AHS – Prevailing In “Demanding Environments”
Source: AHS, 23-May-13
Attendance and presentations at AHS International’s 69th Annual Forum and Technology Display this week highlight its standing as the premier event for government, industry and academia to work together in advancing vertical flight technology. Nearly 1,100 vertical flight professionals – from military leaders and top manufacturing executives to the next generation of pioneers – have [...]
Bell promotes innovation at AHS Forum 69
Source: Bell, 22-May-13
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today its participation in the 69th annual AHS Forum and Technology Display held May 21 to May 23 at the Phoenix Convention Center. In addition to sponsorship, Bell Helicopter will have a strong presence at the conference with a pre-forum event, technical presentations, a Bell 525 [...]
HAI at AHS Forum 69
Source: HAI, 22-May-13
Whether technical, operational, or governmental, HAI is interested and involved in all aspects of the helicopter industry. That’s why HAI Executive Vice President Ed DiCampli is attending the American Helicopter Society’s Forum 69 in Phoenix, Arizona. HAI is one of more than 60 exhibitors showcasing technical disciplines such as unmanned VTOL aircraft and other state-of-the-art [...]
Industry CEOs to headline AHS Forum
Source: AHS, 07-May-13
The vertical flight world is wrestling with rapidly evolving challenges. From military struggles to sustain capabilities in the face of urgent budget cuts to civil campaigns for efficiency gains that bolster success in tepid markets, the vertical flight industry faces new challenges almost daily to meet its customers’ current demands while ensuring its ability to [...]
AHS announces new Directors
Source: AHS International, 24-Apr-13
AHS International – The Vertical Flight Technical Society – Chair of the Board Stephen D. Mundt, Vice President, Business Development, EADS North America, today announced the results of the society’s general elections for officers and directors for the period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. The AHS Board of Directors congratulates John Garrison, President [...]
AHS To Kick Off Noise Initiative
Source: AHS International, 11-Apr-13
Recent noise legislation and regulations are becoming a significant issue for helicopter operations, particularly in cities and natural parks, despite the significant progress in acoustics reduction in recent. As a result, AHS International is working with Helicopter Association International (HAI) and the manufacturers to look at both the technical and operational issues with helicopter noise, [...]
AHS International Announces 2013 Award Recipients
Source: AHS, 11-Apr-13
AHS International – The Vertical Flight Technical Society – today announced the 2013 recipients of its prestigious awards program, which since its establishment in 1944 has paid tribute to the outstanding leaders of vertical flight and served as a catalyst for stimulating technological advances. “As the global leader for scientific, technical, educational and legislative initiatives that advance [...]
Frank Robinson to receive 2013 Guggenheim Medal
Source: AIAA, 10-Apr-13
Frank D. Robinson, founder, Robinson Helicopter Company, Torrance, Calif., has been selected to receive the 2013 Daniel Guggenheim Medal. He will receive the medal on Wednesday evening, May 22, at the Grand Awards Banquet of the American Helicopter Society International’s 69th Annual Forum and Technology Display, May 21–23, at the Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Ariz. [...]
AHS Mourns the Passing of Bob McDaniel
Source: AHS, 07-Mar-13
Col. Robert Lee McDaniel, 88, a retired officer of the U.S. Army, veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, and pioneer in the growth of modern Army aviation, passed away February 9th Alexandria, VA. Bob McDaniel (or “Mac” as he was often known) was born on July 13, 1924 as an Army brat at Fort Bliss, [...]
Happy 70th Anniversary, AHS!
Source: AHS, 26-Feb-13
“Seventy years ago, on February 25, 1943, twenty-six year old Edward Katzenberger stood up in a high school in Stratford, Connecticut and called a meeting to order. Those in attendance had gathered with an ambitious goal in mind – to establish an organized scientific society capable of attracting and holding the attention of an entire [...]
AHS Awards Nominations due March 1st
Source: AHS, 19-Feb-13
Please nominate a colleague for one of our prestigious awards. If you are on the cutting edge of vertical flight technology advances, you are among the best qualified judges of those accomplishments that deserve international recognition. The deadline for awards nominations is Friday, March 1 – no extensions will be given. AHS awards provide important recognition to those who advance the interests [...]
