The 2018-2019 VFS-GT chapter elected new officers on September 27th 2018. They are excited for the year ahead. Stay tuned for more information about the chapter events online at this address and on Facebook.

Vertical Flight Society at Georgia Tech
The 2018-2019 VFS-GT chapter elected new officers on September 27th 2018. They are excited for the year ahead. Stay tuned for more information about the chapter events online at this address and on Facebook.
Last Spring, AHS International changed its name to the Vertical Flight Society to “be a more accurate reflection of [their] membership and [their] role in the world”.
The Society has a new logo, and so does the GT chapter! More details can be found online.
Two student teams from GT ranked second for the grad and undergrad VFS student competition “A Reconfigurable VTOL Aircraft”. The challenge, sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Lab was “ to design a Group 3 size unmanned VTOL aircraft that achieves high-speed forward flight (relative to current VTOL aircraft) and efficient hover through the use of novel reconfigurable propulsive and lifting devices.”
The graduate concept “KnightFlyer” and undergraduate design “Helluvacopter” are illustrated here:
Congratulations to all the participants.
More details can be found on the VFS website.
Four Georgia Tech students were awarded AHS Vertical Flight Founstation (VFF) Scholarships: Chams Eddine Mballo, Brian Eberle, Max-Daniel Sokollek and Nicholson Koukpaizan. The awards will be given during the 74th annual AHS Forum in Phoenix, Arizon. More details about past winners and VFF here. Congrats to this year’s recipients!
The American Helicopter Society (AHS) International announced this week that it has selected the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering for inclusion in its Vertical Flight Heritage Sites, a distinction earned by just 10 sites worldwide. More details and news about the school of AE at the following link.
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