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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 2841Newsletter611034
Pages
40
Media Type
Newsletter
Information removed from digital copy?
Yes
Physical Location
Stacks Newsletter Collection
Copyright Statement
This publication is copyrighted
Language(s)
English
Collection
John Shafer Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

2841Newsletter611034 pdf
Volume
30
Issue
03
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: May/June 2012
General Note
FROM MIKE LAW, PRESIDENT OF THE VHPA BY Mike Law


FEATURES:
Membership in VHPA is Growing BY Mike Sheuerman
I Had a Dream..... well, maybe a brain cramp BY Steve Bookout
It was just a simple "Bus Run" into Da Nang BY Dennis DeWine
Welcome to the VHPA!
Mother Goose: A Him or a Her? BY Bill Zierdt
The Crash of Downwash Pete BY Todd Brandoff
VHPA'ers in the News


LETTERS:
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Jim Crawford
Looking For - Pilots of two Army C-Model Gunships FROM Syd "Mac" McLeod
Looking For information on WO David Caplan FROM Jim Reece
Looking For help restoring a Huey for a static display FROM Jon Jenkins
Looking For help in restoring a Cobra for static display FROM David Adams
Looking For "WO named Beall" FROM John Eder
Searching for Former... FROM Charles Stutzman
Looking For OH-6 Aircrew who rescued a VNAF Skyraider Pilot FROM Byron "Hook" Hukee
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM M.A. "Tony" Humphreys
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Ray Boland
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM David Adams


REUNIONS:
Upcoming Reunions
New Orleans Is Back From Katrina better than ever!
It was a Career Move... How This Year's Air Log Reunion came to be BY Kenny Bunn
The Big Easy Insider BY Vic Lent
Gold Star Family Breakfast - Finding Families BY Julie Kink
Things to do in the Big Easy... BY Merlin Grade
Notice of Elections two positions on the VHPA Executive Council BY Clyde Romero
Inside the hotel events
Official Schedule of Events - The 29th Annual Reunion of the VHPA


TAPS:
Albert Albarez - Archie R. Taylor - Bruce E. Engelking - Clay Bauer - Clinton J. Lyons - Dave Roblyer - Douglas A. McCaughey - Donald K. Mogensen - Donald Mallow Jr. - Emmitt Eugene "Jack" Exum - Eric Lee Holsinger - Francisco (Frank) Basaldua - Gary W. Glaston - Glen Granberry - George H. (Hank) Echols III - Hopkins Payne Breazeale - Hoye Dee Tibbets - James "Jim" W. Marsh - Jerry L. Northup - Karl L. Osterloh - Larry Mead - Michael Wesley Millspaw - Murrell Langston Sloan - Norman P. Jacobs - Powell Marin Smith II - Robert Regester - Ronald McKinley - Roger D. Byrd - Richard Fred Wickboldt Jr. - Thomas J. Taggart - Terry L. McDaniel - Tommie A. McFarlin - Walter Eugene Stephens - Orville Wayne "Scat" McNatt - William E. McGee - Charles J. "Chuck" Restivo


CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alamo chapter BY Bib Dillon
Arizona chapter BY Bill Sorenson
California north chapter BY Ken Fritz
Central New York chapter By Tom McMillen
Fort Rucker chapter BY Roscoe Souders
Fort Wolters chapter BY Mike Sheuerman
Georgia chapter BY Bill McRae
Michigan chapter BY Charley Martin
Mid South chapter BY Pete Norman IV
Minnesota chapter BY Ray Wilson
Southern California chapter BY Sven Akesson
New England chapter BY Bill Williams
New Jersey chapter BY Jim Purnell
North Alabama chapter BY Jim White
Old Dominion chapter BY J.T. Severin
South Carolina (Celebrate Freedom) chapter BY Larry Russell
South Missouri chapter BY Russ Emory
Rocky Mountain chapter BY Phil Lanphier
Washington State chapter BY Mark Hansen
Florida chapter of the VHPA BY Kenneth Mulholland
After Action Report - Ohio River LZ Chapter's 25th Anniversary Reunion BY Jim Miller
The North Carolina Chapter of the VHPA


BOOK REVIEWS:
U.S Army Helicopter Names in Vietnam BY John Penny
On Heroic Wings BY John Penny
Honor Denied: The Truth About Air America and the CIA BY John Penny
Journey to Myrtos: Vietnam to Crete - Healing the Wounds of War BY John Penny
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Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 2841Newsletter611034. No Date, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611034, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
2841Newsletter611034, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 07 Nov 2017 [Updated: 13 Nov 2017]

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