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

@gazzertrn

26 күн бұрын

Great quality vid , thanks .

@URULES

26 күн бұрын

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

@Tiger313NL

26 күн бұрын

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

26 күн бұрын

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

@ryan99uk

26 күн бұрын

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

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

25 күн бұрын

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

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

18 күн бұрын

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

@bojanjanjic3002

15 күн бұрын

compliments to Captain, this was really good.

@maaleman88

13 күн бұрын

Un AS sur un Diamant. Bravo !

@francinesicard464

9 күн бұрын

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

@donaldduck926

5 күн бұрын

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

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

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

Cosford next weekend and RIAT in July

@WildMorgan

22 күн бұрын

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

14 күн бұрын

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

13 күн бұрын

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

@cfofana4502

2 күн бұрын

@@WildMorganNo, Rafale is superior !

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

26 күн бұрын

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

@7up-dp1kk

26 күн бұрын

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

@nicholasroberts6954

26 күн бұрын

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

25 күн бұрын

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

25 күн бұрын

@@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.

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

@ElwynR

25 күн бұрын

Yes awesome 👌

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

@francinesicard464

22 күн бұрын

Il y a plus que vous ne le pensez.

@iamconsomateur3832

11 күн бұрын

@@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

5 күн бұрын

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

Beautiful aeroplane, fantastically flown and so manoeuvrable! Excellent filming too. The Rafale is a special plane; the French nailed it when they designed this little beauty.

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

Yes thay did 👏 👌

@maaleman88

13 күн бұрын

Pit this Pilot in a 1.5l Renault R5 and he'll make it flip and roll like it should. Impossible is actually french. Amazing filming.

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

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

Cheers 😊 just need a bit of sunshine next time 😎

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

11 күн бұрын

a 6 year old hasn't seen much you know

@tomsociete9253

10 күн бұрын

@@kraenk12 why are you so bitter.

@ryanbestel5695

9 күн бұрын

@@kraenk12 ok grumps.

@Fabio-om4kb

Күн бұрын

​@@tomsociete9253 par ce que c'est Français

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

@user-pl7sf9qm9o

21 күн бұрын

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

@GregMakesThings

21 күн бұрын

​@@user-pl7sf9qm9o who cares if he doesn't spell it right, at least he's trying (I'm french btw)

@devdream9277

20 күн бұрын

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

@Dabeuliou

13 күн бұрын

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

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

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

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

@samuelgarrod8327

26 күн бұрын

Brown tongue 😆

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

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@richardkroll2269

8 күн бұрын

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.

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

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

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

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

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

@petracollins8623

17 күн бұрын

Damn this guy is awesome.

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.

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

@ElwynR

19 күн бұрын

Cool 👌

@Kimura94

3 күн бұрын

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

2 күн бұрын

Knowing that Rafale has outruned Raptor during dog fighting !

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.

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

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

@fr-tigerfangs7039

21 күн бұрын

It’s between 180 and 240/sec, not 90.

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 !

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

@energiegeek5465

26 күн бұрын

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

25 күн бұрын

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

25 күн бұрын

@@jean-loupdesbordes4833 Good point!

@Paul-fp4ux

25 күн бұрын

@@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

25 күн бұрын

Typhoon looks like a prototype of the Rafale.

+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

20 күн бұрын

+11g possible

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

The G being pulled is amazing

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

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

De Franse Rafale is een van de mooiste gevechtsvliegtuigen.

@raptor1672

26 күн бұрын

Except for the Fuel Probe, argh!

@alainfilho1467

25 күн бұрын

​Warum...😊

@daniel3793

18 күн бұрын

DANKEVEL❤

@CaptainDangeax

3 күн бұрын

@@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

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

26 күн бұрын

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

@7up-dp1kk

26 күн бұрын

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 🇫🇷

Nicely filmed, pilot certainly packed that into a tiny bit of airspace, great for the audience

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

Indeed! 👌

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

26 күн бұрын

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

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

9 күн бұрын

😅😅

@anonymusanonymus3932

6 күн бұрын

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😺😅

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! 😍💯👍

Incredible display! The Rafale never disappoints.

@ElwynR

25 күн бұрын

It was a nice tight display 👌

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

One of my favourite displays , all to the limit!

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

25 күн бұрын

Thank you so much 😀 never seen the routine before 😇

Saw it in person on the Saturday, loved it.

