The Vertical Flight Society has an extensive library of educational videos on vertical flight. In addition to those available to the public on our YouTube Channel, more in-depth videos are available for VFS members by logging in at the top of the page.
2021
Forum 77 videos- Short Courses (video on demand):
- 2021 Short Course on Electric VTOL Technology, June 14-15 — new!
- Introduction to Practical VTOL Aircraft Cost Estimating, June 22-23 — new!
- Video recordings of all 300 presentations (approx. 150 hours) from Forum 77 can be purchased and watched. Register to gain all the same access as the live event, except the networking/chat functions and the Exhibitor Technical Briefings.
- Forum 77 introduction video, May 9
- 77th Annual Grand Awards Ceremony, May 5 (corrected version, posted May 9)
- 41st Annual Nikolsky Lecture: “Rotorcraft Design: The Crucial Influence of Safety from Concept to Fleet Support,” Fabio Nannoni, Senior Vice President for Safety Management Governance, livestream, May 5 [slides]
- Rotorcraft Webinars & Interviews
- Half-day webinar: FAA Vision Systems Summit, Cliff Johnson, FAA; Carlo Tiana, Collins; Trish Ververs, Honeywell; et. al; June 25 [slides]— new!
- Webinar: Agricultural Spraying Operations in Vertical Lift, VFS Montreal-Ottawa Chapter, June 1 [slides]
- Webinar: Robotic Exploration of Titan with Dragonfly, a Multi-rotor Relocatable Lander, VFS Stratford Chapter, Apr. 28 [slides]
- Webinar: NASA's new Advanced Air Mobility Mission, VFS Hampton Roads Chapter, Apr. 23 [slides]
- Webinar: Recent Vertical Lift Research at the National Research Council of Canada, VFS Montreal/Ottawa Chapter, Apr. 23
- Webinar: US Army Aviation Policy for Advanced Manufactured Aircraft Parts, VFS Philadelphia, Arizona and Redstone Chapters, Apr. 22 [slides]
- Webinar: Motion Amplification® and Camera-Based Full Field Vibration Techniques, VFS Stratford Chapter, Feb. 24
- Webinar: LA County Fire - Air Operations | Saving Lives From the Air, VFS Federal City Chapter, Feb. 23
- Webinar: Vertical Lift Modernization Efforts, VFS Federal City Chapter, Feb. 4
- Electric VTOL $tartup Financing Lessons
- eVTOL Webinar: Raising $tartup Capital: eVTOL Financing 101 - Lesson 1, Dana Jensen, Gemini, Rafferty Jackson, Jack Industries and Kirsten Bartok Touw, New Vista
- All four lessons can be found here — free for members!
- Electric VTOL Webinars & Interviews
- eVTOL Writers Group: An Innovative & Data-Driven Approach to Building the Aviation Workforce of Tomorrow in Advanced Air Mobility, Chris Courtney and Tim Schoenauer, CAE, July 7 [slides] — new!
- eVTOL Webinar: eVTOL Certification, David Webber, FAA, presented by VFS/SFTE/SETP/AIAA Flight Test Council, June 29 [slides] — new!
- eVTOL Webinar: BETA Technologies, Herman Wiegman, BETA, VFS East New England Chapter, June 28 [slides] — new!
- eVTOL Webinar: NASA Aeronautics Contributions to the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, VFS Arizona / Philadelphia / Redstone Chapters, Susan Gorton, NASA, June 17
- eVTOL Writers Group: Electric Power Systems: EPiC battery family, Nathan Millecam, Randy Dunn and Michael Armstrong, EP Systems, June 8 [slides]
- eVTOL Webinar: Unmanned Aerial Systems / Urban Air Mobility, VFS Arizona/Philadelphia/Redstone Chapters, Hector Garcia, Honeywell, Apr. 1 [slides]
- eVTOL Writers Group: RTI, Chip Downing, March 24 [slides]
- eVTOL Flight Test Council: System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) for Flight Testers, Nancy Leveson, MIT, Mar. 9 [slides]
- 4th Workshop on eVTOL Infrastructure, March 2-4, with 16 hours of recorded webinars for sale as video-on-demand. Or check out the agenda and see what is available! [slides]
- eVTOL Writers Group: Embention, Javier Espuch, Feb. 17 [slides]
- eVTOL Writers Group: Volocopter, Florian Reuter and Oliver Reinhardt, Volocopter, Feb. 10
- eVTOL Flight Test Council: Austin Meyer - How X-Plane can be used for eVTOL Flight, presented by the eVTOL Flight Test Council, Austin Meyer, X-Plane, Jan. 19
The 8th Annual VFS Electric VTOL Symposium was held virtually on Jan. 26-28. The invited presentations were video recorded and are available to all current VFS members at no charge. - There are 17 video recordings of the plenary and Autonomous VTOL and eVTOL presentations — more than 35 hours of video are available! (VFS members can also download PDFs of the presentations for free from the VFS Vertical Flight Library.)
