Update your bookmarks, we’re soon moving from vfsphilly.org to our new home within the main VFS site @ vfsphilly.vtol.org!
With any move or renovation, there’s always some dust kicked up along the way. Please mind our appearance and be patient as we migrate to our new home! Don’t hesitate to reach out if you find any broken bits!
Wings ‘N Wheels is a long-running outdoor, family focused community event which attracts adults and children for a lively display of vintage and antique cars and aircraft. This event takes place always on the second Saturday in September.
Attendees enjoy a wide variety of events throughout Wings Field including a structure constructed by the Boy Scouts; a “Wing Off” competition featuring chicken wings from local restaurants, a Robotics display, different Police K-9 Units, food, music and sightseeing plane rides provided by Angel Flight East pilots!
Additional info on our Upcoming Events page and the Angel Flight East website
On May 22nd we had the pleasure of hearing from Senior Aero Engineer Chris Bellido, who presented a very interesting talk about the development of the X-59 QUESST.
Thanks to our friends at AIAA for hosting the virtual speaker event.
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
On Tuesday March 26, VFS members joined AIAA to hear from virtual guest speaker Todd Barber on the 20th anniversary of the first pictures being published by the Cassini spacecraft team!
On Wednesday February 28th, VFS Philly heard from Kaydon Stanzione, CEO of LogistiWerx Inc and VFS Membership VP and the American Helicopter Museum and Education Center. In addition to his extensive experience in advanced technology development, Kaydon has aided both VFS and AIAA in varying capacities – especially in expanding student outreach and programs.
VFS Philadelphia had the great opportunity to hear from VFS Executive Director Angelo Collins at our January 24,m 2024 dinner meeting at the Inn at Swarthmore! We want to give a big thank you to our sponsor, Insight Global, for a great night!
