The Rafale steals the show at Duxford summer air show 2024

The French Dassault Rafale made a great addition to the summer Duxford Air Show in which was cold windy conditions! This display was a lot slower from last years display but a lot tighter which was great to see! probably the low cloud forced display pilot, Captain Jean-Brice “Mimouss” Millet into a flat display. filmed on a Sony AX53 photos on a Nikon Z8 300 PRIME lense

[@ElwynR]

What do you think of the 2024 French Rafale display ??

[@gazzertrn]

Great quality vid , thanks .

[@UNCRLS]

Classic hot British weather in early June. Did you put on sunscreen?! ;D

[@Tiger313NL]

Considering it's a flat display due to low cloud deck, the pilot is tossing that thing around like it's nothing. Damn agile beast, the Rafale.

[@prokremelskidezolati1426]

Not the best demo - quite a lot of swings and imprecisely pulled turns.

[@ryan99uk]

​@URULES I Attended yesterday and can confirm with a large amount of sunburn, we had a very sunny British day 🤣

[@TheLRider]

I really admire the French that they still have a proper aircraft industry, both civilian and military. We just outsource everything and have now lost the ability to do so even if we wanted to. So so sad.

[@paulpaul9914]

They would have been in the Eurofighter program but there were some disagreements.

[@7up-dp1kk]

Don’t worry, soon UK will a new home made plane and superbes ships! I wish UK great success! 🇫🇷 ❤️ 🇬🇧

[@nicholasroberts6954]

And we're going to have a new spaceport .... once the grey suits have saved-up enough empty milk bottles ! 😂 At the moment they've got more important things to do enabling the pseudo celebrity, shiny car, shiny dress culture and maintaining the de- industrialisation and money-for-nothing financial processes that were ramped-up 40 years ago and the sequelae of gross societal inequality. ... be reasonable

[@KiwiJanner]

The UK Defence budget continues to shrink, and yet we refuse to co-operate with the French, who produced this fantastic aircraft (which is aircraft carrier and land capable), over a few disagreements! UK then builds the Typhoon, and buys the F-35,which necessitated an aircraft carrier which can ONLY operate VSTOL aircraft. I’d love to know how much money that saved the country.

[@TheLRider]

@@KiwiJanner The figures are out there for the F35 programme and it's trillions if you include all the upgrades required to make it combat ready and that takes us into 2030 I think.. It's just another one of Bunter's world leading brilliant exceptionally clever projects so it will end in tears or get cancelled.. Mark my word it already has all the hallmarks, massively over budget and late. The aircraft carriers still suffering teething problems, aparently.

[@ryanbestel5695]

My family and I were there and it was our first airshow. We went primarily for the WW2 stuff but the Rafale blew us all away. My 6 year old said "that's the best thing I've ever seen".

[@kraenk12]

a 6 year old hasn't seen much you know

[@tomsociete9253]

@@kraenk12 why are you so bitter.

[@ryanbestel5695]

@@kraenk12 ok grumps.

[@Fabio-om4kb]

​@@tomsociete9253 par ce que c'est Français

[@pierrelandrieux8007]

I remember watching this in the Bourget showroom in the 90s still as good

[@francinesicard464]

The pilot is Captain Jean-Brice Millet known as “Mimouss”. This Air Force pilot is experienced, he has more than 2,500 flight hours, including 1,400 on Rafale. Bravo to Elwyn, excellent video.

[@Tradeur-Cueilleur]

merci Francine pour avoir donné le nom de cet artiste des airs ! :)

[@bojanjanjic3002]

compliments to Captain, this was really good.

[@maaleman88]

Un AS sur un Diamant. Bravo !

[@francinesicard464]

​@@Tradeur-Cueilleur Je vous en prie. Fière de nos pilotes et du Rafale et surtout de notre indépendance. 👍👍

[@donaldduck926]

@@francinesicard464 Pour l'indépendance faut demander aux Yankees...

[@TheDuntman]

I was at the show with my grandson and we were blown away by the Rafale - an incredible display! A real highlight of an incredible airshow.

