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Vertiflite recently caught up with Moble Benedict, an associate professor of aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University and founder of its Advanced Vertical Flight Laboratory (AVFL) with 20 years of experience in VTOL aircraft concepts.
The Vertical Flight Society’s fifth annual Design-Build-Vertical Flight (DBVF) Student Competition returned to Churchville, Maryland, this spring with renewed energy, an urgent mission theme and a powerful demonstration of student ingenuity.
The first piloted aircraft to make a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) powered by a hydrogen fuel cell made its first flight at Roland-Désourdy Airport (ICAO: CZBM) in Bromont, Québec, Canada, on March 27, 2025.
The Vertical Flight Society will hold a 1-hour webinar on Tuesday, April 29 at 11:30 am - 12:30 pm US EDT (GMT-4) featuring an outbrief of the UK Civil Aviation Authority
The Vertical Flight Society held its Transformative Vertical Flight (TVF) 2025 meeting at the Phoenix Convention Center on Feb. 4–6, 2025. This critical meeting included the 12th Electric VTOL Symposium and the 11th Biennial Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting, as well as the annual Short Course on Electric VTOL Design. Check out all these great resources!
The Vertical Flight Society’s TVF 2025 was held at Phoenix Convention Center on Feb. 4–6, 2025, including the 12th Electric VTOL symposium and the 11th Biennial Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting.
The TVF 2025 program featured presentations by two electric motor companies, three developers of hybrid-electric (heVTOL) propulsion systems and four companies developing hydrogen-electric VTOL (H2eVTOL) aircraft.
The Vertical Flight Society’s TVF 2025 was held at Phoenix Convention Center on Feb. 4–6, 2025, including the 12th Electric VTOL symposium and the 11th Biennial Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting. TVF 2025 program featured presentations by companies developing electric motors, hybrid-electric propulsion systems and hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered electric aircraft.
The Vertical Flight Society’s TVF 2025 was held at Phoenix Convention Center on Feb. 4–6, 2025, including the 12th Electric VTOL symposium and the 11th Biennial Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting. The leaders of the US eVTOL industry will well-represented at TFV 2025, as well as leading companies from Brazil and Japan.
The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) today announces the 2025 individual recipients of its prestigious awards program. Since its establishment in 1944, the VFS awards program has paid tribute to the outstanding leaders of vertical flight and served as a catalyst for stimulating technological advances. The 2025 award recipients will be honored at the Grand Awards Banquet on May 22, 2025, as part of the 81st Annual Forum and Technology Display in Virginia Beach, Virginia (www.vtol.org/forum).
The Vertical Flight Society’s TVF 2025 was held at Phoenix Convention Center on Feb. 4–6, 2025, including the 12th Electric VTOL symposium and the 11th Biennial Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting. Tom Perkowski, Founding Principal at Apex View, moderated the annual AAM Perspectives Session.
