Can I install Leopard on MacBook Air?

I have a MacBook Air running on OS 10.7.5. Recently it has been acting up, problems with fonts, e-mails, etc.. Actually I was never completely satisfied with this computer particularly if I compared it with a MacBook Pro running on OS 10.6.8 that works flaweless.. Thus I am thinking of reinstalling the system on the MacBook Air. My question is: Can I instead install the system that came with the MacBook Pro (Leopard) on the MacBook Air? And after upgrade it to Snow Leopard which I purchased?  So basically I would end up with Snow Leopard 10.6.8.  Is it possible? Would I run into problems?
Any help, advice, suggestions is greatly appreciated.

No. It is not possible to install an older version of OS X then the one that shipped with the Mac.
Allan

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