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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 999Newsletter610809
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)

999Newsletter610809 pdf
Volume
35
Issue
06
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 2016
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT FROM John Shafer


LETTERS:
From the VHPA staff at hq! FROM Sherry Rodgers
Tide 6 FROM Bob Lanzotti
Bob Hope Christmas specials FROM Lance Patten
The U.S. military medical evacuation system: from the eyes of a participant; an adventure in and of itself; makes getting shot almost an afterthought FROM Mark Keeney
Good things from bad FROM Chuck Oualline
Dear Editor FROM David Slone
Looking for a colleague FROM Dianna Davis-Forest
Request from: David Porter FROM Dave Porter
Looking for helicopter names/nose art FROM Tom Payne
Regarding taps for Les Valouche FROM Steve Bunting
Serendipity FROM Curt Herrick
To the editor of the Aviator FROM John Simpers
To the editor of the Aviator FROM Earl Hensley
Earl FROM Tom Kirk
Dear Mr. Kirk FROM H.H. (Rick) Roll
Rick FROM Tom Kirk
To the editor of the Aviator: Military Vehicle Preservation Assoc. MVPA Convoys FROM Paul B. Fellencer Sr.
VA and/or Medicare? It is an important decision FROM Gary Potter
Letter to the editor: VHPA Reno reunion FROM John F. Imsdahl
Ghost meets savior FROM Richard Sebastian
VHPA Memorial Scholarship Fund offers a solid legacy


FEATURES:
The ANC Memorial update: Autumn 2016 BY Bob Hesselbein
GCA "slightly left of course and correcting" BY Pat Dougan
An Loc, some more of the rest of the story
Helicopter BY Butch Gudger


VHPA CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alaska Chapter BY Tim Kavanaugh
California Chapter North BY Dave Andersen
Florida Chapter BY Joe Ponds
Georgia Chapter BY Bob Lanzotti
New York CHapter BY Tom McMillen
North Alabama Chapter BY Ralph Weber
North Carolina Chapter BY John Hoffman
Ohio River LZ Chapter BY Robert Blair
Old Dominion Chapter BY Don Agren
The Rocky Mountain Chapter and the Helicopter War Museum (HWM) BY Dale House
South Missouri Chapter BY John B. Wilkinson
Upper Midwest Chapter BY Richard Anderson
Washington State Chapter BY Dave Saunders


TAPS:
Mark Ayres - Robert R. Blake - Thomas J. Blake - Gene T. Boyer - Keith R. Broeme - Robert G. Bustos - Robert T. Chastine Sr. - Joseph R. Clelan - Jimmy E. Curtis - William N. Eckert - Robert M. Furney - Jospeh P. Gallagher - Cecil T. Gunter - Raymond C. Edge - Glenn L. Hartman - Charles N. Heape - Warren C. Joyce - Herbert D. Kalen - Floyd H. Keller - Christopher A. Maggio - Jimmy N. Moore - Arvel H. Perry - Charles E. Silva - William D. Sears - William E. Smith - Ed R. Stevenson - Gordon Stone - David A. Theobald - David L. Torrey - Dave Vautrinot - Gary L. Asdel - Hubert M. Brady - James J. Brady - Harold R. Brumage - Walter M. Burch - Michael A. Carosella - Roger W. Cederholm - James A. Dean - George William Lehman - Ronald C. Lombardo - Hugh W. Morgan - John E. Oglesby - James T. Pratt - Thomas E. Reinhardt - Maxie Riley - Francis Rocchi - Frank Rusk
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Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 999Newsletter610809. No Date, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter610809, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
999Newsletter610809, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 04 Apr 2017 [Updated: 02 Jun 2017]

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