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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Prototype French Rafale A01 Fighter Aircraft At The 1988 British Farnborough Airshow [Photographs]

It was the second consecutive appearance of this Dassault-built Technology Demonstrator aircraft at the iconic British air show.

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The Rafale made its debut at Farnborough in its 1986 edition, merely a couple of months after its maiden flight in France, in July of that same year.

Godspeed

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