2025
Helicopter Trade
Shows and Conferences
2025
Short Course on Electric VTOL Design
Sponsored by the Vertical Flight Society
February 3, 2025
(Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
www.vtol.org/events/2025-evtol-design-short-course
Transformative
Vertical Flight 2025
11th Decennial VFS Aeromechanics Specialists' Conference
12th Annual Electric VTOL Symposium
Sponsored by the Vertical Flight Society
February 4–6, 2025
(Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
www.vtol.org/tvf2025
Verticon
2025
Sponsored by Vertical Aviation
International
March 10–13, 2025
(Dallas, Texas, USA)
www.verticon.org
36th
Annual Women in Aviation International
Conference
March 27–29, 2025
(Gaylord Rockies Resort, Denver, Colorado, USA)
www.wai.org/2025-conference
4th
Annual H2-Aero Symposium
Sponsored by the Vertical Flight Society
April 2–3, 2025
(Long Beach, California,
USA)
www.vtol.org/h2symposium
Safety Symposium 2025 (For air charter
companies)
April 7–9,
2025
(Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida,
USA)
www.acsf.aero/acsf-safety-symposium
Naval
Helicopter Association Symposium 2025
May 12–16, 2025
(Harrah's Resort Southern California, The City of Funner, This is located in
Valley
Center
in
San Diego's North County, California, USA)
www.navalhelicopterassn.org/symposium
Forum
81 - The Future of Vertical Flight
The Vertical Flight Society's 81th Annual Forum & Technology Display
• May
20–22, 2024 (Tuesday -
Thursday)
The Vertical
Flight Society's 81st Annual Forum & Technology
Display is the world's leading
international technical event on
vertical flight technology. The
conference will span three days
and include 250+ technical papers
on every discipline from Acoustics
to Test & Evaluation, as well
as invited presentations and discussions
by leaders in the military, government
agencies and industry.
The Technology
Display, running concurrent with
the Forum, is the most extensive
exposition of cutting-edge vertical
flight technologies in the world,
and also includes other technologies
more broadly applicable to aerospace
in general. Leading manufacturers,
service providers, defense agencies,
universities, and research and
development organizations showcased
the very latest in vertical flight
technology in our exhibit hall.
(Virginia
Beach, Virginia, USA)
www.vtol.org/forum
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Airborne
Public Safety Association Conference
2025 (APSCON)
July 14–28,
2025
(Phoenix,
Arizona, USA)
www.publicsafetyaviation.org/apscon
2025
19th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium
Sponsored by the Vertical Flight Society
July 19–20, 2025
(Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA)
www.vtol.org/eas 11th
Annual Girls In Aviation Day
September 20, 2025
(In countries throughout the world.)
hwww.wai.org/giad
* Check the event page for the location in your country.
* If you don't have an event in your city then consider starting one.
2025
Air Medical Transport Conference
October 27–29, 2025
(Omaha, Nebraska, USA)
www.aams.org/page/events
* Note: Their events web page has multiple
events for the year.
Helicopter
Association of Canada 30th Annual Convention
and Trade Show
4–6
November 2025
(Abbotsford Tradex, Abbotsford,
British Columbia, Canada)
www.h-a-c.ca/conference.html
Vertical
Aviation International Aerial Work
Safety Conference
December 7–9,
2025
(Boise, Idaho, USA)
www.verticalavi.org/events/vai-aerial-work-safety-conference
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Helicopter, Gyrocopter,
Homebuilts Air Shows
and Fly-Ins for
2025
50th
Annual Bensen
Days 2025
-
Gyroplanes, helicopters and more.
-
March
26–29,
2025
(Wauchuala
Municipal Airport, Wauchula, Florida,
USA)
www.bensendays.com
EAA
AirVenture
* EAA = Experimental
Aircraft Association
*
July 21–27,
2025
(Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA)
www.eaa.org/airventure
63st
Annual Popular
Rotorcraft Association
International
(PRA) Convention
- Gyrocopters, helicopters and
more -
Date for
2025 is unknown.
(Mentone Airport, Mentone, Indiana,
USA)
www.pra.org/convention
Ken Brock Freedom Fly-In 60th
Anniversary
- Rotorcraft & more -
Date for
2025 is unknown.
(El Mirage Dry Lake, El Mirage, California,
USA)
www.kbffi.com
American Heroes Airshow
Date for
any 2025 shows are unknown.
(Hansen Dam Recreation Area, Lakeview
Terrace, Los Angeles, California,
USA)
www.heroes-airshow.com/events/los-angeles
Helicopter Display
Teams
Nock Entertainment
Group
- Featuring
the Batcopter -
(Longboat
Key, Florida, USA)
www.nockworldentertainment.com
Army Aviation Heritage Foundation
(Hampton,
Georgia, USA)
www.armyav.org
www.facebook.com/ArmyAvOrg
Helicopter
Trade Show and Event Calendars
The Vertical
Flight Society
- Multiple
conferences listed worldwide -
(Fairfax,
Virginia, USA)
www.vtol.org/what-we-do/events
Vertical
Aviation International (Formerly known as
Helicopter Association International)
- Events web page -
(Alexandria, Virginia, USA)
www.verticalavi.org/events
FAA
Safety Team (FAASTeam) Seminar Event List
Note: Please
check the FAA Safety Team's events and webinars
listings because these evens happen throughout
the year and in various locations in the USA.
