The Philadelphia chapter of the Vertical Flight Society would like to invite you to join us for our April Dinner Meeting on Monday, April 14th. Our meeting will feature a talk from Col. Hurst of the USMC and also a Capstone Project presentation from the class at the USNA. For more details, to RSVP, and to pay, please see our Upcoming Events page.
We hope to see you there!
The Philadelphia chapter of the Vertical Flight Society held our February Dinner Meeting on Wednesday, February 26th. John Piasecki from Piasecki Aircraft Corporation presented an interesting talk on their recent developments and also generously sponsored the dinner meeting!
Members can head over to our Members Only page for pictures. It is password protected, so if you are a member and don’t have the password, please email the board.
On Wednesday, January 15th, the Philadelphia Chapter of the Vertical Flight Society held our January Dinner Meeting, featuring a presentation by Philly Red Tails members. We also had an original Tuskegee Airman in presence with us!
Much thanks goes out to the local chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen and the Philly Red Tails for a wonderful evening!
Members can find a gallery from the dinner on our Members Only page.
Thanks to all those who joined us!
The Philadelphia chapter of the Vertical Flight Society held a virtual Lunch N’ Learn presentation on Thursday, December 12th at 12PM ET featuring a presentation by VFS member and Rutgers University Student Team Advisor, Gaylord Olson.
Members can go to the Members Only page to see the presentation.
Note that the Members Only page is password protected. Members should have been sent a password via email when they joined. If you are a member and do not know the password, please contact us.
Join us for our upcoming dinner meeting at Widener University where we will hear from a panel of people from Widener and Penn State!
Check out more info in our Upcoming Events page and to RSVP for the event.
Update your bookmarks, we’ve moved from vfsphilly.org to our new home here within the main VFS site @ vfsphilly.vtol.org!
Please note that as of Feb 15, the old website at vfsphilly.org will NO LONGER be supported. Ensure you update your bookmarks to this site: vfsphilly.vtol.org ASAP!
With any move or renovation, there’s always some dust kicked up, and maybe even things lost, along the way. Please mind our appearance and be patient as we check the migration to our new home! Don’t hesitate to reach out if you find any broken bits!
Weather didn’t stop people from coming out to Wings ‘N Wheels; a long-running outdoor, family focused community event which attracts adults and children for a lively display of vintage and antique cars and aircraft. This event always takes place on the second Saturday in September.
Attendees enjoyed a wide variety of events throughout Wings Field, including a structure constructed by the Boy Scouts; a “Wing Off” competition featuring chicken wings from local restaurants, a Robotics display, different Police K-9 Units, food, music and more!! Lots of kids got to take home their own handheld proprotor and even flew them around the event, courtesy of our group VFS Philly!
Big thanks to our friends at Angel Flight East for this great event! Hope to see even more people out next year!
We had a great turnout for our dinner meeting on Wednesday September 11th, 2024, where Mark Ballew, Senior Director or Vertical Lift Business Development for Boeing Defense, Space & Security led a discussion on Boeing Vertical Lift 2025-2035.
On May 22nd we had the pleasure of hearing from Senior Aero Engineer Chris Bellido, who presented a very interesting talk about the development of the X-59 QUESST.
Thanks to our friends at AIAA for hosting the virtual speaker event.
Thanks to the American Helicopter Museum for another great event!!
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