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

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

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

Cheers ☺️

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!

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

25 күн бұрын

It's a nice tight display 👌

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

For me, one of the most beautiful jet fighters design

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 !!

Stunning considering the awful weather xx

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

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

@topfuelteddy

26 күн бұрын

Magnificent in every way.

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

@ElwynR

25 күн бұрын

Many thanks ☺️

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

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

@fr-tigerfangs7039

21 күн бұрын

French Air & Space Force, not Army.

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

Man that baby has Angel wings

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!!

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

Absolute insane display

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

17 күн бұрын

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

@QuicknStraight

17 күн бұрын

@@Octane_au Such an attitude would be no surprise!

@olivierscalp1176

15 күн бұрын

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

15 күн бұрын

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

@thebrowns5337

15 күн бұрын

​​​@@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.

The way that plane moves is unreal 👏

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

11 күн бұрын

It's canard. Means duck in french.

@nagone11

11 күн бұрын

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

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

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

21 күн бұрын

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

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

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

@ElwynR

25 күн бұрын

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

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.

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

Made in FRANCE !! 🇫🇷

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.

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

@francinesicard464

9 күн бұрын

Yes. The Concord was a magnificent bird too.

@metalazzo

3 күн бұрын

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

3 күн бұрын

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

@ManuCath

3 күн бұрын

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)

Perfect dance to add into the list of favourite relaxations.

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

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

@ElwynR

20 күн бұрын

My pleasure! 👌

The Rafa deserves so much more attention and praise than it gets - as manoeuvrable as the Russian jets but as beautiful as the most beautiful flying thing the French have ever created including Concorde, and as deadly as any latest gen fighter in the world.

@ElwynR splendid filming , hats off! 👍

@ElwynR

20 күн бұрын

Many thanks 👌

Another great Rafale display! They never disappoint. I hate to say it but the Rafale seems to have superior manuvrouvability compared to the Typhoon. Either that or the Rafale pilots are more adventurous? Great footage as always Elwyn!

Wow. Fine energy management throughout, an amazing display. The filming is of the kind that is so good that you don't notice at all, just the subject. Thanks mate.

@ElwynR

11 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!👌

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing. Incredible display too. That's got to be one of the fastest roll rates I've seen in an aircraft and the inverted turns were eye-watering to watch!

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

@ElwynR

25 күн бұрын

Many thanks 👌

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

What a fantastic plane and an incredible pilot!

Merci Elwyn for the video ! I see Display three time and the last was in Ferté-Alais meeting in may. It's always a pleasure to see ;)

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

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

That aircraft looks spectacular, so manoeuvrable.

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

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

thanks 👍

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

Howdy Big E! Amazing job of photography and tracking…smooth as butter! Thanks again !

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

Many thank Stuart 😊 👌

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

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

Indeed! 👌

@pistonburner6448

19 күн бұрын

At what point do they start landing them vertically?

@EssexCountyPhoto

19 күн бұрын

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

@pistonburner6448

19 күн бұрын

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

@philv3941

11 күн бұрын

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

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

@ElwynR

25 күн бұрын

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

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

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

What a pilot... stunning

Quality video Elwyn. Videoing as usual from you Elwyn was impeccable.

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

Thanks Darren 👍

That is the best display ever!

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

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

26 күн бұрын

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

@URULES

26 күн бұрын

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

@NlleDonne

26 күн бұрын

@@URULES hahaha 😂 you're welcome !

@paulpaul9914

Күн бұрын

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

I couldn’t believe how incredibly loud it was in person.

@ElwynR

25 күн бұрын

Yes it was 👌

@philv3941

11 күн бұрын

it's perhaps a radar "lightly stealth" aircraft, but for the sound ....

Hi Elwyn Great video again thank you very much.🛫🛫⭐️⭐️👍

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

You are very welcome 👌

Thank you. A good low level display considering the poor weather conditions.

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

Yes it was 👌

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

3 күн бұрын

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 KZread). Since that USA refuse further dogfights Rafale - F-22

@mikelastname

2 күн бұрын

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

Awesome video as always. I can’t wait for you guys to see our CF-18 when it comes over. The paint scheme this year is awesome.

@ElwynR

26 күн бұрын

I can't wait 👌

Absolutely love it