[@ElwynR]

It was the only reason I travelled down from North Wales 😇

[@scoobysnacks8544]

As an American pilot I always wanted to fly the Mirage 2000, now I have another aircraft added to that list.

[@ElwynR]

Cool 👌

[@alx12_76]

Tu peux toujours en piloté un si tu veux, on va livrer de Mirage 2000-5 au Ukrainien, ils seraient ravis d'accueillir un ancien de l'USAF 😁

[@cfofana4502]

Knowing that Rafale has outruned Raptor during dog fighting !

[@lapinmalin8626]

@@alx12_76 on va donner des mirage 2000 aux Ukrainiens?

[@The_Bullet_NOOB]

M'y uncle was pilote on mirage 2000 , I hop you will too

[@tonyarcher8530]

Brilliant ! Wonderful aircraft and superb pilot. "Vive la France"

[@ElwynR]

Yes awesome 👌

[@ФранкосаурусРек]

Merci beaucoup, Tony !

[@SupercarAdventurer]

I continue to be in awe of the agility of the Rafale. On my bucket list to see display.

[@ElwynR]

Cosford next weekend and RIAT in July

[@WildMorgan]

Seen it a number of times. The Rafale's fast roll rate really does make it look sharp, and the French pilots seem to really put a lot more into their displays than the British Typhoon pilots. Both jets are very similar in terms of maneuverability, but they really hold the Typhoon back, which is disappointing.

[@BisZwo]

Usually the French Air Force hosts at least once per year a meeting on one of its air bases. They are cheap and you can spend a day watching all kind of aircraft including obviously the Patrouille de France and RSD

[@maaleman88]

Life goals : do whatever in wherever and become second to Capitaine Millet 🎉❤

[@cfofana4502]

@@WildMorganNo, Rafale is superior !

[@antoineb.7649]

Magnifique avion, encore une rare fierté qui nous reste...)) Merci Dassault))

[@francinesicard464]

Il y a plus que vous ne le pensez.

[@iamconsomateur3832]

@@Meji477pardon ? On est litteralement un pays musée qui réussi l’exploit de laisser rouiller le plus connu et iconique monument au monde qu’est la tour effeil, j’ai besoin de parler de l’industrie civile et militaire ? Entre sabotages et profits privés par acte de fellonerie, mais bon après tout Macron est DYNAMIQUE.

[@kangourou702]

@@francinesicard464 Je le pense aussi. Merci Dassault))

[@rolf8064]

Et merci au pilote !

[@KaptifLaDistillerie]

@@francinesicard464 Naval Group, Airbus, Safran, Thales et Ariane également. On pourrait rajouter MBDA et KNDS (ancien Nexter) aussi même si c'est franco-allemand. Je dois sûrement en oublier encore, mais il n'y a pas que Dassault c'est sûr. Moi ce qui me manque c'est la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Etienne !

[@roderickcampbell2105]

Brilliant aircraft, brilliant pilot, brilliant livery, and well, the capture was brilliant too. And I've watched twice so far.

[@ElwynR]

Cheers 😊 just need a bit of sunshine next time 😎

[@aufuretamesure5952]

Bravos d'abord au cameraman qui rend cette démonstration aussi prenante. Bravos bien évidemment.au pilote de ce rafale qui met tout en œuvre pour démontrer la qualité de son engin et qui surtout sa manoeuvrabilité impressionnante. Vive le savoir faire français. Bravo à notre Armée de l'Air.

[@MarkBrown-gc6hr]

I served in the SAAF many years ago and the Mirage 3s and F1s used to give me goosebumps

[@TerabKult]

Afrique du Sud ?

[@eddiegilbey3846]

The pilot’s situational awareness is awesome. Bravo Monsier!

[@ian-t7t]

If you are going to try to write in what is obviously a foreign language at least try to spell words correctly

[@GregMakesThings]

​@@ian-t7t who cares if he doesn't spell it right, at least he's trying (I'm french btw)

[@devdream9277]

@@GregMakesThings I also agree (i'm also french)

[@Dabeuliou]

@@GregMakesThings J'étais sûr qu'il y aurait un aigri pour lui reprocher de ne pas avoir écrit correctement "monsieur", c'est désolant.

