Dinner with Tuskegee Airmen

On Wednesday, January 15th, the Philadelphia Chapter of the Vertical Flight Society heldr 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!

New Design and Control Concepts for High Speed and All eVTOL Aircraft

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.

NEWSFLASH: We’ve Moved!

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!

Wings ‘N Wheels

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!

Widener University’s Engineering Senior Design Team

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!

European Rotorcraft Developments & US Naval Academy Capstone Design Presentation

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