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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 999Newsletter610736
Pages
56
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)

999Newsletter610736 pdf
Volume
34
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 2015
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT FROM Bob Hesselbein


LETTERS:
From the VHPA staff at hq FROM Sherry Rodgers
The send off FROM Chief Ed
Quilter's show and tell FROM Kathleen Sherfey
Update: Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and Crewmember Memorial FROM the Executive Council
Special thanks... FROM Don Agren
Letter on whether to become an Army/Naval aviator, or an Air Force pilot FROM Bob Norris
From the Editor FROM Tom Kirk


FEATURES:
The mug BY Michael A. Holt
The end of a forty-seven year search BY Larry Mobley
Buffy BY Gary Gamble
The huey pilot BY Rex Gooch
The versatile chinook BY Tom Hirschler
Ready for the dedication BY Bob Hesselbein
The apparently never-ending saga of the rescue of Buzzard 44 and Stan Cherrie's pork tenderloin sandwiches and chocolate milk BY Ed McKee
Things they didn't teach in flight school or ocs BY Rod McClellan
The first time I was shot at! BY Marc Liebman
The last scramble of the 57th Assault Helicopter Company BY John Ross
November 27, 1968, is my day of infamy BY Joseph P Dougan

REUNION:
Final update on the 32nd reunion of the VHPA BY Mike Law
Official schedule of events
Bring your existing lanyard to the DC reunion


VHPA CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alamo Chapter BY Chuck Oualline
Arizona Chapter BY Bill Sorenson
Central New York Chapter BY Tom McMillen
Fort Walters Chapter BY Adam Steckzo
Oklahoma Chapter BY Wayne Guffy
Upper Midwest Chapter BY Richard Anderson
Alaska Chapter BY Lynn Kile
Florida Chapter BY Frank Hoover
Georgia Chapter BY Bob Lanzotti
California North Chapter BY Dave Anderson
North Alabama Chapter
Old Dominion Chapter BY Don Agren
The Rocky Mountain Chapter VHPA and the Helicopter War Museum BY Dale House
South Missouri Chapter BY John Sorensen
Michigan Chapter BY Rich Deer
Southern California Chapter BY Sven Akesson


TAPS:
Richard Biggs - Don C. Bradford - Lawrence E. Burton - James M. Cesar - Jerry L. Cogdill - Alfred L. Cope - Neil C. Doty - Raymond P. Ferrante - Charles W. Goodson - Richard A. Gilleland - Charles O. Griminger - Fred T. Grotenhuis - Hoyt B. Hurt - Harold C. Jackson - Thomas W. Larkin - Joseph P. Madrano - Jose L. Martinez - Jacob W. Mast - Richard Parr - Paul S. Renschen - Biagio Rao - Francis J. Roddy Jr. - Charles F. Rodriguez - Donald R. Scroggins - Dewey J. Shelton - Gary E. Thiry - Harold I. Small - John L. Swarts - Robert J. Tessier - Thomas J. Trebby - Donald E. Woods - Henry P. Capozzi - Charles T Cook - William R. Damoth - Kevin F. Delaney - Charles H. Egger - William H. Frye - William Billy Fuggit - Walter M Gibbs - Joseph M. Gualtier - Dean P. Guenther - Arthur A. Hough - Larry B. Jividen - Stanley Eugene Kaiser - Lloyd K. Kaul - James Masencup - Henry A. Mayer - Jerry Merritt - John Moore - Patrick H. Neary - John P. Neece - James I. Parnell - James W. Perkins - Stuart H. Phillips - Phillip M. Schmidt - William P. Shea - Barry F. Skinner - Richard L. Stoessner - William Tingler - James Thomas Turner - Ralph Waldeck - David J. Wellman


BOOK REVIEWS:
A Cobra Pilot in Vietnam BY John Penny
Ace By John Penny
The Other Vietnam War BY John Penny
Scout BY John Penny
Perma Link
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Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 999Newsletter610736. No Date, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter610736, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
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999Newsletter610736, 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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