[@Herghun]

I agree the pilot is doing an amazing job out there! Btw I hope you don't mind that first comment you got, not every French is this annoying like that...

[@pictobug]

Have to admit, that was VERY impressive! The thing seems to have no vices, it just goes wherever he wants it to. And his flying skills are off the charts! Hats off.

[@Clem4682]

Ca prend 10.5G en solo display... 😭En fait la limite du Rafale c'est le pilote.

[@monsta45]

I was there. He was amazing. Unbelievable aircraft & pilot. ❤

[@davidlegg9690]

I've been to many airshows and I would rate this as the best jet fighter display I've ever seen

[@DafyddPhillips]

Stunning jet, stunning display filmed to perfection 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@ElwynR]

Struggling with my shoulders 🙄 a bit more practice next week 😇

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Brown tongue 😆

[@leonardgibbs1221]

A stunning technical display of airmanship plus a fabulous livery. Video is amazing! Thank you.

[@ElwynR]

Many thanks! hope to see the livery in a bit more sunshine soon 😎

[@Fotovliegtuig]

Fantastic videography with no announcer and no music. Thanks Elwyn, top notch works as usual.

[@ElwynR]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@snuffle2269]

I loved this as well as Elwyn's Mach Loop videos. I watch this over and over to view the canards on the Rafale extended and retracted in different parts of each maneuver.

[@benoitpisarchick6866]

no music is a MUST!

[@wallabybob3020]

These guys use my house in France as a waypoint all the time, ‘buzzing’ the place at 500ft. I love it! The cats? Not so much.😌

[@francinesicard464]

😅😅

[@anonymusanonymus3932]

There are two military airports in my area. I understand your cats very well, everytime when they do air maneuvers and "buzzing" over my neighborhood, my cat is hiding under the sofa😺😅

[@daveboston5929]

Probably one of, if not the best flat displays I've seen. I think the "bad" weather often brings out the better displays. 👏👏👏👏

[@trafficsnitch3505]

The Rafale is a very good looking aircraft. The way the intakes blend into the fuselage is much more glamorous than the Typhoon.

[@energiegeek5465]

Je suis d'accord , c'est que je regrette sur le typhoon ! mais ca ca doit etre a cause des allemands ; ils voient tout de facon carré ! j'ai peur que les allemands coulent le scaf !

[@jean-loupdesbordes4833]

And usefull that's how the front weel can strongly attached to the fuselage and thus why France quited the Typhoon team : we wanted a plane for our carriers and typhoon could'nt make it with intakes right under.

[@Paul-fp4ux]

@@jean-loupdesbordes4833 Good point!

[@Paul-fp4ux]

@@energiegeek5465 Le SCAF avec les Allemands! J'ai toujours cru à un canular et je n'ai pas changé d'avis! On en reparlera....

[@chrissssa]

Typhoon looks like a prototype of the Rafale.

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

Rafale ! the best aircraft ever ! this aircraft is just amazing me ! god....it can do everything with an incredible brio !

[@3orion33]

Amazing what that beautiful plane is capable of ! You expertly captured a pilot flying a military jet to the max of human ability ! Thank you !

[@ak907silvers6]

More impressed with the Pilot than anything. Some incredible precision flying in there. What a stud.

[@petracollins8623]

Damn this guy is awesome.

[@benoitpisarchick6866]

still some little imperfections compare to the previous RSD's pilot

[@ErnieShown]

Beautiful jet, spectacular video .... this makes me think just how close to instantaneous 90 degree turns they are getting!

[@fr-tigerfangs7039]

It’s between 180 and 240/sec, not 90.

[@viking-norge115]

Une belle livrée pour ce Rafale 2024 .. le pilote officiel , " Mimouss " , réalise le " ruban " 2024 de façon magistrale... merci , Elwyn , pour cette très belle vidéo !!! 🤩🥰👍👍👍!