AHS Forum registration opens
Source: AHS, 18-Feb-13
Online registration for Forum 69 is now available! Register before April 1 for the discounted “early bird rates.” Plus, if you are a current AHS member, go to My AHS to get your special coupon code and get another 5% discount on registration for every 5 years of membership! Been a member for 20 years? You get 20% [...]
HUMS meeting draws crowd, despite weather
Source: HAI, 15-Feb-13
From February 11-13, the American Helicopter Society (AHS) Redstone Chapter, with sponsorship from HAI, hosted a Technical Specialists’ Meeting on Airworthiness, Condition Based Maintenance (CBM), and Health and Usage Monitoring (HUMS) at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. HAI staffers Ed DiCampli, Harold Summers, and others from the HAI HUMS research team were instrumental in [...]
New Deadline for AHS Awards Nominations
Source: AHS, 17-Jan-13
Since the AHS Forum and its Grand Awards Banquet are three weeks later than usual this year, the deadline for awards nominations has been changed to Friday, March 1 (no further extensions will be given). AHS awards provide important recognition to those who advance the interests of vertical flight, but we can’t recognize outstanding contributions without a nomination. [...]
Joint HAI/AHS Meeting on Airworthiness, CBM and HUMS
Source: HAI, 13-Jan-13
The American Helicopter Society (AHS) Redstone Chapter, with sponsorship from HAI, is hosting a Technical Specialists’ Meeting on Airworthiness, Condition Based Maintenance (CBM), and Health and Usage Monitoring (HUMS) from February 11-13, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The meeting will present applicable technologies that are new to continued airworthiness, current and potential processes, [...]
AHS Board Nominations Sought
Source: AHS, 17-Dec-12
AHS International is seeking nominations for representatives for its Board of Directors for the term July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2015 for the following regions: Northeast U.S. Midwest U.S. Southern U.S. Americas Europe-Africa Asia-Australia This includes the three new non-U.S. regions — previously part of a single “International Region” — which will now have [...]
AHS puts every Vertiflite magazine in online store
Source: AHS, 05-Dec-12
AHS is proud to announce that the complete run of all Vertiflite magazines is now available online in the AHS Online Store! We now have all 60 years of the world’s leading vertical flight technology magazine available online – more than 400 issues! Browse by year or search our comprehensive index of every Vertiflite article ever! All issues are available for download – free for AHS Members! Non-members [...]
New US DoD policy scuppers AHS HELMOT conference
Source: AHS, 29-Oct-12
AHS International is deeply disappointed to announce that a new U.S. Army directive has made HELMOT unexecutable. The Directive was signed on October 17, which did not leave sufficient time to develop any alternatives or have a waiver considered. Note that other events, such as the Golf Tournament to benefit USO and the JMR meeting will still be held. If you had [...]
AHS announces speakers for Helicopter Military Operations and Technology conference
Source: AHS, 19-Oct-12
The American Helicopter Society (AHS) International’s Executive Director Michael J. Hirschberg announced the speaker line-up for its 15th Annual Helicopter Military Operations and Technology (HELMOT) Conference, to take place 30 October through 1 November 2012. “Vertical Lift Technology: Mission Performance Now — Flexibility for the Future” is the theme for the 2 1/2-day conference. The [...]
AHS mourns the passing of Charlie Crawford
Source: AHS, 13-Sep-12
Charles C. Crawford, Jr. passed away on August 14, 2012. He was 81. Crawford graduated in 1954 from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He worked from 1955 to 1962 for the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) at Edwards AFB, CA as a flight test engineer. He became the chief of the rotary wing engineering branch in [...]
AHS launches 2013 Student Design Competition
Source: AHS, 10-Sep-12
The 2013 Student Design Competition challenges students to design The HealCopter, a helicopter aimed at rescuing victims of a natural disaster. It must be capable of reaching the scene of the disaster rapidly with a large payload. It also requires equipment for the helicopter to operate safely. The consequences of a severe earthquake in China [...]
AHS Congratulates AeroVelo for Human Powered Helicopter First Flight
Source: AHS, 31-Aug-12
The AeroVelo Atlas human powered helicopter made its first flight on Tuesday August 28, 2012, as part of the AHS Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition. Check out the video on our YouTube Channel and find out more about the AHS HPH competition at www.vtol.org/hph. As described previously in AHS’s Vertiflite magazine, AeroVelo is a collection of students and professionals [...]
