Help tackle the toughest challenges in vertical flight
Our members enjoy numerous opportunities to stay on the cutting edge. Keep current at our Annual Forum, frequent meetings and events, and activities with your local chapter. Or, participate in our technical committees, covering every aspect of vertical flight from Acoustics and Aerodynamics to Safety and Unmanned VTOL aircraft.
The latest from the Vertical Flight Society
Forum Updates Forum Returns to Virginia Beach. Forum 81 will be held again in Virginia Beach, home to the military community of Hampton Roads, Virginia and the industry's most distinguished aviation organizations specializing in research and development, flight testing, aviation safety and modeling/simulation.
Home to Joint Base Langley-Eustis and more than 100,000 active-duty military personnel serving all branches of the US Armed Forces, Hampton Roads, Virginia will serve as an ideal backdrop to Forum 81. Learn more about Forum 81. Online registration coming soon!
Join us in Virginia Beach for the biggest and best vertical flight technology conference in the world!
Annual Forum
The VFS Forum is the world's leading international technical event on vertical flight technology.
Learn more about our annual Forum
Students
As a student member, you can take part in student-focused contests, scholarships, student chapters, and more.
Learn more about student membership
Join us at upcoming events
Each year, VFS organizes meetings and activities around the world that advance the state of the art of VTOL aircraft technology.
Learn more about our events
Contests and awards
Hundreds of VFS members have been recognized over our 80-year history as the world's outstanding leaders in vertical flight.
Learn more about contests and awards
VFS then and now
Discover how the Vertical Flight Society has been driving innovation in the field of vertical flight since 1943.
Learn more about our rich history
Get the latest news
Want to keep current? VFS offers several ways for you to receive the latest vertical flight news and announcements.
Read our latest news and announcements
Check out the VFS Library
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Videos and Event Presentations
VFS has an extensive library of educational videos on vertical flight. Taken from technical meetings, symposiums, webinars, interviews and more, many are available free or discounted to VFS members.
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Meeting Proceedings and Technical Papers
The Vertical Flight Resource Library includes over 16,000 downloadable papers from nearly all Forum Proceedings from 1943 to today, as well as papers from more than 100 Technical Meetings.
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Vertiflite Magazine
The Vertical Flight Resource Library provides access to 70+ years of the award-winning Vertiflite magazine, the official publication of the Vertical Flight Society. Members can download PDF versions going all the way back to 1953. Interactive online versions are available back to 2011.
Explore these other member resources
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eVTOL.news
The Electric VTOL News—your foremost resource for eVTOL news and information
The Electric VTOL News highlights the incredible promise and progress of battery-electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen-electric powered vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The site focuses primarily on non-helicopter VTOL aircraft large enough to carry passengers without conventional helicopter flight controls.
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Hover
Hover—your home for online networking and collaboration
Visit Hover, your online home for networking with your fellow members.
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Vertipedia
Vertipedia—your "one-stop shop" for vertical flight facts and figures
Check out Vertipedia, your resource for information on milestones in the history of vertical flight and the people who made them possible, facts and figures on vertical flight aircraft, targeted searches of vertical flight data, and more!
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VFS Image Gallery
The VFS Image Gallery—your source for more than 11,000 images
Check out the VFS Image Gallery, home to over 11,000 images—many taken by VFS members! With over 24GB of image data (and growing all the time), the gallery features photos from the earliest days of vertical flight up to the future of possibilities.
Who is the Vertical Flight Society?
