Penn State VFS

The Pennsylvania State University Chapter of the Vertical Flight Society

[Penn State VFS @PennState_VFS]

Last weekend a few members of VFS got to tour the National Air and Space Museum and the Udvar-Hazy Center. There were many interesting aircraft and rotorcraft to see at both museums! They also had time to walk around Washington DC and explore the Capital.

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Another successful pilot panel! Our panelists offered diverse experiences, engaging with student questions and inspiring our future engineers and pilots.

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Students were delighted to see the extensive collection of aircraft at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio!

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Join us today (Wednesday, April 17) at 5:00 PM EST in Hammond Building, Room 308, for our highly anticipated pilot panel! There will be a pizza reception with our panelists after. Hope to see you there!

[Penn State Government and Community Relations @PennStateGov]

A 746,000,000-mile @penn_state journey is preparing to blast off.

Alex Duffy, aerospace engineering student, presented a Lego model of the Dragonfly rotorcraft, a Penn State and partner universities project with @NASA, to Hunter Ridgway, Chief of Staff for @RepCartwright.

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Join us on Wednesday, March 27 at 5:00 PM EST in Sackett Building, Room 117, for a Tech Talk from Steve Schmidt! There will be pizza, we hope to see you there!

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🚁 ✈️ @PennState_VFS recently hosted the ninth annual STEM Rotor Day, an outreach event for K-12 students and their families! Check it out ⬇️

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Join us on Monday, March 25 at 3:30 PM EST in Hammond Building, Room 212, for a Tech Talk from Gwen Lighter and Dan Newman!  Hope to see you there!

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Join us on Tuesday, February 13 at 5:30 PM EST in Hammond Building, Room 214, for a Tech Talk from Dr. Junyi Geng!

There will be pizza, see you there!

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Join us on Monday, January 22 at 5:30 PM EST for a Tech Talk from Dr. Dale Ashby, John Heilmann, and Dr. Conor Marr!

The talk will be in Hammond Building, Room 212, and pizza will be provided.  See you there!

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Check out these photos from the Coast Guard's visit to Penn State Health!

https://t.co/pxHFHm7W0i

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Thank you Bryan Baskin for your Tech Talk!

And thank you for spending many hours in one-on-one meetings with our students!

We are glad to have learned a lot from your expertise in the rotorcraft industry.

[Penn State VFS @PennState_VFS]

Join us this Wednesday, November 1st at 6 PM EST in Room 327, Sackett for a seminar from Bryan Baskin!

He will share about his experience at Bell Flight and discuss the various career paths available in the rotorcraft industry. See you there!

[Penn State VFS @PennState_VFS]

Thank you Marc Sheffler for the Tech Talk! We were glad to hear about your experience designing a stealth helicopter!

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Join us next Thursday, October 26 at 6 PM EST for an exciting Tech Talk from Marc Sheffler!

He will be talking about the challenges of designing a stealth helicopter in room 327, Sackett. Don't miss it!

[Penn State College of Engineering @PSUEngineering]

.@PennState_VFS’s seventh annual STEM Rotor Day was a success! This student-run event introduces elementary and middle schoolers to aerospace engineering concepts via interactive activities and tours of @PSUAerospace's labs. Check it out ⬇️

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Join us on Tuesday April 26 at 6:30 PM for our annual Pilot Panel! Complete this form to receive the Zoom link: https://t.co/azOeQHZPr0

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Join us on Thursday April 14 at 6 PM for our Tech Talk! Mr. Eric Fallabel will be presenting “MV-22 Osprey Frequency Response Testing Lessons Learned​.” Complete this form to receive the Zoom link: https://t.co/NjkZGpsw2K

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Join us on Tues March 15 at 6 PM Eastern for our Tech Talk! Ms. Caitlin Berrigan of Bell will be presenting “Bell V-280 System Identification and Model Validation with Flight Test Data​” in 221 Hammond and via Zoom:
Register to obtain the Zoom link: https://t.co/VgtbJ47cpA

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UPDATE: in-person room changed to 221 Hammond
On Wednesday February 23 at 6 PM Eastern time for our Tech Talk! Prof. Seongkyu Lee of UC Davis will be presenting “Recent Progress in Urban Air Mobility Noise Predictions” in 221 Hammond and via Zoom: https://t.co/DNQLsFZDJN