AHS announces newest member benefit – the Paper of the Month
Source: AHS, 16-Aug-12
AHS is happy to announce the newest benefit for our members – the Paper of the Month. Selected from papers presented at the AHS Annual Forum and Technology Display, the Paper of the Month is published on the AHS Online Store at https://vtol.org/store and is available absolutely free to members. This month’s paper, “A Development Program Comparison: [...]
AHS Student Design Competition Winners Announced
Source: AHS, 13-Aug-12
AHS Executive Director Michael J. Hirschberg announced that The University of Maryland came in first-place in the 29th Student Design Competition graduate category with “Dart T690/E550,” a lift and thrust compounded VTOL aircraft, while Georgia Institute of Technology/University of Liverpool’s coaxial helicopter with a counter-rotating auxiliary propeller system titled “Advanced Racing Concept (ARC)” captured second-place [...]
Airworthiness, CBM and HUMS Abstracts Sought
Source: AHS, 01-Aug-12
The American Helicopter Society, in conjunction with HAI, is sponsoring a Technical Specialists’ Meeting on Airworthiness, Condition Based Maintenance (CBM), and Health and Usage Monitoring (HUMS) on Feb. 11-13, 2013 in Huntsville, Ala. Abstracts are sought in a variety of technical disciplines related to commercial or military aircraft Airworthiness, CBM, Health-Monitoring Technologies, or Certification/Qualification of [...]
AHS announces winner of Alfred Gessow Best Paper Award
Source: AHS, 16-Jul-12
AHS International – The Vertical Flight Technical Society announced today the winner of the Society’s prestigious Best Paper Award. The Alfred Gessow Award is given each year for the best technical paper at the AHS Annual Forum. The award consists of a plaque and transportation for one author to the European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF). This year’s winner [...]
AHS International Forum 68 papers now available to buy
Source: AHS, 12-Jul-12
The papers from the 68th Annual Forum & Technology Display are now available for purchase in the AHS Online Store. The front page of every paper is available for preview and members save 1/3! While you’re there, see what else is in the AHS Online Store, including papers from nearly every Forum and many recent [...]
Eurocopter’s X3 Development Team wins Howard Hughes Award
Source: Eurocopter, 03-May-12
The American Helicopter Society (AHS) International today awarded its annual recognition for helicopter technology improvement to Eurocopter’s team that developed its X3 hybrid demonstrator aircraft, which Eurocopter announced will be presented to both civil and military customers during a United States tour this summer. Presented at AHS’ 68th Annual Forum in Fort Worth, Texas, the [...]
HAI attends AHS Forum and Technology Display
Source: HAI, 03-May-12
Ed DiCampli, HAI’s executive vice president, and Jose Orozco, HAI’s operations and safety assistant, are representing HAI at the American Helicopter Society’s (AHS) 68th Annual Forum and Technology Display at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas. HAI is one of more than 60 exhibitors from the vertical flight community. HAI Executive Vice [...]
AHS announces Vertical Flight Foundation Scholarship recipients
Source: AHS, 10-Apr-12
The Vertical Flight Technical Society is pleased to announce its 2012 Vertical Flight Foundation (VFF) scholarship recipients. The VFF was established in 1967 as the philanthropic arm of the American Helicopter Society. Governed by a Board of Trustees, the Foundation’s operation is made possible solely through voluntary tax-deductible contributions. In 2011, VFF provided 18 scholarships [...]
US rotorcraft research under attack
Source: AHS, 28-Mar-12
Vertiflite magazine, Mar-Apr 2012: U.S. Rotorcraft Research Under Attack “An unfortunate coincidence of cuts to fundamental rotorcraft research part of the U.S. fiscal 2013 budget submitted to Congress in February. headquarters of both NASA and the Army decided to slash funding for research efforts that are vitally important to developing future technologies for vertical flight. These proposed [...]
AHS announces online store
Source: AHS, 28-Mar-12
Over the past 68 years, the AHS Annual Forum has resulted in over 5,500 papers and 75,000 pages of documentation on the past, present and future of vertical flight technology. Nearly all of these are now available at the AHS Online Store (log in to My AHS to receive special Members Only pricing). We continue to add to our [...]
