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UK CAA Downwash/Outwash webinar

• 15 Apr 2025 09:24 AM
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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

World’s First Piloted Hydrogen VTOL Lifts Off in Quebec

• 02 Apr 2025 04:26 PM
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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.

TVF 2025 Resources

• 25 Mar 2025 05:00 PM
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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!

TVF 2025 Highlights AAM Progress and Challenges — Part 5: eVTOL Propulsion Developments

• 25 Mar 2025 01:31 PM
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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.

TVF 2025 Highlights AAM Progress and Challenges — Part 4: Small eVTOL Aircraft Developments

• 25 Mar 2025 09:00 AM
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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. 

TVF 2025 Highlights AAM Progress and Challenges — Part 3: Electric VTOL Leaders

• 20 Mar 2025 10:39 PM
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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.

Press Release: Vertical Flight Society Announces 2025 Individual Recipients of Its Prestigious Award

• 20 Mar 2025 11:06 AM
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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).

TVF 2025 Highlights AAM Progress and Challenges — Part 2: AAM Perspectives

• 19 Mar 2025 04:42 PM
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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. 

TVF 2025 Highlights AAM Progress and Challenges — Part 1: Introduction

• 18 Mar 2025 10:00 AM
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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.

Press Release: Vertical Flight Society Electric VTOL Directory Hits 1,100 Designs

• 18 Mar 2025 09:00 AM
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The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), the world’s leading non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight, announces today that the number of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft concepts being tracked in its World eVTOL Aircraft Directory has now reached 1,100 concepts from more than 450 designers.