Armee De Air - l'école de l'aviation de chasse - Pilatus PC-21 - 709 FK
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Armee De Air - l'école de l'aviation de chasse - Pilatus PC-21 - 709 FK
Armee De Air - l'école de l'aviation de chasse - Pilatus PC-21 - 709 FK
Armee De Air - l'école de l'aviation de chasse - Pilatus PC-21 - 709 FK
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IWM Airshow Duxford
F-RAJA - Airbus A-340-212 - Armee de L'Air (Commandement du Transport Aerien Militaire)
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)
c/n 75 - built in 1995 for Austrian Airlines -
operated by L'Armee de Air since 2007
F-RAJA - Airbus A-340-212 - L'Armee de Air (Commandement du Transport Aerien Militaire)
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)
c/n 75 - built in 1995 for Austrian Airlines -
operated by L'Armee de Air since 2007
Mirage-3RD 367/33-TP ex ER-3/33 FrAF. Gate-Guard Base Aérienne-279 Châteaudun, 01-06-1997.
After a protracted, expensive development program, the Airbus A400M military airlifter is finally beginning to enter service- this one will shortly join the Armee d'Air of France. At any other air show than one which also featured the Antonov An-70, the eight-bladed propellers would be really impressive.
I had fitted my 100-400mm telephoto lens for the Patrouille de France display, but was just trying to replace it with a wider angle when this Dassault Rafale multirole fighter caught my attention in a rather major way. So I kept the telephoto on...
Apparently, this fighter belongs to Escadron de Chasse 1/7 "Provence," and must be their favorite one to show off, because the same frame shows up at many different air shows besides this one.
The Rafale currently comes in three versions: the Rafale C, the one you see here, is the single-seat land-based version, while the Rafale B is a two-seater, and the Rafale M equips the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. Dassault promotes the Rafale as an "omnirole fighter," with air-to-air, air-to-ground, and reconnaissance capability; it also is capable of delivering France's nuclear arsenal, if things go really south for the Republic.
Smoke generators are always a fun party trick.
Whew! With its gear lowered, the Rafale is now returning to the earth.
It's not often that I take a photo of glowing afterburners. Currently the French air force and navy are the only arms to use the Dassault Rafale; India has selected it for its next fighter but none are in service yet. Dassault has shopped it around to other countries, and while there's been interest, I'm unaware of any other deals at present.
It's been a long time since I last saw a modern fighter demo, so I can't really compare this to anything as far as overall impressiveness versus other fighters goes, but.... Jesus. This thing made a sound like the sky being torn in half, crossed the entire massive air show grounds in neck-craning seconds, and just generally mounted an assault on the senses.
The Patrouille de France's mount is the Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet, a twin-engine, two-seat trainer and light subsonic attack aircraft. Development was a collaboration between France and West Germany, taking place from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.
Lucky!
Celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, the Patrouille de France display team drew some nice tricolors in the sky with its Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jets.