AHS announces 2012 Award recipients
Source: AHS, 27-Mar-12
Philip J. Dunford, the Chair of the Board of AHS International – The Vertical Flight Technical Society announced the recipients of the Society’s 2012 awards program. This prestigious program was initiated in 1944 and over the years has paid tribute to the outstanding leaders of the vertical flight industry. Each year we recognize new individuals who further [...]
VTD Rotorcraft Aeroelasticity Team Lead receives AHS honour
Source: US Army, 12-Feb-12
Matthew Wilbur, a senior research engineer who leads ARL’s Vehicle Technology Directorate’s Aeroelasticity Team, was recently awarded the American Helicopter Society Hampton Roads Chapter John W. White Engineer of the Year Award. The American Helicopter Society International is the world’s oldest and largest professional society dedicated to enhancing the understanding of vertical flight technology. The [...]
AHS’s David Renzi wins award
Source: AHS, 08-Feb-12
David Renzi, Director of Meetings and Advertising at AHS International, has been recognized by the Event Service Professionals Association (ESPA) as its Meeting Professional of the Year for 2011. David was nominated by the Virginia Beach Convention Center (VBCC) for his work with them in hosting Forum 67, held there on May 3-5, 2011. David is the [...]
Please support the Vertical Flight Foundation
Source: AHS, 13-Dec-11
VFF is the philanthropic arm of AHS. Since 1977, VFF has awarded nearly 400 scholarships to promising undergraduate and graduate students who plan to pursue careers in vertical flight. VFF has made a real difference, with past scholarship recipients now in important leadership positions in government, industry and academia. Last year, VFF provided 18 scholarships totaling nearly $35,000, [...]
AHS fall membership drive is coming to a close
Source: AHS, 17-Nov-11
Recruit new members and get rewarded! We had a record number of membership renewals in October, but we still need you to talk to your colleagues about the benefits of membership. AHS is asking all members to help with our Fall 2011 Membership Drive. Our goal is to gain 500 of your friends and colleagues [...]
AHS kicks off its Fall membership campaign
Source: AHS, 20-Oct-11
Between now and November 15, 2011, new members who join AHS will be eligible to win special prizes. In addition, current members who sponsor new members will also be rewarded. Check out www.join-AHS.org for details! Why be a member? We are the leaders of advocacy for vertical flight technology. Our highly acclaimed magazine, Vertiflite, brings [...]
AHS announces Alfred P. Gessow Award winner
Source: AHS, 26-Jun-11
It is with great pleasure that the American Helicopter Society International – The Vertical Flight Technical Society – announces the winner of the prestigious Alfred P. Gessow Forum 67 Best Paper Award. A select group of members from the AHS Technical Council determined that the Dynamics paper, “Experimental Investigation and Fundamental Understanding of a Slowed [...]
ProMetal RCT and Sikorsky recognized by AHS for R&D Achievement
Source: ProMetal RCT, 20-May-10
The ProMetal Rapid Casting Technology division of The Ex One Company, LLC (with locations in Irwin, PA, Troy, MI and Houston, TX) in partnership with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation was awarded the coveted Robert L. Pinckney Award by the Vertical Flight Society of the American Helicopter Society. The award is given in recognition of notable achievement [...]
Aero Vodochody receives a Supplier Excellence Award
Source: Aero Vodochody, 12-Apr-10
American Helicopter Society (AHS) Awards Committee has selected Aero Vodochody to receive the Society’s Supplier Excellence Award. This award is presented annually to a supplier, which, through the quality, innovativeness and cost-effectiveness of its products, has made a notable contribution to the vertical flight industry. The company produces the complete S-76 helicopter for Sikorsky Aircraft [...]
AHS announces 2010 award recipients
Source: AHS American Helicopter Society, 14-Mar-10
AHS International – The Vertical Flight Society Chairman Stephen Ramsey today announced the recipients of the Society’s 2010 awards program. This prestigious program was initiated in 1944 and over the years has paid tribute to the outstanding leaders of the vertical flight industry. Each year the awards grow steadily in relevance and importance. The Society’s [...]
