January-February 2026 Vertiflite Online
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The January/February 2026 issue of Vertiflite magazine is online!
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Featured In This Issue:
- Commentary: Executive Director’s Visit to Bell Textron
- Thank You to Our 2025 VFF Donors
- Washington Report
- Rotorcraft News
- CycloTech Soars to New Milestone
- New VFS Corporate Members
- NASA Crash Tests: Planning for eVTOL Emergencies
- eVTOL Leaders
- Electric VTOL News
- VFS Supports AAM at Airtec 2025
- Coming to Terms: Electric Aircraft and Powertrain Lexicon, Part 2
- Leadership Profile: David Rancourt
- The 2025 Dubai Airshow
- Georgia Tech Opens New Aircraft Prototyping Laboratory
- Technical Council Corner
- VFS Chapter Updates
- In Memoriam
- Calendar of Events
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About Our Cover
CycloTech conducted a flight test campaign with its BlackBird demonstrator (shown) from March to August 2025 to validate the scalability of 360-degree, thrust vectoring CycloRotor propulsion. (CycloTech photo)
Posted: February 5, 2026