[@ElwynR]

Many thanks ☺️ hope to catch it again next weekend in sun 🌞 hopefully

[@7up-dp1kk]

And Duxford, I mean… Duxford is something special from all French aviation fans! Good job! I remember seing there a Spitfire and a Hurricane with low fly by coming from being hangar, such a surprise and such an emotion! I saw a BF 109 as well, but on the ground. Best wish of success from 🇫🇷

[@crodoc69]

Now I'm even more proud that Croatia bought Rafales!

[@davidknight6981]

The performance put forth by this pilot was superb. It was a showstopper; simply delicious!

[@ChristopheJOUAN-qd3xu]

Excellent video! I'm glad that our English friends were able to see this great display at Duxford. I live in France but I've been in England several times and one of my best memories here was The Fighter Collection airshow at Duxford with its impressive Balbo at the end of the how: Duxford is a GREAT AND ICONIC place for every aviation fan and the Rafale really rocks! 😍💯👍

[@raymondvanaubel4325]

De Franse Rafale is een van de mooiste gevechtsvliegtuigen.

[@raptor1672]

Except for the Fuel Probe, argh!

[@alainfilho1467]

​Warum...😊

[@daniel3793]

DANKEVEL❤

[@CaptainDangeax]

@@raptor1672 Not movable, no little mechanism, no risk of failure, always operational. This is a war plane, not a fancy rolls royce hiding spirit of extasy

[@leddyzee247]

Fabulous capture, you appear to know the routine like the back of your hand. So much respect for this awesome aircraft, even more respect for the pilot, thanks for posting.

[@ElwynR]

Thank you so much 😀 never seen the routine before 😇

[@airrams6097]

Watched it live when the afterburners faced us our hole body vibrated.

[@choplad]

One of my favourite displays , all to the limit!

[@Mark-wl3en]

The G being pulled is amazing

[@Clem4682]

Des pointes à 10.5G. 🥵🥵

[@jberlioz]

Perfectly filmed with focus kept on the airframe, centered, zooming in and out swiftly following the acrobatics back and forth. Thank you Elwyn R for the work and sharing.

[@ElwynR]

Glad you enjoyed it! 👌

[@somedsailingteam8869]

Je vous remercie sincèrement d'avoir filmé superbement le Rafale. Vos compétences sont fabuleuses. Nos pilotes, nos avions sont formés et utilisés durement depuis toujours dans l'armée francaise. L'histoire de l'entreprise Dassault Aviation est une très belle épopée et au-delà de la machine de mort que peut représenter un tel avion il faut avouer qu'il vole comme un véritable faucon. Congratulations for you, pilot and ingenieurs.

[@terenceharris2838]

Incredible display! The Rafale never disappoints.

[@ElwynR]

It was a nice tight display 👌

[@b17marko]

Saw it in person on the Saturday, loved it.

[@hyunsyu]

Good god. Who the heck was piloting that Rafale?!?! Never seen such beautiful high alpha maneuvers from any plane. Like a knife fight in a phone booth.

[@pierre-frederickgalland5810]

The pilot is Captain Jean-Brice Millet known as “Mimouss”.

[@miguelr1784]

For me, one of the most beautiful jet fighters design

[@hammo1935]

Wow what a pilot. Typical French flare. Typhoon Display Team, take note this is how it’s done. Superb filming too.

[@ElwynR]

Cheers ☺️

[@thierrycourtiade1235]

Magnifique display et quel pilote! Merci pour ce film. Dassault rules.

[@QuicknStraight]

Never understood why the British government wasted a load of money developing the Typhoon, when they could have just ordered a bunch of Rafale instead.

[@Octane_au]

Probably because they didn't want to give any money to the French. 🤣

[@QuicknStraight]

@@Octane_au Such an attitude would be no surprise!

[@olivierscalp1176]

Requirements were just different in the 80’s. England and Germany wanted a powerful interceptor. Though, France was needing a workhorse, able to a large kind of mission, not only air dominance, from earth or carrier vessel. Sorry for my English.

[@QuicknStraight]

@@olivierscalp1176 What has the 80s got to do with anything? The Rafale and Typhoon both entered service in the early 2000s!

