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The VHPA Newsletter

Newsletter Item Number: 2336Newsletter475137
Pages
28
Media Type
Newsletter
Physical Location
Stacks Newsletter Collection
Copyright Statement
©Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. All rights reserved.
Language(s)
English
Collection
Larry Leonard Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

2336Newsletter475137 pdf
Volume
18
Issue
2
The VHPA Newsletter (Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)) - Newsletter
Publication
The VHPA Newsletter
Publisher/Org.
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
Country
United States
Frequency
Monthly
Type
Newsletter
General Note
[1984-2004] Later Title: The VHPA Aviator
Dates
Publication: March/April 2000
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT BY Bob Smith

LETTERS:
Information sought in Vietnam Huey FROM Keith "Sugar Bear" Alleger
Check pilot friends, are they in VHPA? FROM Chip Brown
Vietnamese poet will attend reunion FROM Don Joyce
Owner of missing flight helmet found FROM Gil Ferrey Bengal
SOBA get-together planned at Fort Myers FROM Marty Heuer
Veteran's memory missing 9 years after trip to woods FROM Darlene Lewis
Vietnam War oral history to be collected at reunion FROM Steve Maxner
Does anyone have past reunion logos? FROM Bill Medsker
Pilot gets to fly Huey during VHPA reunion FROM Bill Savedge
Author writing book on war for high school students FROM Robert E. Fellner
Stars and Stripes Museum short of Vietnam issues FROM Chuck and Mary Schantag

TAPS:
Cleveland Andrew Clark - James E. Edens - William R. Hensley - Carl R. Jones - Richard Arthur Rubiolo - Douglas C. Stenberg

REPORTS:
Pilots like to get information on CD BY Jack Swickard
Wanted: Dedicated VHPA officers BY Don Joyce
Local chapters big help with reunions BY Charles Holley
Las Vegas has busy time starting up BY Lad Vaughan
Florida chapter BY Don Joyce
Flight records kept to getting medals BY Gary Roush
Members drive runs through June 30 BY Don Joyce

FEATURES:
Pilot feels bond with KIA captian BY Seppo Hurme and Mike Law
Dogfight over Phou Phathi: Air America Bell 205 takes on VPAF An-2s BY John Konek

REUNION:
Directions given to reunion hotels BY Jim Goldthorpe
VHPA gets ok to march in parade BY Gil Ferrey
Banquest reservations being taken
Golf tourney to be at Bristow Manor
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2336Newsletter475137
Citation
The VHPA Newsletter, 2336Newsletter475137. No Date, Larry Leonard Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2336Newsletter475137, Accessed 06 Dec 2025.
Pub Credit Line
2336Newsletter475137, Larry Leonard Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 23 Sep 2010 [Updated: 29 Aug 2017]

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