- Short Course on Electric VTOL Technology (intermediate): Video-on-demand for the latest 8-hour eVTOL short course is now available for purchase! Check out our past educational short courses for purchase.
- 15th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS), July 20-22, 2021 [slides]
- All three days video-on-demand: $140
- First day free (video)
- Day 1 Panel 1: Global Overview
- Day 1 Panel 2: Regional Air Mobility Business Case
- Day 1 Panel 3: Aircraft Conversions and Supplemental Type Certifications
- Day 1 Panel 4: Electric Aircraft for Public Services and Defense
- Day 1 Panel 5: Community Integration
2020
- Rotorcraft Webinars & Interviews
Webinar: The Future of Rotorcraft, Dan Schultz, VFS East New England Chapter, Dec. 8 - Webinar: Solving Today's Aerial Firefighting Challenges, VFS Philadelphia and Arizona Chapters, Nov 18 [slides]
- Webinar: Finding a New Path - Discovering Your Passion in Life & Leadership, VFS Stratford Chapter, Nov 18
- Webinar: Bell reveals the Revolutionary Electrically Distributed Anti-Torque Demonstrator, VFS Technical Talk, Nov 16
- Webinar: Bell V-280 Application of Joint Input-Output Methodology for Hover Model Identification, VFS Southwest Chapter, Nov 10 [slides]
- Webinar: The S-97 Raider, VFS South Florida Chapter, Oct 22 [slides]
- Webinar: PEO AVN Electrical Power Systems: Positioning for the Future, VFS Redstone, Arizona and Philadelphia Chapters, Oct 22 [slides]
- Webinar: 21st Century Helicopter Design, VFS Stratford Chapter, Oct 21 [slides]
- Webinar: Composites design and manufacturing technology assimilation for the RACER rotorcraft, VFS hq, Oct 21 [slides]
- Webinar: Flight Testing the Bell 525 Relentless, VFS East New England Chapter, Sept 29
- Webinar: Audrey Brady's Flight Path, VFS Stratford, Sept 16 [slides]
- Webinar: Accelerating Towards Design-by-Analysis for Composite Aerospace Structures, VFS Arizona Chapter, Aug 25 [slides]
- Webinar: Rotorcraft as Robots, VFS SFBAC, Aug 20 [slides]
- Webinar: Impact of COVID-19 on Rotorcraft Operations, VFS East New England Chapter, May 28
- Helicopter Profile: Airbus H175 - Interview with Régis Magnac, Head of Oil & Gas and Leasing, Jan 2020
Electric VTOL Webinars & Interviews- eVTOL Writers Group: Levitate Capital Report on the Future of the Drone Economy Dario Constantive and Bastiaan Janmaat, Levitate Capital, Dec. 21 [slides]
- eVTOL Writers Group: EmbraerX and Airservices Australia release Concept of Operations for Urban Air Mobility, David Rottblatt, Eve Air Mobility and Kristian Cruickshank, Airservices Australia, Dec. 17 [slides]
- eVTOL Writers Group / VFS Montreal-Ottawa Chapter: Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium | A National Strategy for AAM in Canada, JR Hammond, Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium, Dec. 14 [slides]
- eVTOL Flight Test Council: Energy Reserves for Electrically Powered Aircraft, Mario Asselin, Asselin Inc., Dec. 9 [slides]
- eVTOL Flight Test Council: Simplified Vehicle Operations, Borja Martos, Ph.D and Noel Duerksen, Ph.D. Dec. 1 [slides]
- eVTOL Writers Group: CS Systemes and Communications: Interview with Jerome Casteret & Matthew Tkac, Sept. 15 [slides]
- eVTOL Writers Group: Dufour Aerospace: Interview with Thomas Pfammatter & Jasmine Kent, Sept. 9 [slides]
- Webinar: "Is Urban Air Mobility Really Disruptive?" VFS Stratford Chapter, Aug 19 [slides]
- eVTOL Writers Group: OneSky: "An Interview with CEO Bob Hammett," July 7
- eVTOL Writers Group: Wisk Aero: "An Interview with CEO Gary Gysin and CTO Jim Tighe," June 26
- Webinar: Transcend Air and the Vy 400R: VTOL for VIP Transport, VFS ENE Chapter, June 24 [slides]
- Webinar: Psychoacoustic Measures for UAM Noise in the Context of Ambient Sound, VFS SFBAC, June 11 [slides]
- eVTOL Writers Group: Jaunt Air Mobility webinar: "A Safe, Ultra-Quiet eVTOL UAM Solution — The Next Evolution in Aviation," April 3
- eVTOL Writers Group: Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI) webinar: "Adding the Third Dimension to Urban & Regional Transportation," March 3
- VFS interview: SkyDrive - Mark Blackwell, Jan 2020 (13:38)
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VFS interview: Tier 1 Engineering - Glen Dromgoole, Jan 2020 (11:45)
