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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 999Newsletter610735
Pages
48
Media Type
Newsletter
Information removed from digital copy?
Yes
Physical Location
Copyright Statement
©Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. All rights reserved.
Language(s)
English
Collection
Vietnam Center Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

999Newsletter610735 pdf
Volume
32
Issue
04
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: July/August 2014
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT FROM Bob Hesselbein


LETTERS:
From the staff of hq FROM Sherry Rodgers
Important news concerning our membership directory cut-off date FROM Gary Roush
Looking for this man FROM Chris Jensen
To the editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Don "Mixer" Wilimzik
To the editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Stephen Willett
To the editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Eric Bray
To the editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Jim Kurtz
To the editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Connie Bomstead
To the editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Dave McDaniel
To the editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Chuck Robbins
The VHPA calendar project could, borrowing a phrase from the famous Beatles' song, use "A Little Help From My Friends" FROM Mike Law


FEATURES:
The story of the last flight of huey 67-17658 BY Wm E. 'Rob' Roberts
They're back BY Libby Cluettstaff
Defoliant mission BY Jim Cameron
An unanticipated engagement BY Bob Hesselbein
One for the records BY Gary Krehbiel
Bucket list checkmark BY John "Pepe" LaDue
Two 160th soar cw5's of black hawk down legacy, retire BY Thaddius S. Dawkins II
Hooks for sale or a small proposal for reducing the defense budget BY Robert F. Curtis
Gladiators of the 57th ahc land on Ho Chi Minh Trail BY Steve Sullivan
A day of remembrances for members of B Company, 228th AVN Battallion BY Mike Brown
History of the huey BY Tom Lasser
The huey pilot BY Rex Gooch
A horse with no name BY Donald Gaudreau
Fly With the Pipesmoke Recovery Team - Vietnam memories of two chinooks, two pilots, two flight engineers and four missions BY Dan Walker
Sikorsky's King Stallion rollout ~ come to the ch-53k party! BY Christopher P. Cavas
The U.S. Navy's newest variant of the Fire Scout unmanned helicopter completes its first day of flying BY Andrea Shalal-Esa
New Boeing little bird
Fort Carson unit gets Army's newest choppers BY Tom Roeder
Time runs out on c27j, the newest variant of the US Army caribou BY Michael Hoffman
A blessing of a Vietnam veteran helicopter 425 BY Bill Jeczalik


LOOKING FOR:
Looking for - wo rank insignia information BY William Mike Hodges
Looking for information about the 196th Helicopter Company BY Mary Hekkinen
Looking for Warren Winter BY John Therrien
Looking for anyone who might have known my dad, Bruce R. Northrup BY Shai Marie
Looking for anyone who might have known my dad, Ken Pfaff BY William Pfaff
Looking for... "the lone ranger" BY Ron Walters
Looking for Chuck Kelly BY Robert M. Henderson
Looking for information on cpt. George B. Rusnak, b troop, 1 sqdn 9th air cav - kia on 22 March 1967 BY Isabel d. Rusnak LaForge
Looking for... information on William Dwight Lang BY Dennis Reed
Looking for home movies of your early days in the Army or of your tour in Vietnam BY Lou Red Productions
Looking for claw 3 BY Shirley Williams
Looking for... information of huey b model/m model #64-14179 BY Tom Egleston
Looking for USMC paymaster pilot - a good friend of mine is dying from leukemia and needs some help BY Mike MacDonald


VHPA CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alamo Chapter BY Chip Brown
Oklahoma Chapter BY John Gaines
Upper Midwest Chapter BY Burt Leach
Fort Wolters Chapter BY Adam Steczko
South Missouri Chapter BY Bill Thompson
Michigan Chapter BY Rich Deer
Alaska Chapter BY Lynn Kile
VHPA of Florida Chapter BY Tom Rountree
North Alabama Chapter of the VHPA BY Les Haas
Southern California Chapter BY Sven Akesson
North Carolina Chapter BY B. Seago and B. Nicholson
Old Dominion Chapter BY Hugh W. Adams
Washington State Chapter BY J.C. Combs


TAPS:
Charles A. Adkinson - Keith Leroy Anthony - Keith Roy Borck - Robert "Bob" Douglas Bowles - Howard Burks - William F. Burton - Daniel J. Davies - Norbert D. "Dale" Dunham - Danny C. Farmer - William Dale Herron - Richard Robert Izold - John Foster Koshinsky - Roy Hilton Leggett - Tom Mackie - William Clayton Meacham - Howe Nguyen - John F. Ryan - Joseph L. Sullivan - Charles E. "Chuck" Schander - Jeffrey T. Clark - Robert Louis Erbe - John Falls - Jan Christian Larson - David A. Lynn - Donald G. Maloy - Felix Dixon Bates Perello - Terry Swink - Glen P. York


BOOK REVIEWS:
The Trident Deception BY John Penny
Render Harmless BY John Penny
Flying High BY John Penny
Just Let Me Walk Away BY John Penny
Tell Your Story BY John Penny
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Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 999Newsletter610735. No Date, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter610735, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
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999Newsletter610735, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 30 Mar 2017 [Updated: 12 Apr 2017]

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