Vertical Flight Society Continues Record Growth, Reaches 150 Corporate Members
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15 new companies joined VFS as corporate members in the first quarter of 2021
The Vertical Flight Society s corporate membership has doubled over the past decade, despite the global military helicopter procurement downturn beginning in 2014.
Over the past three years, corporate membership has grown by 50% and the number of individual members has increased by 15%. FAIRFAX, Va. (PRWEB) April 15, 2021 The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), the world’s leading non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight, reports today that it has continued to experience record growth, propelled largely by the continued expansion of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developments around the world.
Vertical Flight Society continues record growth Vertical Flight Society Press Release | April 15, 2021
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The Vertical Flight Society (VFS), the world’s leading non-profit organization working to advance vertical flight, reports that it has continued to experience record growth, propelled largely by the continued expansion of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developments around the world.
BAAZ GmbH in Germany was one of 15 new companies who joined VFS since January 2021. BAAZ Photo
“Despite the pandemic, interest and investment in the eVTOL industry has accelerated, representing one of the few bright spots in what has been a very challenging time for most of the civil aviation industry,” said VFS Executive Director Mike Hirschberg. “VFS has been leading efforts to advance electric vertical flight for the past seven years and have helped create a largest technical community across the entire eVTOL eco
VFS welcomed 36 new corporate members in 2020 Vertical Flight Society Press Release | January 29, 2021
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The Vertical Flight Society the world’s first and foremost non-profit technical organization dedicated to advancing vertical flight saw record growth in the number of corporate members again in 2020. As of Jan. 1, 2021, a total of 137 companies are now members of VFS, a net 15% growth over 2020 and a doubling over the past five years. In addition to the traditional core members from the global rotorcraft industry, much of the growth in members is due to the extensive support efforts and resources that VFS provides to the electric/hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) industry.