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    Aug 25, 2025 - Commentary: Excuse the Mess… A Farewell and a New Beginning for Vertiflite

    Angelo Collins, VFS Executive Director

    For more than 25 years, Mike Hirschberg has been a driving force behind Vertiflite magazine, first as a contributing author and advisor to the American Helicopter Society starting in 1997, then as part-time Managing Editor from 1999 to 2011, and ultimately as Editor-in-Chief and Publisher through July 2025.

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    Sep 10, 2026 - Commentary: The Questions Students Are Asking

    Take a moment and imagine a world without the Vertical Flight Society. Without the Society, vertical flight would still exist, but it would not look the same, and technologies would not have evolved as rapidly as they have.

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