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UK CAA Downwash/Outwash webinar

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

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GoAERO Awards $500,000 to Stage 1 Teams

GoAERO Awards $500,000 to Stage 1 Teams

  • 30 Mar 2025 08:35 AM
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The GoAERO Prize global competition to create emergency response flyers announced on Feb. 11 the award of $100,000 to 11 industry and university teams for their Stage 1 prototype designs, as well as $400,000 to 14 teams at US universities with support from NASA.

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Here Come the Hybrids! VerdeGo Aero Offers Three Hybrid-Electric Products

Here Come the Hybrids! VerdeGo Aero Offers Three Hybrid-Electric Products

  • 25 Mar 2025 08:00 PM
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The founders of VerdeGo Aero have long believed that hybrid-electric propulsion was going to be a key enabling technology for a new generation of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL), electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) and electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft to be commercially successful.

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VerdeGo Aero: The Founders

VerdeGo Aero: The Founders

  • 25 Mar 2025 05:48 PM
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Erik Lindbergh, the grandson of the famed trans-Atlantic aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, helped launch the XPRIZE Foundation in 1996, which offered a cash award for the first team that could build and launch a rocket into space, and do it again in two weeks.

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TVF 2025 Resources

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!

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

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.

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

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. 

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

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.

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

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).

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

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. 

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