The Philadelphia chapter of the Vertical Flight Society would like to invite you to join us for our January Dinner Meeting on Wednesday, January 15th, featuring a presentation by Tuskegee Airman, and Philly Red Tails members.
Please note that our speaker(s) have changed from the original plan. See our Upcoming Events page for the new info, to RSVP, and the link to pay.
The Philadelphia chapter of the Vertical Flight Society would like to invite you to join us for 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. See our Upcoming Events page for more info and for the webex link.
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!
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!!
On May 15th, we got to hear a great Lunch N Learn presentation featuring Widener University’s Engineering Senior Design Team and their Engineering Senior Project presentation, “Rotor Test Stand Improvement of Safety Test Stand for Aerodynamic Considerations & Data Collection”
Thanks to the students for sharing their design project with us!
Thanks to all that came out for our April dinner meeting at the Emerald Room in Philadelphia! We heard two presentations: one from the United States Naval Academy Rotorcraft Students on their Capstone Work, as well as a presentation on European Rotorcraft Developments by Jim McLaughlin, Director – Technology & Innovation, Leonardo Helicopters. Special thanks to the National Defense Industrial Association Delaware Valley Chapter (NDIA DVC) for sponsoring this meeting!
To see the presentations from the dinner, check out our Members Only Content page