Originally Posted by
Fly Aiprt
Of course.
Understandably if ones judgement is how one has been impressed by an air display, no wonder one's advice differs from that of those who fly those airplanes professionally.
I'll privilege direct opinions by military pilots friends in Europe and the US on any current combat airplane.
No need to be uncivil, just plain verified first hand facts will suffice.
You made the accusation that
Typhoon "thrusts but doesn't turn."
There aren't many things that airshow demos are useful for (though Rafale's area of excellence in agility terms happens to be in this sort of environment - low and relatively slow) but a Typhoon display does show pretty conclusively that the aircraft both 'thrusts' and turns.
Ive heard a lot more military pilots friends in Europe, the Middle East and the US directly opining that Typhoon is a much better air to air aircraft than Rafale. And that includes guys who have flown both.