{"id":6,"date":"2014-03-16T17:12:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T17:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-05-06T21:11:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T01:11:01","slug":"home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><em>An international organization that advocates, promotes and supports global vertical flight technology and professional development<\/em>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a subset of the Vertical Flight Society, a national society of individuals who are interested in and inspired by vertical take off and landing air vehicles. Here at VFS Stratford, we host events to learn, share, and raise money for <a href=\"https:\/\/vtol.org\/education\/vertical-flight-foundation-scholarships\">Vertical Flight Foundation Engineering Scholarships<\/a>! We host multiple dinners each season, as well as one charity event in the spring, and one in the fall. The events are open to members and non-members and are a great opportunity to network in the industry and learn about interesting topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/?page_id=16\">Events Page<\/a> to learn more about our upcoming events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2024-12-04-VFS-Stratford-Chapter-Lichten-Competition-Photo-23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"662\" src=\"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2024-12-04-VFS-Stratford-Chapter-Lichten-Competition-Photo-23-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-662\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2024-12-04-VFS-Stratford-Chapter-Lichten-Competition-Photo-23-819x1024.jpg 819w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2024-12-04-VFS-Stratford-Chapter-Lichten-Competition-Photo-23-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2024-12-04-VFS-Stratford-Chapter-Lichten-Competition-Photo-23-768x960.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2024-12-04-VFS-Stratford-Chapter-Lichten-Competition-Photo-23-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2024-12-04-VFS-Stratford-Chapter-Lichten-Competition-Photo-23-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2024-12-04-VFS-Stratford-Chapter-Lichten-Competition-Photo-23.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2024-12-04-VFS-Stratford-Chapter-Lichten-Competition-Photo-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" data-id=\"671\" src=\"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2024-12-04-VFS-Stratford-Chapter-Lichten-Competition-Photo-14-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-671\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2024-12-04-VFS-Stratford-Chapter-Lichten-Competition-Photo-14-1024x819.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2024-12-04-VFS-Stratford-Chapter-Lichten-Competition-Photo-14-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2024-12-04-VFS-Stratford-Chapter-Lichten-Competition-Photo-14-768x614.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2024-12-04-VFS-Stratford-Chapter-Lichten-Competition-Photo-14-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, 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href=\"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6683-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6683-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-453\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6683-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6683-1-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6683-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6683-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6683-1-750x499.jpg 750w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6683-1-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Dinner Meeting with Former Sikorsky President Paul Lemmo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6666-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6666-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-418\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6666-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6666-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6666-1-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6666-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6666-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6666-1-750x499.jpg 750w, http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_6666-1-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2024 <em>Presentations by STS+ Members on their Passion Projects (Pictured, Eric Kaiser, Sikorsky)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An international organization that advocates, promotes and supports global vertical flight technology and professional development. We are a subset of the Vertical Flight Society, a national society of individuals who <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":744,"href":"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}