I was lucky enough to see the full Rafale rehearsal the day before the show and it was certainly the most agile jet i have seen display (without thrust vectoring).
On the show day the Rafale pilot wanted to check the weather out (cloud base etc) and so made a big effort to get as much of a display as he could with the conditions.
The RAF Typhoon didn't leave the spot it was parked on. Nor did the Dutch F16.
Highlight of the Friday arrivals was one of the Rafales landing on the grass and thumping the start of the runway
with tyre marks and lots of smoke!
Not to mention the Maritime Lynx display (now seperate from the assault demo) which to everyones surprise, two of them popping loads of flares out (something they didn't even do on the show day!).
Here is the Vulcan arriving on Friday
