The World's Least Successful Jet Airliner - Dassault Mercure

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In an attempt to replicate the success of their pioneering Sud Aviation Caravelle, the French pushed forward the creation of what ostensibly is a Boeing 737 clone, the Dassault Mercure 100, an airliner that, on the surface, has the general profile of its American rival, but in more ways than one surpassed the Boeing twinjet through its exceptional fuel efficiency, higher passenger capacity, improved reliability, and its spotless safety record.

Unfortunately, the Mercure's one critical failing when compared to the 737 was its range, which was barely enough to get the aircraft out of its French homeland in one go, the airliner having been tailored for the unique circumstances of France's very sparse population distribution, but this was a facet not appreciated by other nations looking for a viable short-to-medium range airliner, thus leading to only 12 examples of this curious machine being built overall.

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