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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 2841Newsletter611038
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)

2841Newsletter611038 pdf
Volume
30
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: September/October 2012
General Note
FROM JOHN SORENSEN, PRESIDENT OF THE VHPA BY John Sorensen


FEATURES:
New Aviator Delivery Options Now Available
Membership in the VHPA is Growing to Record Levels BY Mike Sheuerman
Tales of Flying an "Old Smokey" Smoke Ship in 1966..... BY Michael Hershey
VHPA'ers In the News BY Kevin Spear
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night BY Steve Bookout
"The Night Our Night Hawk Went Down" BY Bill Thomason Sr.
Divarty Air Unit Reunites After 43 Years BY Darryl James
Return to Vietnam BY Stephen Willett
The V.C. Were Predictable Too BY Ed Canright
Return to Vietnam BY Richard Dipboye
Welcome to the VHPA!
The Last Checkride
Riding the Air in Vietnam BY Jim C. Parker
Business Cards from Vietnam
Ozark Honor Flight BY Ralph McClurg
Mineral Wells Honors Fort Wolters Medal of Honor Recipients BY Edward T. "Edd" Luttenberger


LETTERS:
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Bill Zierdt
Looking For two Cobra crews involved in a CCN mission on 23 July 1970 FROM Tom Yarborough
Looking For Vietnam photos of OH-23's FROM Dave Hill
Looking For anyone who knew my father, Cecil Blanton FROM Dustin Blanton
Looking For members and friends of crew chief Richard Garcia FROM Helen and Dale Kueter
Looking For - a set of Charlie Model blades and hub FROM Ken Fritz
Looking For anyone who might have known Jan Franklin Wilson FROM Ron Miller
Looking For contact info for Ricky Farnsworth and Karl Pfitzer FROM Mac McMillan
Looking For Aircrew Nearly Shot Down by a B-40 Rocket FROM Jack Galany
Dear Bob FROM Gary Roush
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Robert Lyle
We recieved this e-mail about the cover art for our last three issues FROM Janet-Anne Boykin
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM John E. Barron
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Larry Russell
To the organizers of the 29th Annual Reunion of the VHPA FROM Geoge Vanriper


CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alamo chapter BY Chuck Oualline
Fort Wolters chapter BY Mike Sheuerman
Georgia chapter BY Bill McRae
South Missouri chapter BY Russ Emory
North Carolina chapter By Robert Inglis
Rocky Mountain chapter BY Phil Lanphier
South Dakota chapter BY Jim Miles
Old Dominion chapter BY J.T. Severin
Michigan chapter BY Charlie Martin
VHPA-CCN chapter BY Ken Fritz


TAPS:
Bernard Bruno "Bernie" Quedens - C.Edward "Ed" Fickes - Charles Vincent Masick - Clifford E. Reese - Daniel James Fick - Donald E. Sullivan - James R. (J.R.) Thomas - Jason "Chick" Bridge - James E. Duncan - Jerry Lee Butts - Lewis Eugene "Buck" Buchanan - Mark L. Jensen - Peter Edward Laux - Ralph W. Penniman - Richard Lee Lambert - Robert "Bob" Charters - Robert L. Vecchio - Thomas E. Heydinger - Tim Stott - Timothy Francis Doreen - Zane Bell Fisher - Clyde J. Emery - David A. Redel - Charlie Gossett


BOOK REVIEWS:
Discovery Of Flight 19 BY John Penny
I Was A Pilot For the Mob BY John Penny
Vietnam War Hlicopter Art: U.S. Army Rotor Aircraft BY John Penny
...And Sometimes The Bear Eats You BY John Penny


REUNION:
Reunion Scrapbook
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611038
Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 2841Newsletter611038. No Date, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611038, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
2841Newsletter611038, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 08 Nov 2017 [Updated: 15 Nov 2017]

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