 executive jets on VIP and Government transport duties for a twenty year period. The initial purchase of 7 new Falcon 10s was in 1967 with a single additional purchase in 1971. Initially the first 7 Falcons were operated by the 412 Squadron as short haul VIP jet transports based at Ottawa Uplands and were configured to carry 10 passengers.

In the mid 1980s 4 of the Canadian Forces Falcon 20s were transferred to 414 Squadron for use as electronic jamming aircraft, having been replaced by brand new CC1-144 Challengers. The Canadian Forces eventually retired the CC-117 Falcon 20 fleet in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

One example 117508 came to the The Canadian Forces Airborne Sensing Unit (ASU) which purchased it for CCRS (part of Energy Mines and Resources) when the two groups were associated briefly from 1972 to 1974. In 1974, many of the ASU principals formed a branch of Innotech Aviation in Ottawa and operated this and several other aircraft for CCRS until 1995. Falcon 117508 was purchased from Remote Sensing Inc. in the USA.

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