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 20s 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4 of the Canadian Forces Falcon 20s were transferred to 414 Squadron for use as electronic jamming aircraft, having been replaced by brand new CC1-144 Challengers.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 was transferred to the Canadian Department of Energy Mines and Resources and was operated by Innotech Aviation eventually with the civy street registration C-GRSD-X during the 1970s. Henry Tenby Web Page
Known Squadron Assignments: 412
Company tests as F-WJMM. To civil register as G-FRAS.Known Squadron Assignments: 412; 414
Company tests as F-WJMJ. To civil register as G-FRAT.Known Squadron Assignments: 412
Company tests as F-WJMM. To civil register as C-GWPB, then N9747I.Known Squadron Assignments: 412; 414
Company tests as F-WJMJ. To No. 412 (T) Squadron at Uplands, Ontario. Flew this unit's first scheduled Falcon service on 6 May 1968. To civil register as G-FRAU.Known Squadron Assignments: 412; 414
Company tests as F-WMKH. To civil register as G-FRAV, then F-GPAA.Known Squadron Assignments: 412; 414
Company tests as F-WNGM. To civil register as G-FIGD.Known Squadron Assignments: 412; 414
Company tests as F-WJMM. To civil register as G-FRAW.Known Squadron Assignments:
Used by Department of Energy, Mines and Resources from 1972, registered as C-GRSD?. Transferred to Canadian Forces on 28 January 1972. Operated by the Canadian Forces Airborne Sensing Unit at Ottawa. from Back to Department of E, M, and R when struck off, as C-GRSD-X, later C-GRSD. Briefly registered as C-GRSD to Innotech Aviaiton of Dorval, Quebec in 1986, possibly for updates to airborne sensor systems. Registration to Federal Government cancelled on 15 May 1987. Owned by KnightHawk Air Express of Glocester, Ontario from 27 September 1994, based at Ottawa International air port. Retained belly camera hatches, but used for express freight. Mostly operated between Hamilton and Ottawa, under contract to Purolator Courier. Latest Certificate of Registration issued on 16 November 2004. This operator shut down in 2005, and the aircraft was reported derelict in western Canada shortly after. Reg.N5096F - June 2006