Learn about current and upcoming webinars or check out all of our videos on the VFS Video Library page!
The Vertical Flight Society has been hosting virtual technical sessions, workshops, presentations and interviews on timely and relevant topics in VTOL and eVTOL. These webinars were hosted either by VFS headquarters or by our chapters around the world.
These programs provide important information to help the community continue advancing vertical flight.
| Dec. 7: Teledyne FLIR - Leading Perception and Awareness Solutions, VFS Arizona, Philadelphia and Redstone Chapters Speaker: Mr. Stuart Hartwell, Director, Army Business Development, Teledyne FLIR Defense Technologies  |
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| Dec. 6: Flight Controls and Sim Research at PSU VLRCOE, VFS Redstone Chapter Speaker: Dr. Joe Horn, Professor, Penn State  |
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| Dec. 1: Insect-Scale Flapping-Wing Aerial Robots Powered by Soft Artificial Muscles, VFS ENE Chapter Speaker: Dr. Kevin Chen, Assistant Professor, MIT  |
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| Nov. 29: Hydrogen-Powered Vertical Aviation, The $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Act & Other Recent Enabling Legislation Speakers: Sam Whitehorn, Co-Founder and Principal, Elevate Government Affairs Kelly Lugar, Executive Vice President, Elevate Government Affairs  |
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| Nov. 9: GoFly and the Development of Aria, a Compact, Ultra-Quiet Personal Electric Helicopter, VFS Southwest Chapter Speaker: Dr. David Coleman, PhD Graduate, Texas A&M Univeristy  |
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| Oct 20: Next Generation Pilots: Training and Certification, VFS Montreal-Ottawa Chapter Speakers: Mr. Yann Lavallee, Senior Experimental Test Pilot, Bell Mr. Giorgio Clementi, President, International Test Pilots School Ms. Stella-Marissa Hughes, Strategy and Business Development, CAE  |
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| September 30: CH146 Griffon Limited Life Extension, VFS Ottawa-Montreal Chapter Speakers: Mr. Donald Falardeau, Program Manager, Griffon, Bell Mr. Pierre Drouin, Manager, Systems Engineering, Griffon, Bell Mr. Andrew Sayer, ILS Manager and Certification Lead, Bell Special Guest: Maj. Francois Roy, Canadian Armed Forces  |
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| Aug. 11: eVTOL Writers Group Interview: Overair Speakers: Ben Tigner, Craig Smith, Dan Salcius, Josh Aronoff, Colin Shaw and James Orbon, Overair  |
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| Wed., July 7: eVTOL Writers Group Interview: CAE Inc. Christopher Courtney, Director of Advanced Air Mobility, CAE Timothy Schoenauer, Director, Global Training Solutions BAT/HAT, CAE  |
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| Thu., July 1: Raising $tartup Capital: eVTOL Financing 101 - Lesson 4 Max Frischman, Eagle Point Funding Phoenicia Miracle, Miracle Strategies  |
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| June 29, 2021: eVTOL Certification 101, E-VTOL Flight Test Council Speaker: David Webber, FAA Aircraft Certification/Standards  |
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| June 28: 2021 BETA Technologies' Herman Wiegman, VFS East New England Chapter Moderator: Harry Nahatis, ENE Chapter President Speaker: Herman Wiegman, BETA Technologies  |
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| June 25, 2021: FAA and VFS Present the Vision Systems Summit Moderator: Cliff Johnson, FAA Speakers: Carlo Tiana, Collins Trish Ververs, Honeywell   “Sightlines: The Emerging Role of Advanced Vision Systems for Vertical Flight” Advancements in Vision System technologies offers the potential to “see” clearly in degraded visual environments (DVE); such as those often experienced by rotorcraft. Helicopters are no stranger to challenging operational environments at low altitudes, over water, at night, in high and low lighting conditions, in obstacle-rich environments, and during less-than-ideal weather conditions. Rotorcraft pilots are frequently called upon to operate to and from sites that lack the real estate to support the necessary infrastructure for instrument approaches similar to those used by fixed-wing pilots (i.e. approach lighting and instrument landing systems). To confront these challenges, enhance safety, mitigate risk, and reduce accidents/incidents, the rotorcraft community embracing advanced technological solutions. These solutions include advanced Vision Systems technologies that can provide increased situational awareness capabilities to detect and remain clear of obstacles and weather in visually degraded environments. This summit is being presented in partnership with the United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST), EUROCAE/RTCA WG-79/SC-213, the Helicopter Association International (HAI), the General Aviation Manufacturer’s Association (GAMA), and other safety teams, government, and industry organizations representing the vertical flight community. |
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| June 22-23: 2021 Short Course on Introduction to Practical Cost Estimating Methods for VTOL Aircraft Instructors: Robert Scott & Michael Vegh  Are you working to build the next great VTOL aircraft? Do you share an interest in trying to solve one of the great challenges to the application of rotorcraft? Whether you’re a student of aircraft design, a professional engineer, or a program manager, this short course is for you. In this 2 day class, we will explain the language, methods, and strategies that define the field of aerospace cost engineering as it is applied to VTOL aircraft. This class will teach you how to estimate and describe the cost of an aircraft and how to identify an affordable design. More information about the course can be found here. |
