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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 999Newsletter595170
Pages
46
Media Type
Newsletter
Information removed from digital copy?
Yes
Physical Location
Stacks Periodical Collection
Copyright Statement
©Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. All rights reserved.
Language(s)
English
Collection
Vietnam Center Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

999Newsletter595170 pdf
Volume
32
Issue
02
The VHPA Aviator (Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)) - Newsletter - Citrus Heights, California
Publication
The VHPA Aviator
Publisher/Org.
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
City
Citrus Heights, California
Country
United States
Frequency
Bi-Monthly
Type
Newsletter
General Note
2005- / Earlier Title: The VHPA Newsletter (1984-2004)
Dates
Publication: March/April 2014
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT FROM Bill "Moon" Mullen
VHPA membership update BY Mike Sheuerman
From the staff at hq! BY Sherry Rodgers

LETTERS:
The snake - Vinh Long, 1966 FROM Jon F. Myhre
What's for dinner? FROM Ron Miller
The Pilot and the Priest FROM Ron Miller
Brain Transplant FROM Al Roettger
I'll give you $20, if...
"Maddog" FROM Roger Stockham
High times in the O Club FROM Pete Thompson
Report from our president... FROM Moon Mullen
"Farmers Daughter" FROM Ron Miller
Aviation truism's FROM Mike Whitten
"Maddog" FROM Roger Stockham
High times in the o club FROM Pete Thompson
Give back to veterans FROM John Strickland
Are you a pilot? FROM Dale Mcknight
Looking for... help building a memorial for Allen Dyer FROM Glen Veno
Looking for... anyone knowing of Thomas Richard Stunda FROM Jane Vernier
Looking for... medevac crew from September 8th, 1966
Looking for... the Indiana Farmboy FROM Sua Sponte
Looking for... CW4 David Daugherty FROM Lane Sizemore
To the editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Carl L. Hess
Editor's not - Margo replies
Follow up on last month's "From the president of the VHPA" column FROM Jeff Murray
To the editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Tom Phillips
VHPA Scholarship Questions FROM Mick Scheuerman
The Story Behind this issue's cover photo FROM David Adams


FEATURES:
Musings of an old helicopter pilot BY Rudolph Ribbeck
Base jumping out of a Loh BY John Shafer
Hello old friend BY David Adams
The day my Draft Board ordered me home from Vietnam... to be drafted in the Army BY Bill Bengston
California Chapter North BY Curt Knapp
Loach transition BY Curt Knapp
Liquor store heist BY Curt Knapp
Flattop Army helicopter pilot BY Ira McComic
Death From Above! A naval helicopter aviator's guide to the Vietnam War BY Marc Liebman
Our flight helmets still fit BY John Wilkes


REUNION:
An update on the 31st reunion of the VHPA BY Mike Law
Take a trip back in time ~ with American huey 369
Official schedule of events
Soliciting candidates BY Mike Scheuerman
We've added a new events to the 2014 reunion
Gold star family breakfast BY Julie Kink
The night Dan Greene earned the Distinguished Flying Cross BY Rick Beaver


VHPA CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Arizona Chapter BY Bill Sorenson
Fort Wolters Chapter
Ohio River LZ Chapter BY Bob Hamilton
Upper Midwest Chapter BY Bert Leach
Souther California Chapter BY Sven Akesson
South Carolina Chapter BY Larry Russell
South Missouri Chapter BY Bill Thompson
Alamo Chapter BY Kirk "Chip" Brown
California Chapter North BY Ken Fritz
VHPA of Florida BY Tom Rountree
North Alabama CHapter BY Les Haas
North Carolina Chapter BY Brock Nicholson


TAPS:
Merrill Travis Adamcik - Fred O. Bell - William B. Benton - Billy J. Bowling - William Edward Callender - Donald G. Charlton - Jerrie L. Colvin - David Dukes - Michael J. Galloway - James Andrew Garner - Richard William Harris III - David C. Henry - Richard Eugene Lamar - Gary E. Langston - Michael L. Lovett - Harold Marsolais - Dale McCormick - Macolm Bruce Niles - Robert F. Ott - Walte J. Pugh - Michael R. Sherrer - Dale E. Sherrod - Eugene L. Sellon - Kenneth Trotter - James Madison Walker - Lloyd Nichols Washer - Geoffrey R. Webster - Howard W. Working - Anthony Wotkyns - John MacNair Wright Jr. - Dan Max Green - Lawrence A. Bell - Charles Edward Boehm - Alvin Lester Coley - Bobby Leon Daniels - John A. Dowless - Norman R. "Bud" Gill - Robert D. Hagee - Morris Michael "Mike" Jessup - George C. Leach - James Marvin Perryman Jr. - James Freeman Snider - Arthur Robert Teffeay - Billy John Thrasher - Randolp Clifford White Sr. - William G. Williams


BOOK REVIEWS:
A Pink Mist BY John Penny
Vietnam War Helicopter Art BY John Penny
We Gotta get out of this Place BY John Penny
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Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 999Newsletter595170. No Date, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter595170, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
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999Newsletter595170, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 09 Jun 2015 [Updated: 20 Apr 2017]

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