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!
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.
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
On Wednesday February 28th, VFS Philly heard from Kaydon Stanzione, CEO of LogistiWerx Inc and VFS Membership VP and the American Helicopter Museum and Education Center. In addition to his extensive experience in advanced technology development, Kaydon has aided both VFS and AIAA in varying capacities – especially in expanding student outreach and programs.
VFS Philadelphia had the great opportunity to hear from VFS Executive Director Angelo Collins at our January 24,m 2024 dinner meeting at the Inn at Swarthmore! We want to give a big thank you to our sponsor, Insight Global, for a great night!
