The Boston Chapter of the Vertical Flight Society is pleased to announce our next dinner meeting on Monday, November 5th with Tony Gonzalez, Director of Global Fleet Services of PHI, Inc. (http://www.phihelico.com) Hope to see you there!
Tag Archive: Boston
Oct 01
Great dinner event with John Tylko, Chief Innovation Officer of Aurora Flight Sciences
The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) dinner on September, 26, 2018 featured a fantastic presentation from John Tylko, Aurora Flight Sciences’ Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President of Innovation. Sponsored by FLIR, the dinner showcased the developing roles of autonomy in vertical lift. Aurora shared their successes from the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS), engineered to …
May 02
AHS East New England’s First Annual Drone Race
The East New England chapter of the American Helicopter Society hosted their first annual Drone Race in collaboration with MIT’s AeroAstro department and sponsored in part by Terrafugia, a leader in personal air transport that was founded by MIT graduates in the Boston area. 15 first-time drone racers had the pleasure of learning how …
Apr 09
Join AHS ENE on April 17th for a Drone Race at MIT!
AHS East New England Chapter is pleased to announce our next event – a Drone Race! This should be an exciting & entertaining event! We will also have Glenn Davis, Director of Flight Operations and Safety at AiRXOS, as our guest speaker. AiRXOS, a GE venture, is helping accelerate the safe, efficient, scalable integration of …
Mar 12
MIT Welcomes AHS ENE at Science on Saturday: Rockets and Flight!
This past Saturday, AHS ENE volunteered at “Science on Saturday: Rockets and Flight,” an event designed to teach kids about aerospace engineering and hosted by AIAA and the MIT Museum. Nearly 1,000 kids, parents, teachers, and volunteers participated in the event, which featured a keynote speech from Lt. Col. Tucker “Cinco” Hamilton, Experimental Fighter Test …
Feb 08
Thanks to Boston MedFlight for a great AHS ENE event!
On January 30th, the AHS East New England chapter featured Boston MedFlight’s Charles Blathras, Chief Operations Manager, and Rick Kenin, GM of Aviation Operations. Charles and Rick generously shared Boston MedFlight’s EMS Helicopter Selection Process with our Boston-area AHS members. As a non-profit responsible to a consortium of 7 Boston Area hospital, Boston MedFlight strives to …
Feb 08
A great night with Brig. Gen. Anthony W. Potts
On December 6th, AHS East New England – the Boston area chapter of the American Helicopter Society – hosted Brig. Gen. Anthony W. Potts, Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command and Senior Commander of the Natick Soldier Systems Center. We enjoyed a great dinner and social event at Spinelli’s in …
Jan 09
Join us January 30th for Dinner with Boston MedFlight!
Please join the AHS East New England chapter for our upcoming dinner and networking event with Boston MedFlight. Charles Blathras, Chief Operations Manager, and Rick Kenin, GM of Aviation Operations, will discuss Boston MedFlight and the EMS Helicopter Selection Process. See event details below – we hope to see you there!