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Air Inter Dassault Mercure 100
Role	Narrow-body jet airliner
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Dassault Aviation
First flight	28 May 1971
Introduction	4 June 1974 with Air Inter
Retired	29 April 1995
Status	Retired
Primary user	Air Inter
Produced	1971–1975
Number built	12

The Dassault Mercure is a twin-engined narrow-body jet-powered airliner developed and manufactured by French aircraft firm Dassault Aviation. According to Dassault, it was the first large-scale European cooperative civil aeronautics programme. During 1967, the Mercure was proposed as a French competitor to the American Boeing 737. It was Dassault's first venture into the commercial jet airliner market, the company having traditionally built fighters and executive jets. On 28 May 1971, the prototype conducted its maiden flight, while the type entered service on 4 June 1974 with French airline Air Inter.

During the mid-1960s, Marcel Dassault, the founder and owner of French aircraft company Dassault Aviation, as well as other parties such as the French Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGAC), examined the civil aviation market and noticed that there was no existing aircraft that was intended specifically to serve low-distance air routes. Thus, it was found that there could be a prospective market for such an airliner, if it were to be developed. The DGAC was keen to promote a French equivalent to the popular American Boeing 737, and suggested the development of a 140-seat airliner to Dassault..

Design

^{The Dassault Mercure was a jet-powered narrow-body jet airliner, optimised for short-haul routes. It intentionally exchanged fuel for passenger capacity in order to carry a greater passenger load. As such, the Mercure had up to 17 per cent more seats than the competing Boeing 737 while having a shorter range. It was designed to be outfitted with a two-crew flight deck, although operator Air Inter had its aircraft flown by three-man crews. According to Flight International, the basic model of the Mercure featured a degree of built-in stretch potential. Elements of the design were reportedly capable of supporting the envisioned expanded model with little or no change, including much of the wing, cabin, and the undercarriage. The landing gear was spaced to accommodate the fitting of longer legs to, in turn, enable larger engines and an elongated fuselage to be later adopted.}

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General Info

- Crew: 3 flight crew
- Capacity: 162 all-economy
- Length: 34.84 m (114 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 30.55 m (100 ft 3 in)
- Height: 11.36 m (37 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 116 m² (1,250 sq ft)

Powerplant

Empty weight: 31,800 kg (70,107 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 56,500 kg
Fuel capacity: 18,400 L
Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 low bypass turbofan engines, 69 kN (15,500 lbf) thrust each

Specifications

Maximum speed: 704 km/h (437 mph, 380 kn) EAS up to 6,100 m (20,000 ft)
Maximum speed: Mach 0.85 (1041 km/h) 6,100 m (20,000 ft)
Cruise speed: 926 km/h at 6,100 m
Range: 2,084 km (1,295 mi, 1,125 nmi) with 4,100 kg (9,000 lb) fuel reserves
Service ceiling: 12,000 m (39,000 ft)

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