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Vertical Flight Society Announces 2021 Vertical Flight Foundation Scholarship Recipients
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$100,000 in Total Scholarships Awarded to 27 Students
The Vertical Flight Society s $100,000 in annual VFF Scholarships go to the world s top aerospace engineering students interested in vertical flight aircraft. (2018 winners)
Through the incredible generosity of our members, we have been able to greatly expand the program in recent years. Over the past decade, we have now awarded 238 scholarships worth more than $750,000. FAIRFAX, Va. (PRWEB) April 03, 2021 The Vertical Flight Society is pleased to announce its 2021 Vertical Flight Foundation (VFF) scholarship recipients. Scholarships totaling $100,000 are being awarded this year to 27 of the world’s most talented engineering students interested in vertical flight.
The Vertical Flight Society has awarded scholarships totaling $100,000 to 27 of the world’s most talented engineering students interested in vertical flight.
This webinar took place March 15, 2021.
Exciting new technologies and designs are beginning to broaden dramatically the once-limited horizons of vertical lift. Can industry break out of the mold that has shaped this sector for decades?
Nick Lappos, Sikorsky senior technical fellow and chair of the U.S. National Academies Committee on Advanced Air Mobility, and Mike Hirschberg, executive director of the Vertical Flight Society, join Aviation Week editors for a deep dive into what’s coming – military and civil, manned and unmanned, conventional and eVTOL –and which ideas are most likely to succeed.
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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.