[@thebrowns5337]

​​​@@QuicknStraight I imagine he's probably about right with the timings. Car industry does it's R&D for cars now that wont be released for around 8 years. Factor in the slow decision making of governments as clients, the tooing and froing with military that want to be involved at every stage and do change their minds regularly, then and before that the going out to contract and procurement... as a basic consumer you won't see any of this. Remember also there wasn't just one government or one military to have their say. You know what they say about committees agreeing. Just found out the first development Eurofighter was built in 1992 and first flew in 1994. So you see the timeline does not rush - 2 years before they plucked up the courage (did the tests, double checked the design etc) to fly the thing. And it clearly didn't just happen overnight - getting a fully built dev aircraft in 1992. Would have been years of financial wrangling and R&D before that date. Lastly, although these governments and militaries involve would want an aircraft for the future they would be daft not to consider the recent past when making decisions about what the plane should have or be able to do. So 80's sounds right.

[@RaduB.]

Something you don't see every day... It reminded me of a dancing automaton, can't say exactly why. 🙂 And the livery was spectacular.

[@ElwynR]

No I agree! the livery in this weather was a bit flat

[@tomarmstrong1281]

Someone has complete mastery over that aeroplane. Beautiful to watch.

[@Paul-fp4ux]

It is a shame that british-french technological cooperation has ceased for obscure reasons.

[@francinesicard464]

Yes. The Concord was a magnificent bird too.

[@metalazzo]

Surprisingly ,after all the biff's between our countries, I've been told that it's easier to work with English than with German.

[@Paul-fp4ux]

@@metalazzo What differentiates the Germans from the British and the French is this rigidity which does not correspond to Latin culture.

[@ManuCath]

France needed an omnirole land and naval aircraft, England wanted a fighter. These requirements led to too different technical solutions to be compatible. And objectively, and I'm not saying that because I'm French, the Rafale is clearly the "winner" of this confrontation: more efficient, only on aircraft type for all missions and less expensive (production, maintenance and usage costs)

[@RaySqw785]

@@ManuCath France needed no one exept to make the best 4.5th gen fighter, they did it, period

[@JoinGameChat]

The Rafale always gives a good show no matter the weather. Great Pilot!!

[@jaysmith6836]

+9g pfft -4g pfft, one of the best displays from those guys. A tight circuit but still took it to the limits love that aircraft.

[@Paul-fp4ux]

+11g possible

[@Zaragil]

Somehow, to me, Rafale always looks like it's in a hurry. And with a pilot this good, blink and you've missed it. Amazing!

[@carlnewell77]

I have not seen a Rafale display like that before...WOW!!!!

[@davidtillson729]

Absolute insane display

[@davidf2281]

That was like a stunt-biplane display, but performed by a fighter jet. Amazing stuff.

[@rogerhoward6128]

Breath taking, how exciting is that, well done Elwyn, brilliant. 👍✈️👍✈️👍🔥🔥

[@ElwynR]

Many thanks ☺️

[@francoisprigent4585]

Fantastic demo with this low ceiling ! How agile the Rafale is !! Thanks a lot for this beautiful video, Elwyn !

[@ElwynR]

My pleasure! 👌

[@ArnoldVeeman]

I am a total sucker for the French Army. What a beautiful solo display!

[@fr-tigerfangs7039]

French Air & Space Force, not Army.

[@msfselitereallifeadventures]

That was killer... Love how the pilot almost autocorrects/adjusts mid maneuver. And of course the jet itself is killer (literally). Epic!

[@daviddunne4737]

Excellent. Europe... Rafale, Saab Gripen and Eurofighter Typhoon. A very impressive trio. But, Rafale has ' French Flair and good looks'.

[@BarbaricAvatar]

One of the staples of modern Air Show's: I'm more likely to go if there's a Rafale doing a flying display!

[@ElwynR]

It's a nice tight display 👌

[@arpeegee_studio]

These planes are made in my hometown Mérignac (near Bordeaux) I feel lucky when I see them fly above my home! Thanks for sharing this great demo, awesome camera work!!

