Talk:Dassault Mercure

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I see that Mercure is French for Mercury, but does anyone know which Mercury we're talking about? Is it Mercury the god, Mercury the planet, or Mercury the element? --Ricky81682 06:52, Nov 3, 2004 (UTC)

The god. Marcel Dassault explicitely stated he wanted to name the plane after a roman god.

Does anyone know if this item that appears in the article is factually correct? "... turboprop aircraft, which unlike jets could fly at full speed at low altitudes." Why would the powerplant make any difference? Is Vmax of a prop faster than a jet? --Timvasquez 29 June 2005 13:54 (UTC)

The real issue is that it is uneconomic to operate jet aircraft at low level, as the fuel consumption of jet engines is much more altitude-dependent than that of turboprops. --GCarty 11:45, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

hey ummm..whats the flag for france?

Image:Flag of France.svg Ingoolemo ^talk 04:29, 9 September 2006 (UTC)