Unknown Twinjet at BOD
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Unknown Twinjet at BOD
Hi folks. This question is a bit anorakey, but I was in Bordeaux at the weekend and I noticed a twinjet parked on the hangar side of the runway (didn't get which runway) that I didn't recognize.
It's about the same size as an A320 with similar config (engine under each wing, tall-ish gear and conventional tail) but it's pretty old looking, painted in the old Air Inter livery and looks derelict. The engines are interesting in that they look (from a distance anyway) like JT8s.
It's not a Caravelle, it's not a 737 or an A320. Any ideas?
It's about the same size as an A320 with similar config (engine under each wing, tall-ish gear and conventional tail) but it's pretty old looking, painted in the old Air Inter livery and looks derelict. The engines are interesting in that they look (from a distance anyway) like JT8s.
It's not a Caravelle, it's not a 737 or an A320. Any ideas?
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Would it have been something like a Dassault Mercure?
http://www.airtransportbiz.free.fr/A...t/Mercure.html
http://www.airtransportbiz.free.fr/A...t/Mercure.html
Mercure
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Mercure, the prototype for the A320.
At least they have essentially the same fuselage diameter. The A320 surely has better engines, better aerodynamics, better ....
Seriously, I wonder if there is any commonality between the proposed follow-on to the original Mercure and the eventual A320.
At least they have essentially the same fuselage diameter. The A320 surely has better engines, better aerodynamics, better ....
Seriously, I wonder if there is any commonality between the proposed follow-on to the original Mercure and the eventual A320.
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paulc.......You're right in saying there were 10 production Mercures (regs F-BTTA-BTTJ), however the prototype F-BTMD was brought up to production standards sometime in the early 80's & put into service with Air Inter.. I worked on them as cabin crew in the late 80s/early 90s & remember them well esp. doing AF CDG-LGW flights on them for a couple of years round about 90-91. They were well liked by cabin & flight crew alike.