[@majka1581]

Piękny pokaz, momentami szalony!!! Nie wiem jak ci piloci daję radę takim przeciążeniom 💪👍👏 pozdrawiam serdecznie 😊

[@UNCRLS]

7:39 This was a wave to the audience at the end of the presentation. I've seen more aggressive displays from this demo team, but there are a lot of nice moves here as well. Beautiful video, thanks for uploading! 👍👍

[@NlleDonne]

This is the "flat" display due to low cloud deck ;)

[@UNCRLS]

@@NlleDonne Oh thank you! I was looking at the RAFALE so much that I didn't even see the clouds!

[@NlleDonne]

@@UNCRLS hahaha 😂 you're welcome !

[@paulpaul9914]

​@@NlleDonne The low cloud flat display looks pretty good, worth watching.

[@jurgenblick5491]

Man that baby has Angel wings

[@nagone11]

Pretty sick aircraft!!! The maneuverability is awesome and the look of the plane is crazy..those front cunard wings make it look the coolest. Awesome display of air power to say the least.

[@matydrum]

It's canard. Means duck in french.

[@nagone11]

@@matydrum Yes..I misspelled the word, thx!

[@harrycauvert9934]

Impatient de voir les Rafale français et les Eurofighter britanniques faire le show conjointement pour la commémoration du D Day en Normandie cette semaine, ça promet un joli spectacle !!

[@skw6410]

Wow! Didn’t take any prisoners with that display did he / she, fantastic… and great videography. Thank you.

[@ElwynR]

Many thanks 👌

[@theplasticsurgeon1956]

That was a cracking display to start the show with unfortunately my 7 year old wasnt keen on the noise, when he had the afterburners on . Great camera work

[@petersimpson6995]

Really superb display, no wonder the French have not othered with the F35! Home grown aircraft with superb avionics and great pilots will serve the country better, why fall for the sales talk from the US? France supports its own design and manufacturing industry, unlike the UK!

[@olivierjulian2836]

i guess brexit will not enhance that situation ,

[@JeffinLowerAlabama]

Fantastic flying with the low ceiling and amazing video. Thank you Elwyn. Jeff in LA USA

[@ElwynR]

Glad you enjoyed it Jeff 😊 it's finally here the start of the 2024 airshow season 👌

[@stargazeronesixseven]

🙏 The French 🇫🇷 Dassault Rafale & Sweden's 🇸🇪 Saab JAS39 Gripen are great value for money fighters that capable of performing many of the tasks rostered to more expensive fighters of this generation ... 🌷🌿🌍✌💜🕊🇫🇷🇸🇪

[@edwardalexander9486]

What a pilot... stunning

[@karenlemon7213]

Stunning considering the awful weather xx

[@ElwynR]

Many thanks! it was a shame but it was dry😊

[@topfuelteddy]

Magnificent in every way.

[@Moso01]

Perfect dance to add into the list of favourite relaxations.

[@mikelastname]

Beautiful camera work. This Rafale looks really capable, and the combo of canards and delta gives it some really unusual flight characteristics, it appeared to be sliding all over the place like a drunk on ice-skates - it did some very unusual yaw and pitch movement while rolling and it seemed to have enough energy to keep it going. I feel like the F-22 has a real aerobatic rival here.

[@ManuCath]

Some years ago a simulated dogfight between the Rafale and the F-22 showed that Rafale was able to resist to the F-22 (videos are available on KZbin). Since that USA refuse further dogfights Rafale - F-22

[@mikelastname]

@@ManuCath Thanks for letting me know - just went hunting and found some fabulous in cockpit footage. Dog fighting is no joke!

[@dianamarquez4774]

What a beauty! Pilot was having fun for sure.

[@flemmingrem]

A shame it was a low display. I saw Rafaele in Karup Airshow 2 years ago- And I loved it... Best in show In my humble opinion

[@g7usl]

Nice Elwyn. That was much better than the 'Typhoon gave us at Torbay, this weekend. Thanks for sharing.

