Focus on the new "hunter" of the Dassault company, the Rafale, successor of the Mirage. Before being presented at the Salon du Bourget, it was presented for the first time at the Farnborough show in England.
Several combat aircraft were on display at the Istres air base before leaving for the Paris Air Show. An operation organized by the Flight Test Centre, including the Mirage 2000D, the Rafale F1 and F2, as well as the Tigre helicopter (a Franco-German collaboration). Interview: Patrick DUFOUR (Mirage 2000 programme manager)
Review of French military aircraft present at the Paris Air Show, including the Bréguet Atlantique (for anti-submarine warfare), the Jaguar (built in cooperation between France and England) and the Mirage F1.
Report at the Paris Air Show on the remote-controlled aircraft used during surveillance missions: drones. Interviews: Bruno REVELLIN-FALCOZ (Dassaut Aviation) and General Jean-Pierre JOB (Chief of Staff of the Air Force).
Presentation of the jewels of the French military aviation industry at the 25th Salon du Bourget: the Bréguet cargo aircraft, the Frelon helicopter, the Mirage 3 and 4 combat aircraft.
Presentation of the Fouga 90 training aircraft at the Paris Air Show. Its pilot, Robert BRIOT, testifies on the piloting of this model, developed by the engineers of Aerospace.
At Le Bourget, the public is present to admire the flights of the new supersonic, the trident and the Mystery II of Dassault which crosses the wall of sound twice during this demonstration.
Drones were on show at the 46th International Air Show in Le Bourget: surveillance, jet, combat or helicopter drones, drones were everywhere. Spectators give their impressions on these devices ("a manta ray", "a stealthy iron"), which can fly notably by framing a fighter plane like the Rafale. Interviews: Charles EDELSTENNE (CEO of Dassault Aviation) and Olivier PHILIPPE (Director of the Hovereye Berlin Technologies project).
Report on new developments and air demonstrations at the 44th International Aeronautics and Space Fair in Le Bourget. Commentary on factual and archival images and interviews with a cockpit employee of the show’s star Antonov 225 and Christophe CAIL (flight director). Plateau in situation Patrice PELE.
The 42nd International Air and Space Show of Le Bourget ended with a big aerial parade, with a demonstration of the latest prototypes. Commentary on factual images, microsidewalk among children delighted to see the evolution of fighter planes and helicopters and a young woman evoking her pleasure to be in a cockpit of Rafale, and Interview: Barbara KRAST (Airbus Industries).
Seduction operation at the Paris Air Show: the French fighter Rafale tries to seduce buyers in the face of competition, in order to get orders. Interviews: Benoît PLANCHE (pilot presenter Rafale) and Bernard CHABERT (aeronautical expert).