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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 2299Newsletter610720
Pages
32
Media Type
Newsletter
Information removed from digital copy?
Yes
Physical Location
Copyright Statement
©Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. All rights reserved.
Language(s)
English
Collection
Jack Swickard Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

2299Newsletter610720 pdf
Volume
24
Issue
5
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: Winter 2006
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT BY Angelo Spelios
VHPA accepting management bids BY Dana M. Young


LETTERS:
Helicopter pilot enjoys celebration FROM "Mik" Mikulan
Writer accumulating war stories FROM Tom Putnam
Project would pair pilots with aircraft FROM Pamela L. Reed
Goldie's family thanks friends, colleagues FROM James "Goldie" Goldthorpe
Wife seeking veterans who flew with husband FROM Roy and Brenda Rhoades
Veterans advocate flag honoring military service FROM Gary Thewlis
VFW commander seeks huey for N.M. memorial FROM Abe Saiz
Aviator recalls late nights, light shows, run to bunker FROM Forest Snyder
Pilot wanted to fly Cobra from first time he saw one FROM Greg Smith
Photo taken during rare day unit was not flying FROM Herbert W. Korte Jr.


TAPS:
Craige S. Albee - Edward L. Behne - Terry Wayne Jacobs - William Hayden "Pappy" Jones - Michael John Keating - Lawrence Lester - Jimmy Don Lowry - William J. Mittelstadt - Paul C. Petersen - Joseph L. Pike - Timothy Ralph Templin - James B. "Jim" Thompson


REPORTS:
Directory offered on CD this year BY Gary Roush
Make certain email address is up to date BY Gary Roush and Charles Holley
Presentations now available on DVD BY Gary Roush
Scholarship fund - good news/bad news BY Mike Sheuerman
War Story DVD a good way to teach about war BY Gary Roush
Management support contract request for bids BY Dana M. Young


REUNION:
Committee completing final planning for event BY Dana M. Young
Poker anyone?
Two new seminars planned for Phoenix reunion BY Rich Buzen


FEATURES:
Rest of story - LOH pilot tracks down veterans who saved him BY Gary Holmes
Scotch saved for VHPA survivors BY Mike Sheuerman
Pleiku 6 BY Mike Sheuerman
Shot Down! BY Bernardo S. Paez
Presidents' pilots BY Marc Yablonka
Quick trip BY Marc Yablonka
Looking for peace and quite can be risky business BY Jack Salm
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2299Newsletter610720
Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 2299Newsletter610720. No Date, Jack Swickard Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2299Newsletter610720, Accessed 27 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
2299Newsletter610720, Jack Swickard Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 24 Mar 2017 [Updated: 30 Jan 2020]

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