[@ElwynR]

I headed to the Midland air festival to catch the first public display of 2024! However we only got a missing man flypass which was a fitting tribute to the loss of Mark Long 😢 I'll have to wait for Cosford to see the typhoon display

[@patlelion]

Maverick is like: Holly shit that’s another level!

[@delten-eleven1910]

It is better looking among the Typhoon and Grippen IMO. No surprise in keeping with Dassault Mirage lineage the Rafale is gorgeous as it is capable, spectacular display.

[@ianfraser6161]

Man and machine as one.

[@maschwi]

The Rafale and its pilot are a great combination! Good Video as always from Elwyn

[@ft6755]

I saw the Rafale at Duxford a few years ago, the sound was unbelievable.

[@andymcneil7085]

That aircraft looks spectacular, so manoeuvrable.

[@Outofcontrol39]

Heck of a pilot, heck of a plane! Great camera work.

[@ElwynR]

thanks 👍

[@anthonymorris1360]

I've been hearing about the Rafale from William Spaniel's channel (global buyers turning away from RU to buy French) - great to see it in action. Your footage is soo darned good, you didn't skip a beat filming all this. The livery says 'edgy' to me - all the best to you!

[@laurentc.8742]

The top view of the Rafale looks a lot like the Concorde and ...the Eiffel Tower! Did you notice! It's a shame we didn't choose this plane in Canada.

[@clio2rsminicup]

And here it's the small demonstration, which we call in French "Bas plafond", with the very cloudy sky and which prevents the pilot from doing the larger and much more spectacular one.

[@Miami3899]

Je suis allé à un meeting aérien et punaise, je n’étais pas déçu de voir cette beauté voler et faire autant de bruit. Truly one of the best moment of my life I went to an air show one time and I really was not disappointed to see this beauty flying and making so much noise

[@tectorama]

We've seen it a couple of times on the Friday practice days. A great display.

[@tebitt]

That is an astonishing display. The pilot is hitting some serious + and - G.

[@thebiffer100]

I cannot look at this new aircraft and be reminded how strikingly similar it compares to the iconic Mirage with the addition of canards.

[@philippem4400]

the most beautiful in all the galaxy.......

[@benoitpisarchick6866]

almost, but Mirage 2000-D is still on top of the list😁

[@EssexCountyPhoto]

The "hovering" capabilities of some non-VTOL aircrafts are remarkable... Keep up the AWESOME work... 👍🏼

[@ElwynR]

Indeed! 👌

[@pistonburner6448]

At what point do they start landing them vertically?

[@EssexCountyPhoto]

@@pistonburner6448 ... as a professional Frenchman, I really admire prototypes like the 1959 SNECMA C.450 Coléoptère... Gallic craziness at its finest!!! 🤣

[@pistonburner6448]

@@EssexCountyPhoto I hope the frog legs are plentiful to keep you going, my strange but wonderful French friends!

[@philv3941]

i asked the same in the Biscarosse's display few years ago. The thing can quite be "stuck" in the sky only on the thrust of the engines, its incredible. the sound of it is close to painful indeed

[@user-zy7wf7tu4g]

@ElwynR splendid filming , hats off! 👍

[@ElwynR]

Many thanks 👌

[@Bigdaddyslasher]

Absolutely love it

[@trevormann8221]

Great aircraft, and great piloting skills. Nice

[@ElwynR]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

Love the Rafale, French know how to make a jet. Carrier comparable too, makes it much easier for different branches of the military to work together

[@the_bloke_that_cuts_the_grass]

Pulling serious G’s throughout-amazing aircraft, pilot and filming 👍

[@ElwynR]

Many thanks ☺️ it's always a pleasure to film the Rafale 👌

[@mathieucreton9940]

Cheers to our Brit’s friends from France 🇫🇷 ❤ 🇬🇧

[@ElwynR]

Thank you for displaying you jet here 👌

[@alexfournier9956]

FRENCH RAFALE F5 WILL BE THE EVER BEST JETFIGHTER EVER MADE IN THE WORLD !! CONGRATS DASSAULT AVIATION