We are proud to once again host the USNA Midshipmen Seniors for our final Dinner Meeting of the season! Attendees will get to hear the USNA students present on their senior capstone design project. The dinner will be on April 15th, at AHMEC (the Helicopter Museum)
For more info, to RSVP, and to pay, please see our Upcoming Events page.
Hope to see you there!
Unfortunately, we’ve had to cancel our planned dinner meeting due to lack of RSVPs. We are hoping to reschedule this event for a later date. Check back soon.
We are excited to bring you our March Dinner Meeting event at the American Helicopter Museum (AHMEC) in West Chester this month! Our speaker is Rachel Axten, a PhD student at Penn State University and co-founder of Soteria Flight Technologies. Her team is competing in the GoAERO Prize Competition.
Please see our Upcoming Events page for details
*UPDATE: The one-week lead time for RSVP and sending your details is a hard requirement from Leonardo Security, so don’t delay, it ends tomorrow!
Please join us February 19th for a special evening in Northeast Philadelphia! We will tour the Leonardo Helicopters Philadelphia factory at 5:30pm. Then we will have a networking event/Happy Hour nearby at Maggie’s Waterfront Cafe.
See our Upcoming Events page for more details. This will be different from our usual format, so please read all the details.
On Monday, December 8th we heard from Leonardo and Boeing on their partnership to produce the USAF MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter. Attendees got the chance to see an exciting presentation on the MH-139 and hear first-hand about the program. It was also our first chapter meeting to feature the Grey Wolf!
Members are invited to check out the Members Only page for pictures from the event. If you are a member and don’t have the password for the Members Only page, please contact us via email.
The Philadelphia chapter of the Vertical Flight Society hosted our April Dinner Meeting on Monday, April 14th. The dinner meeting featured a talk from Col. Hurst of the USMC and also a Capstone Project presentation from the class at the USNA.
Thanks to all those that came! Be sure to check out our Members Only page for pictures from the dinner event!
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!
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.
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.