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| June 17: 2021 NASA Aeronautics Contributions to the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, VFS AZ&PHL&Redstone Chapters Speaker: Susan Gorton, NASA  |
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| June 14-15: 2021 Short Course on Electric VTOL Technology Lead Instructor: Anubhav Datta, University of Maryland Instructors: Michael Ricci, Launchpoint Technologies James Baeder, University of Maryland Bob Hess, BAE Systems  The Vertical Flight Society’s signature eVTOL class was expanded over 2-days with in-depth coverage of industry-standard battery systems development (BAE), advanced high-power hybrid-electric hardware (LaunchPoint), PEM fuel cells and hydrogen propulsion and as always, the fundamentals of Vertical Lift and rotor aeromechanics from design to state-of-the-art in acoustics (Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center, University of Maryland). More information about the course can be found here. |
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| Tue., June 8: VFS eVTOL Writers Group Interview - Electric Power Systems Nathan Millecam, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer Randy Dunn, Co-Founder, Chief Science Officer Michael Armstrong, Chief Technology Officer  |
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| Thu., June 3: Raising $tartup Capital: eVTOL Financing 101 - Lesson 3 Danielle McLean, Happy Takeoff Alice Cummings, Vyrtx Carl Dietrich, Jump Aero  |
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Tue., June 1: Agricultural Spraying Operations in Vertical Lift, VFS Ottawa-Montreal Chapter Speakers: Historical Perspective: Ken Swartz Helicopter Spray System Design: Wesley Reid, DART Academic Research: Mozhdeh Shahbazi, PhD, PEng, Centre de géomatique du Québec Drone spraying: Nicolas DesChamps and Gil Weisman, Drone DesChamps |
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| Thu., May 6: Raising $tartup Capital: eVTOL Financing 101 - Lesson 2 Lecturers: Michael Dyment, NEXA Capital Van Espahbodi, Starburst  |
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| Wed., Apr. 28: Robotic Exploration of Titan with Dragonfly, a Multi-rotor Relocatable Lander, VFS Stratford Chapter Lecturer: Douglas S. Adams, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab  |
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| Fri., April 23: VFS Hampton Roads Chapter Virtual Luncheon Speaker: Ms. Susan Gorton, NASA  |
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Fri., April 23: Recent Vertical Lift Research at the National Research Council of Canada, VFS Montreal Chapter Agenda: Intro to NRC, IAM & Canadian Vertical Lift Autonomy Demonstration research – Mr. Derek Gowanlock, NRC-Canada Rotorcraft Flight Sim Model Fidelity Improvement – Bill Gubbels, NRC-Canada In-flight Physiological Monitoring of Pilot Workload – Dr. Andrew Law, NRC-Canada Drone Impact Testing – Dr. Azzedine Dadouche, NRC-Canada |
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| Thu., April 22: US Army Aviation Policy for Advanced Manufactured Aircraft Parts, VFS Philadelphia, Arizona and Redstone Chapters Moderator: Ed Martin, US Army Speaker: Mark Ratliff, US Army  |
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| Thu., April 8: Raising $tartup Capital: eVTOL Financing 101 - Lesson 1 Facilitator: Dana Jensen, Gemini Industries Lecturer: Kirsten Bartok Touw, New Vista Acquisition Corp  |
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| Thu., April 1: UAS/UAM Becoming a Reality, VFS Philadelphia, Arizona and Redstone Chapters Moderator: Colton Marchesseault, Boeing Speaker: Hector Garcia, Honeywell  |
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| Wed., March 24: Joby Aviation Journey in Urban Air Mobility, VFS Stratford Chapter Moderator: Alexander Mark, Sikorsky Speaker: Maryam Khoshlahjeh, Joby Aviation  |
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| Wed., March 24:VFS eVTOL Writers Group Interview - Real-Time Innovations Moderator: Kelsey Reichmann, Avionics International Speaker: Chip Downing, Senior Market Development Director of Aerospace and Defense, Real-Time Innovations  |
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| Tue., March 9: System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) for Flight Testers, VFS eVTOL Flight Test Council Moderator: Al Lawless, Chair Speaker: Nancy Leveson, Professor, MIT |
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| Tue., Feb. 24: Motion Amplification® and Camera-Based Full Field Vibration Techniques, VFS Stratford Chapter Moderator: Mark Alexander, Sikorsky Speaker: Jeff Hay, CEO, RDI Technologies  |
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| Tue., Feb. 23: Los Angeles County Fire-Air Operations: Saving lives from the air, VFS East New England Chapter Moderator: Harry Nahatis, ENE Chapter President Speakers: Dennis Blumenthal, Chief of Helicopter Maintenance Patrick Sprengel, Former Battalion Chief of Air Operations  |
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| Wed., Feb. 17: VFS eVTOL Writers Group Interview - Embention Moderator: Kelsey Reichmann, Avionics International Speaker: Javier Espuch, Business Development Manager  |
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| Wed., Feb. 10: VFS eVTOL Writers Group Interview - Volocopter Moderator: Charles Alcock, Senior Editor, AIN Publications Speaker: Florian Reuter, CEO, Volocopter Oliver Reinhardt, Head of Certification & Quality, Volocopter  |
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| Thu., Feb. 4: Quarterly Membership Meeting of the Federal City Chapter Moderator: Rich Koucheravy, VFS Federal City Chapter President Speaker: James Sutherland, University of Maryland  |
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| Tue., Jan. 19: Austin Meyer - How X-Plane can be used for eVTOL flight, eVTOL Flight Test Council Moderator: Peter Schmidt, Transcend Speaker: Austin Meyer, X-Plane  |
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