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International.

13 May

1971

Roll-out of the VFW614 at Bremen

The jet age has arrived


on the short haul routes of the world.
At last: The first jet aircraft specifically
designed for the short haul and feeder
operations of the seventies is here.
Punctually on April 5, the day long scheduled for this occasion the VFW614 was
rolled out at Bremen.
The next steps will be: ground testing,
calibration and ground checking of aircraft systems, engine runs, vibration
tests, taxiing tests, acceleration and
brake trials. The first flight is scheduled
for July of this year.
That this date is realistic was confirmed
at the roll-out. The VFW614 was not
merely towed out of the hangar. To prove
that all its systems function properly, the
APU and main engines were started. And
then the VFW614 taxied under its own
power.
The transfer of the aircraft from the construction to the ground testing phase
takes this ambitious project of the German aviation industry one step closer to
its completion.

According to conservative estimates in


the next ten years alone there will be a
demand for some 1,300 fast and economical aircraft to be used on short, low
density routes. And the VFW614 is the
first jet aircraft designed for this market,
as is proved by its specifications:
VFW614 - the first jetliner specially developed
for short-haul transport. Forty seats. Break-even
with 1 4 - 2 0 passengers.Take-off and landing run
less than 4,000 feet - therefore suitable for more
than three quarters of all civil airports. High block
speeds attained through high cruise speeds
(460 mph) and good climb performance (to
21,000 ft cruise altitude in only 11 minutes). One
example: Over 125 miles stage, up to 20 minutes
(60%) gain in time over some turboprops. Costeffective over flights from 100 miles upwards.
Power: 2 Rolls-Royce/SNECMA M 45 H engines.
26 options have already been placed by Bavaria
Fluggesellschaft W-Germany, Cimber Air Denmark, Filipinas Orient Airways, General Air WGermany, Sterling Airways Denmark, Transportes
Aereas de Buenos Aires (TABA) and Yemen
Airlines.

In addition we can offer a product support program that normally only the big-

gest manufacturers can offer to the biggest airlines. For example, we supply
you with comprehensive operational
support and also work out an individual
maintenance program for each VFW614
you use, which, of course, also includes
the training of crews, the training of technical ground personnel and the free services of technical representatives for up
to one year as well as the fast and complete supply of spare parts and manuals.
So you see, it is not only our aircraft that
has been designed to launch the jet age
on ultra short distance routes.

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VFW-Fokker, Bremen,W.-Germany

at the Le Bourget Air Show


in hall A, stand number 41.

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