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!
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!
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