{"id":335,"date":"2024-05-19T21:32:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T21:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/?page_id=335"},"modified":"2024-05-23T18:02:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T22:02:39","slug":"about-vfs-stratford","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/?page_id=335","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>The Vertical Flight Society&nbsp;\u2014 founded in 1943 as the American Helicopter Society, Inc. \u2014 is the world&#8217;s only international technical society for engineers, scientists and others working to advance vertical flight technology.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We bring together industry, academia and government to tackle the toughest challenges in vertical flight. Our members share a legacy of knowledge and accomplishment that has been driving innovation&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vtol.org\/who-we-are\/our-history\">for more than 80 years<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>As a member of the world&#8217;s only Vertical Flight Society, you can help advance the state of the art in vertical flight. Our members can participate in many outreach initiatives and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vtol.org\/what-we-do\/benefits-of-membership\">professional benefits<\/a>.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From: <a href=\"http:\/\/vtol.org\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"vtol.org\">vtol.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ahs.portal.membersuite.com\/Login.aspx?redirectURL=%2fdefault.aspx\">Become a member today!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Vertical Flight Society&nbsp;\u2014 founded in 1943 as the American Helicopter Society, Inc. \u2014 is the world&#8217;s only international technical society for engineers, scientists and others working to advance vertical <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/?page_id=335\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459,"href":"https:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335\/revisions\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stratford.vtol.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}