- Forum 76 videos
- Short Course on Electric VTOL Design, Dr. James Wang, Sept. 21-22
- Short Course on Model-Based Systems Engineering, Barry Papke, Sept. 24-25
- VFS Forum 76 introduction video, Sept. 23
- VFS Forum Testimonial by Stacy Sidle, Sept. 23
- VFS Forum Testimonial by Marilyn Smith, Sept. 25
- 40th Annual Nikolsky Lecture, "Flight Control Technology Advancements and Challenges for Future Rotorcraft," Dr. Mark Tischler, Sept. 30 [slides]
- 76th Annual Grand Awards Ceremony, Sept. 30
- Sikorsky President Dan Schultz congratulates 2020 VFS Award winners, Oct. 1
- Forum 76 full-registrants: Access to videos of all 250 presentations
- VFS/AUVSI Half-Day Webinar, Aug. 10, 2020
- Progress Towards Autonomous Vertical Flight: Pay-Per-View ($50)
- 14th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS), July 28-30, 2020 [slides]
- All three days video-on-demand: $125
- First day free (playlist)
- Day 1 Panel 1: Industry Overview
- Day 1 Panel 2: Commuter / Regional Service
- Day 1 Panel 3: Urban Air Mobility
- Day 1 Panel 4: UAM Community Integration
- Pre-Forum Special Sessions (Pay-per-view) [slides]
- US Military Rotorcraft Program Updates, May 19
- Future Vertical Lift (FVL) and Joint Multi-Role (JMR), May 20
- Challenges and Progress in Electric VTOL, May 21
- VFS eVTOL/UAM Infrastructure Series
- Intro: The Electric VTOL Revolution, webinar for ACMA, April 14 [slides]
- Webinar 1: Fire, Building and Electrical Codes for Vertiports, VFS webinar, April 15
- Webinar 2: Weather Systems, VFS Webinar, April 22
- Webinar 3: Noise and Acoustics, VFS Webinar, April 29
- Webinar 4: Urban / Municipality Planning & Land Use, VFS Webinar, May 6
- Video on demand: 3rd Workshop on eVTOL Infrastructure for UAM, Sept. 1-3, $200 [slides]
VFS videos from HAI Heli-Expo 2020, Jan 27-30- VFS Media Briefing: The Future of Vertical Flight, Jan 27
- Kopter Media Briefing, Jan 27
- Leonardo Helicopters Media Briefing, Jan 27
- HAI Urban Air Mobility Forum, Jan 28
- Leonardo Purchases Kopter - Part 1 (Announcement), Jan 28
- Leonardo Purchases Kopter - Part 2 (Media Q&A), Jan 28
- Airbus Helicopters Media Briefing, Jan 28
- MD Helicopters Media Briefing, Jan 28
- Robinson Helicopters Media Briefing, Jan 28
- Members only: VFS Panel: The ((Quiet)) The Electric VTOL Revolution, Jan 29
- 52 helicopters! Helicopter Flight Demos and Convention Fly-Out, Jan 30-31
The 7th Annual VFS Electric VTOL Symposium was held in San Jose, CA on Jan. 21-23. The invited presentations were video recorded and are available to all current VFS members at no charge. - Some 40 videos of the plenary and eVTOL presentations — more than 20 hours of video are available! (VFS members can also download PDFs of the presentations for free from the VFS Vertical Flight Library.)
- Short Course on Electric VTOL Technology: Video-on-demand for the latest 7-hour eVTOL short course is now available for purchase! Check out our past educational short courses for purchase.
2019
VFS Infrastructure Advisor Rex Alexander spoke about rotorcraft and eVTOL on panels at the National Business Aviation Association's Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) on Oct. 22-24, 2019. He conducted video interviews of executives at Bell and XTI Aircraft Company, as posted on the VFS YouTube Channel. - VFS produced in-depth video interviews of executives from A³ by Airbus (Vahana) and Opener (BlackFly) about their eVTOL aircraft at the Experimental Aviation Association’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in July. The videos are posted on the VFS YouTube Channel.
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VFS co-sponsored the CAFE Foundation’s 13th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium, held July 20-21, 2019, at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. EAS 2019 was held in conjunction with the Experimental Aviation Association’s annual AirVenture in Oshkosh, July 22-28. Two dozen of the world’s leading electric aircraft developers and technology experts spoke at EAS 2019, all of which are available for free viewing in 26 videos on the VFS YouTube Channel. Don’t have time to watch all the videos? We’ve summarized the key points for each speaker!