(USA)
www.faasafety.gov
Airborne
Law Enforcement Agency
- Has multiple
events throughout the year -
(Frederick,
Maryland, USA)
www.publicsafetyaviation.org/events
Vertical
Aviation International formerly Helicopter
Association
International. (Alexandria, Virginia, USA)
Here is a partial list of past Vertical
Aviation International's (formerly Helicopter
Association
International)
Verticon (formerly Heli-Expo) and Heli-Expo
dates and locations:
* The annual
Verticon is by Vertical Aviation International.
* Verticon 2025: March 10–13,
Dallas, Texas, USA.
*
Heli-Expo 2024: February 26–29,
Anaheim, California, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2023: March 6–9, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2022: March 7–10, Dallas, Texas, USA.
* Cancelled: Heli-Expo
2021: March 22–25, New Orleans, Louisiana,
USA. Was cancelled due
to the worldwide Covid 19 pandemic.
* Heli-Expo
2020: January 27–30, Anaheim, California,
USA.
* Heli-Expo
2019: March 4–7, Atlanta,
Georgia, USA.
*
Heli-Expo 2018: February 26–March
1, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2017: March 6–9, Dallas, Texas, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2016: February 29–March
3, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2015: March 2–5,
Orlando, Florida, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2014: February 24–27,
Anaheim, California, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2013: March 4–7,
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2012: February 11–14,
Dallas, Texas, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2011: March 6–8,
Orlando, Florida, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2010: February 20–23,
Houston, Texas, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2009: February 22–24,
Anaheim, California, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2008: February 24–26,
Houston, Texas, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2007: February 25–27, Orlando, Florida, USA.
*
Heli-Expo 2006: February 26–28, Dallas,
Texas, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2005: February 6–8, Anaheim, California, USA.
*
Heli-Expo 2004: March 15–17, Las Vegas,
Nevada, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2003: February 9–11, Dallas, Texas, USA.
*
Heli-Expo 2002: February 14–16, Orlando,
Florida, USA.
* Heli-Expo
2001: February 11–13, Anaheim, California,
USA.
* Heli-Expo
2000: January 24–26, Las Vegas, Nevada,
USA.
* Heli-Expo
1999: February 21–23, Dallas, Texas, USA.
*
Heli-Expo 1998: February 15–17, Anaheim,
California, USA.
* Heli-Expo 1997: February 2–4, Anaheim, California,
USA.
* Heli-Expo 1996: February 22–24, Dallas,
Texas, USA.
* The reason for listing many Heli-Expo
dates (the helicopter trade show is now
called Verticon), is they are typically very
difficult
to find
online.
Vertical Aviation International Notes:
* Vertical
Aviation International advocates for the vertical
flight industry and promotes safety, professionalism,
innovation and the industry’s economic
viability.
*
2024: Helicopter
Association International changed its name
to Vertical
Aviation International on February 27, 2024.
This announcement was made during Heli-Expo
2024.
* 2024: Heli-Expo's name was changed to Verticon
on February 27, 2024 and this announcement
was also made during Heli-Expo 2024.
*
1998: The
50th Anniversary of Heli-Expo took place in
1998.
* 1954: In 1954, the association changed its
name to Helicopter Association International.
* 1948: The
first Heli-Expo was held in 1948.
* 1948: The
association was formed in Southern California
as the Helicopter
Council on December 13, 1948. Later, the association
was renamed as the California Helicopter Association.
Vertical
Flight Society (Fairfax, Virginia, USA)
Here is some information and a partial list
of some historical dates about the Vertical
Flight Society.
* The Vertical
Flight Society is the world’s oldest
and largest technical society dedicated to
enhancing the understanding of vertical flight
technology.
* Each year, the Society organizes or co-sponsors
several regional
and international conferences, symposia and
workshops that facilitate the
advancement of the theory and practices of
helicopter and other VTOL aircraft technology,
and publishes their proceedings.
* The Society publishes the premier vertical
flight technology bi-monthly magazine, Vertiflite,
as well as the world’s only peer-reviewed
vertical flight technical publication, The
Journal of the AHS.
* The annual
Forum is sponsored by the Vertical Flight
Society.
* 2019: Forum 75: May 13–16, 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
* 2019: The
Society officially started to use the name,
the Vertical Flight Society on January 1,
2019
*
2012: In 2012,
AHS legally changed the name to the “American
Helicopter Society International, Inc.” to
officially denote the Society’s global
perspective.
*
1997:
The Society officially rebranded as “AHS
International” in 1997, with the tagline “The
Vertical Flight Society.”
* 1994: Forum 50: May 11–13, 1994,
Washington, D.C., USA.
* 1969: Forum 25: May 14–16, 1969,
Washington, D.C., USA.
* 1945: Forum 1: The first Annual National
Forum of the American Helicopter Society
was held at the Engineer's Club in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA for one day on April 23, 1945.
* 1943: First Annual Dinner of the American Helicopter Society was held
on October 7, 1944 in New York City (six months before the first Annual Forum).
* 1943: Founded as "The American Helicopter Society, Incorporated" on February
25, 1943.
The organization's name was recognized by the state of Connecticut on June
25, 1943.
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