Vertical Flight Society spins off H2eVTOL Council as HYSKY Society

The Ver­ti­cal Flight Soci­ety has spun off of its H2eVTOL Coun­cil, formed in May 2020 to pro­mote the devel­op­ment and advance­ment of hydro­gen fuel cell tech­nol­o­gy in elec­tric air­craft, into its own inde­pen­dent non­prof­it organ­i­sa­tion, the HYSKY Soci­ety.

In that time, it has grown to over 400 par­tic­i­pants and has become a lead­ing voice in the hydro­gen-elec­tric avi­a­tion com­mu­ni­ty, and will now have the auton­o­my and resources to expand its reach and impact.

The H2eVTOL Coun­cil’s month­ly meet­ings will now be known as HYSKY Month­ly and will fea­ture dis­tin­guished speak­ers from the hydro­gen, avi­a­tion and eVTOL air­craft sec­tors.

The HYSKY Soci­ety is found­ed and led by Danielle McLean, a lead­ing expert in the field of hydro­gen fuel cell tech­nol­o­gy and eVTOL air­craft, who brings over a decade of expe­ri­ence in the indus­try. In recog­ni­tion of her efforts, she was recent­ly includ­ed in this year’s edi­tion of the eVTOL Insights Pow­er Book.

“We are thrilled to see the H2eVTOL Coun­cil now grow and evolve into its own inde­pen­dent orga­ni­za­tion,” said Mike Hirschberg, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of the Ver­ti­cal Flight Soci­ety.

“Under Danielle’s lead­er­ship, the HYSKY Soci­ety will con­tin­ue to be a vital part­ner of the Ver­ti­cal Flight Soci­ety and we look for­ward o work­ing togeth­er to advance the eVTOL indus­try.”

The HYSKY Soci­ety will also work to edu­cate and inform the pub­lic about the ben­e­fits of hydro­gen-pow­ered eVTOL air­craft and the role they will play in shap­ing the future of trans­porta­tion.

In addi­tion, VFS is host­ing its high­ly antic­i­pat­ed 10th Bien­ni­al Autonomous VTOL Tech­ni­cal Meet­ing and 10th Annu­al Elec­tric VTOL Sym­po­sium, fea­tur­ing dis­tin­guished speak­ers and pan­el dis­cus­sions from the indus­try, includ­ing McLean.

She will host the even­t’s annu­al Hydro­gen Elec­tric Air­craft Pan­el with rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the Depart­ment of Energy’s Nation­al Renew­able Ener­gy Lab­o­ra­to­ry (NREL), Piasec­ki Air­craft, and ZeroAvia.

Although the in-per­son event is sold out, vir­tu­al tick­ets are still avail­able for those who would like to par­tic­i­pate remote­ly at:

For more infor­ma­tion about the HYSKY Soci­ety, please vis­it the web­site at: http://www.hysky.org