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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 999Newsletter595239
Pages
48
Media Type
Newsletter
Information removed from digital copy?
Yes
Physical Location
Stacks Periodical Collection
Language(s)
English
Collection
Vietnam Center Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

999Newsletter595239 pdf
Volume
33
Issue
6
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: November/December 2014
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT FROM Bob Hesselbein


LETTERS:
From the VHPA staff at hq! FROM Sherry Rodgers
To the members of the VHPA FROM Charles R. Rayl
Christmas cards from 1971 FROM Hugh J. Preacher
To the editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Gene Beyer
To the editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM John P. Egan
To the editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Phil Marshall
Looking for kidney donor FROM Bill Wallace
Looking for information on the death of Lee Alter
To the members of the VHPA FROM Steve Davidson


FEATURES:
From the pages of the Stars and Stripes - 25 December 1964
Early Christmas present for the Vung Tau Airfield fire department BY Dan Walker
On long final home for Christmas BY Bob Sander
A touch of home: the Vietnam War's Red Cross girls BY Doug Donnell
In the beginning, there were "flying bananas"!! BY Tom Payne
Gary Klopfenstein's actions finally recognized BY Peter Tyner
Built from scratch ~ new mh-47g BY Dan Parsons
Black hawk choppers are finally getting the digital cockpits they need BY Ron Miller
Bell Helicopter submits v-280 design for jmr-td
Marine Corps retires the venerable uh-1n huey, first aircraft delivered in 1971
Ok, three wire in a helo BY Marc Liebman
General Jacob Franklin Wolters BY Jim Godfrey
From the pages of the Mineral Wells Index Historical Marker deidcation honors Southern Airways BY Todd Glasscock
Young Eagles takes kids to new heights BY Julie Grabowsk
DoD willing to reconsider discharges of Vietnam vets with PTSD BY Ander Tilghman
Guts and gumption: Vietnam helicopter pilots wore their hearts on their helmets BY Lisa Hix


REUNION:
Hotel Booking Instructions for the 2015 Washington reunion
Quilt Update BY John Sorensen


VHPA CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alamo Chapter
Old Dominion Chapter BY Hugh Adams
Fort Wolters Chapter BY Adam Steczko
South Missouri Chapter BY Bill Thompson
Michigan Chapter BY Rich Deer
North Alabama Chapter BY Ralph Weber
Florida Chapter


TAPS:
Harry Lee Barber - Charlie Berryhill - John Albert Betz - Frank Wallace Bockman - Lonnie L. Burkhalter - Al Davis - James Andrew Garner - Daniel Gene Hines - Gary N. Hinkle - James L. Hurt - George Michel - Harry E, Mitchell - Ronald D. Renfro - William C. Rouse - Raymond W. Schrader - Richard Dean Sherman - Harold E. Smith - Farrell Duane Swindell - Robert L. Weikel - Vernon E. Albert - George A. Brown - Gerald L. "Gerry" Dolin - William H. Freestone - Loyd R. Ganey Sr. - Michael Lee Olroyd


BOOK REVIEWS:
Bac Si BY John Penny
Last Men Out BY John Penny
The Secret War BY John Penny
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter595239
Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 999Newsletter595239. No Date, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter595239, Accessed 19 Feb 2026.
Pub Credit Line
999Newsletter595239, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 09 Jun 2015 [Updated: 19 Apr 2017]

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