The VHPA Aviator
Newsletter Item Number: 2841Newsletter611042
- 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)
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 3
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 2013- General Note
- FROM JOHN SORENSEN, PRESIDENT OF THE VHPA BY John Sorensen
FEATURES:
From the Staff at HQ! BY Sherry Rodgers
I'm a Vietnam Veteran, That's What I Am BY Donald E. Long
My War Souvenir, a Browning Hi-Power 9mm Pistol BY Rex Gooch
One Last Air Assault for our Beloved UH-1 Huey BY George VanRiper
A Mighty Pat on the Back BY Charles W. Abbey
Wyakin Warrior Foundation to join us in SFO BY Cliff Gaston
Memorial Service for "Blue Max" Aviator WO1 Francis McDowall BY Max Torrence, Rick Lester
"A Pilot's Daughter" BY Jamie Paye Collins
Sharing your Vietnam Aviation Experience BY Rex Gooch
From Near Death in Vietnam to Dusting off Flying Skills 40 Years Later BY Chuck and Leslie Ramsdell
From the Editor of the VHPA Aviator BY David Adams
Everything I Needed to Know in Life I Learned as a Helicopter Crewman in Vietnam BY Bobby McBride
Army OKS Women As Spec Ops Aviators BY Joe Gould
Random (And Not So Random) Thoughts... BY Tom Garcia
Welcome to the VHPA!
The Wayward GPS BY Andy Anderson
LETTERS:
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Bruce Huffman
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Tom Putnam
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Tom Wood
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM James E. Nunn
Looking For Gunslinger 33 FROM Chuck Carlock
Looking For anyone who might have known Roger Schneider FROM Ralph Schneider
Looking For someone who knew my father, 1LT Paul Silvey Colvin FROM Cheryl Colvin-Chambers
Looking for former pilots Blackjack 29 and Gambler 26 FROM Darryl Beals
Looking For members of the 2nd Signal Group, 1st Signal Brigade in Vietnam FROM L.C. Gram III
Looking For details on the history of Huey tail rotor chain bracelets FROM Travis Thornton
Looking For Latino Veterans on the Vietnam War FROM Susy Garciasalas
Looking For - My Recruiter FROM James "Derry" Ray
Looking For help ID'ing these two Cobras FROM Sam Maki
Looking For the pilot in this photo FROM Michael D. Treinen
REUNIONS:
Upcoming Reunions
2013 Reunion Status Report BY Mike Law
Official Schedule of Events - The 30th Annual Reunion of the VHPA
CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Arizona chapter BY Bill Sorenson
Central New York chapter BY Tom McMillen
Fort Wolters chapter BY Mike Sheuerman
Georgia chapter BY Bill McRae
Louisiana Gulf Coast chapter BY Victor Lent
Old Dominion chapter BY Don Agren
Rocky Mountain chapter BY Hal Bergdahl
Alamo chapter BY Jim Martinson
VHPA of Florida chapter BY Tom Rountree
California chapter north BY Ken Fritz
Ohio River LZ BY Moon Mullen
South Carolina (Celebrate Freedom) chapter BY Larry Russell
Southern California chapter BY Swen Atkinson
South Missouri chapter BY Russ Emory
Washington State chapter BY Don LeMaster
TAPS:
Kenneth M. Bly II - Alfred F. Dreves - John R. Fleig - Bruce Holmberg - Paul Brian Howe - Charles Edward Killmer - Robert Lanier Krieger - Charles Early Larkin - Francis Max McCullar - Robert L. McDaniel - George W. "Butch" McHugh Jr. - John Francis Patterson - Al Rodriguez - Ronald L. Surgener - Dewell O. Thrall
BOOK REVIEWS:
Code Name: Total Eclipse BY John Penny
Sugar Creek BY John Penny
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611042
- Citation
- The VHPA Aviator, 2841Newsletter611042. No Date, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611042, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 2841Newsletter611042, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 10 Nov 2017 [Updated: 13 Nov 2017]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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