The special sessions and plenary events at Forum 75, May 13-17, 2019, were video recorded. All 18 videos — totaling more than 30 hours — have been processed and are now available for viewing at no cost to our members.-
Log in at the top of the page with your membership credentials and then check out the
Forum 75 videos!
- VFS videos from Heli-Expo 2019, March 4-7, 2019 (learn more)
- VFS media briefing, The Future of Vertical Flight, March 4
VFS panel on The Electric VTOL Revolution, March 6- Interviews at Heli-Expo, March 4-6
- SureFly Project Manager Jeffrey Bennett
- Hughes Aerospace Corp President & CEO, Chris Baur
- Adler Group’s VP, Daniele Romiti
- NEMSPA President, Brett Harlow
- Garmin: Pat Coleman
- Robinson Helicopter Press Conference, March 5
- MD Helicopters Press Conference, March 5
- Bell Nexus Partner Panel, March 6
- Sikorsky & The Space Ship Company Press Conference, March 6
- Airbus Helicopters Innovation Press Conference, March 6
The 6th Annual VFS Electric VTOL Symposium was held in Mesa, Arizona on Jan. 28-29, 2019. All of the invited presentations were video recorded and are available to all current VFS members at no charge. In addition, two short courses were given, which can be purchased through our video-on-demand system.- More than 50 videos of the plenary and eVTOL presentations — more than 20 hours of video are available!
- Short Course on Electric VTOL Design: This 7-hour course, taught by renowned eVTOL designer Dr. James Wang, provides an overview of the unique design challenges and opportunities of this new class of vehicles. Both electric and hybrid-electric passenger-carrying vertical flight aircraft are covered for a variety of missions ranging from personal/private use to urban air taxis to regional electric VTOL bizjets. Download the course description and register for this insightful course.
- Short Course on Electric VTOL Aeromechanics & Acoustic Prediction Software: This 1½ day was taught by Dr. Ken Brentner (Penn State), Dan Wachspress (Continuum Dynamics), Dr. Rob McDonald (Uber Elevate) and Alex Gary (Uber Elevate). The course instructed attendees on how to use PSU-WOPWOP, CDI's CHARM and NASA's OpenVSP modeling tools to conduct acoustic prediction of Electric VTOL configurations. Download the course description and purchase the video-on-demand recording this groundbreaking course — only $99 for an 8.5 hours of training.
2018
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The opening of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Center for Mobility with Vertical Lift (MOVE) was held on Oct. 2-3, 2018, at the university, located in Troy, New York. VFS video-captured all the presentations.
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VFS sponsored the video capture of the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation's 12th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS), held July 21–22, 2018 in conjunction with the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. These videos can be found on the VFS YouTube Channel; see also the VFS Electric VTOL News website for more information.
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The special sessions and plenary events at Forum 74 were video recorded and are now available for viewing. Check out the Forum 74 videos. -
In addition, the two short courses held at Forum 74 are available on a pay-per-view video-on-demand basis. Check out these trailers as an example of the in-depth technical content provided in more than 5 hours of lectures each!
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Rotorcraft Modeling Short Course: This course was held in conjunction with Forum 74 and reviews various rotorcraft configurations and the challenges they represent, examines how static and periodic trim are achieved, and explores blade dynamics, rotor aerodynamics and wake modeling.
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Electric VTOL Short Course: The Vertical Flight Society's inaugural Short Course on Electric VTOL Technology was held in conjunction with Forum 74. The online course includes lectures on fundamentals of eVTOL, permanent magnet motors and hybrid electric VTOL experience.
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VFS conducted a 1-hour Press Briefing at Heli-Expo 2018 entitled, “The Electric VTOL Revolution,” on Feb. 28, 2018.
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The 5th Annual Transformative Vertical Flight (TVF) Workshop was held in Jan. 2018 in San Francisco: Presentations and videos | summary article | event page
2017
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The 4th Annual Transformative Vertical Flight (TVF) Workshop was held in June 2017 as part of AIAA's AVIATION 2017 conference: Presentations and video
2015
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The 2nd Annual Transformative Vertical Flight (TVF) Workshop was held in Aug. 2015 at NASA Ames: Presentations and video | summary article | event page | proceedings
2012
- The 2012 Alexander A. Nikolsky Lecture, "Handling Qualities Engineering," by Prof. Gareth Padfield, was given again on Oct. 17, 2012 by the (then) AHS Atlanta Chapter. It was held at and recorded by Georgia Institute of Technology.
We also have a great collection of videos and lectures on electric VTOL, historical aircraft, the human powered helicopter competition and much more on our @VTOLsociety channel on YouTube. Check them out!
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