The VFW-Fokker 614 (also VFW 614) was a twin-engined jetliner designed and constructed by Dutch-German aviation company VFW-Fokker. It is the first jet-powered passenger liner to be developed and produced in Germany as well as the first German-built civil aircraft to have been manufactured for a decade.
The VFW 614 was originally proposed during the early 1960s as the E.614, which was a concept for a 36–40 seat aircraft by a consortium of German aircraft companies, who were soon re-organised into Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW). Originally intended as a Douglas/De Havilland Dakota replacement, its most distinctive feature was that its engines were mounted in pods on pylons above the wing. The VFW 614 was produced in small numbers during the early- to mid-1970s by VFW-Fokker, a company resulting from a merger between VFW and the Dutch aircraft company Fokker. The program was cancelled in 1977, since anticipated sales and thus production were not achieved.
