American Helicopter Society – Philadelphia

VFS 75th Anniversary Event May 13th 2019

Those attending Forum 75 may purchase tickets as part of their registration. VFS Philadelphia Chapter Members may purchase tickets at: www.vtol.org/historic-evening. Tickets are limited!

AHS Dinner Meeting January 17th 2018
Topic:             First Air Voyage in America

Speakers:      Eric Kocher, Retired Boeing Test Pilot

    Carris Kocher, Certified Tour Guide & Aviation Enthusiast

Place:             West End Boat Club

    500 West 2nd Street, Essington, PA 19029

Time:              Cocktails – 6:00 pm, Dinner & Presentation – 7:00 pm

Registration:   Deadline Noon Thursday, January 11th, Please!
Please email dinnermeetings@ahsphillypa.org

This is new! Late registrations will not be accommodated

Event Cost:    Members $25

   Member + Spouse $45

   Guests of AHS Members $30

   Non-Members $35

   Student Members $15

POC:              Scott Bouwer or Lauren Anderson
No shows costs your chapter money!

AHS Technical Lunch January 19th

Three Presentations:

Title:             Artificial Icing Flight Test Campaign for the AW609 Tiltrotor: On-Board Test Director Challenges

  and Lessons Learned

Speaker:       Darren Tallie, AW609 Senior Flight Test Engineer

Title:             Stabilization of External Loads in Rotorcraft in High-Speed Flight Using a Reduced Order Mode

and linear Quadratic Regulator

Speaker:       Ajay Singh, MS Aerospace Engineering at Penn State

Title:             An Efficient CFD Approach for Multicopter Simulations

Speaker:      Jason Cornelius, BS Aerospace Engineering at Penn State

Place:            Boeing Site Building: 3-01, 1st floor, Conf H4 PICES Room

Time:             11:30AM – 1:00PM

Presentation is open to members and non-members

POC:              Jack Chisholm or 610-591-6780

If you require a visitors pass to enter Boeing premises, Please contact Jack Chisholm.

AHS Dinner Meeting December 5th
Topic:             XV-24A Lightning Strike VTOL Experimental Aircraft

Winner of the DARPA VTOL X-Plane Competition

Speakers:      Carl Shaefer

    Program Manager, XV-24A Lightning Strike VTOL X-Plane

    Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation

Place:             American Helicopter Museum And Education Center

    1220 American Boulevard, West Chester, PA 19380

Time:              Cocktails – 5:30 pm, Dinner & Presentation – 6:30 pm

Registration:   Deadline Noon Tuesday, November 28th, Please!
Please email dinnermeetings@ahsphillypa.org

This is new! Late registrations will not be accommodated

Event Cost:    Members $25

   Member + Spouse $45

   Guests of AHS Members $30

   Non-Members $35

   Student Members $15

POC:              Scott Bouwer
No shows costs your chapter money!