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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 2841Newsletter611043
Pages
48
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)

2841Newsletter611043 pdf
Volume
31
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 2013
General Note
FROM BILL "MOON" MULLEN, PRESIDENT OF THE VHPA BY Bill "Moon" Mullen


FEATURES:
From the Staff at HQ! BY Sherry Rodgers
An Invitation to Discussion BY Bob Hesselbein
To Capture the Wind BY Shelby Mansfield
Is CW5 John M. Harris the Last Vietnam Army Helicopter Pilot Flying in Uniform? BY John Penny
Another Vietnam Veteran returns to combat, this time it's an old Army Huey and her new mission is to fight wild fires here in Central Texas BY David Adams
USAACE reinstates solo flight incentuves after 15 years
The Life Story of B-Model serial number 62-04567 BY Steve Bookout
The Best Deal of a Lifetime BY Clyde Romero, Bob Farris, Bob Hesselbein
Groundbreaking of the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument
A "Charger" Pilot Returns BY Dr. Dick Elgin
Brain Cramp ~ Part Deux BY Steve Bookout
The only constant thing is change....... BY Stephen Willett
Welcome to the VHPA!
New Bloke (Guy) From Down Under Joins the VHPA BY Mike Sheuerman
Scenes of Vietnam - Courtesy of VHPA Member Bill Bengtson BY David Adams
A tribute to F.M.F. Corpsman BY Tom Eagles
Flying in a Huey Time Warp BY Art Jacobs
Musings of an Old Helicopter Pilot BY Doug Moore
An offer from the Producers of the TV Show Shopping Wars BY David Adams
Old Scout Pilots Fly Again BY Steve Pullen
So Others May Live BY Terry Garlock
Vietnam War hero to be buried.... 45 years after being killed in action BY Colleen O'Connor


REUNIONS:
Upcoming Reunions


BOOK REVIEWS:
Reckoning: Vietnam and America's Cold War Experience, 1945-1991 BY John Penny


LETTERS:
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM David M. White
David FROM David Adams
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Ron Strickland
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM David Clark
Looking for..... someone who might remember Michael Albert FROM James W. White
Looking For..... "Mister French" FROM Mary Wisdom-House
Remember men, looking for a long lost friend? FROM Mike Sheuerman
Looking for Wounded Co-pilot FROM Dave Dunbar
Looking For... anyone who might have known Gary A. Goldsmith FROM Kim Gary Goldsmith
Looking For... the pilot who extracted my cousin Dan Lindsey FROM Jake Strickland
Looking for.... the Huey pilots who safely got my butt out of Bien Hoa during the Tet Offensive FROM Sheridan K. Hawk


TAPS:
Roy M. "Mick" Ahalt III - Richard D. "Dick" Albrecht - "Al" Joseph Donahue Alphonsus III - Joe Ed Bunton - Leland "Lee" Heywood Burgess Jr. - John W. "Walt" Levering - Michael W. Mitchell - Max H. Mullen - Clarence "Clancy" William Smith - Roger "Tony" Stuart - John Joseph Wright - Charles Robert Graeber


CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alamo chapter BY Jim Martinson
Montana chapter BY Todd Brandoff
Louisiana Gulf Coast chapter BY Vic Lent
Georgia chapter BY Bill McRae
Old Dominion chapter BY Raoul LeBlanc
Ohio River LZ chapter
Alaska chapter BY Lynn Kile
North Carolina chapter (NCVHPA) BY Brock Nicholson
Michigan chapter BY Ray Wilson
Fort Wolters chapter BY Mike Sheuerman
South Carolina chapter (Celebrate Freedom) BY Larry Russell
Rocky Mountain chapter BY Hal Bergdahl
VHPA of Florida BY Tom Rountree
Washington State chapter BY Don LeMaster
South Missouri chapter BY Russ Emory
North Alabama chapter BY Les Haas
California chapter north (CCN) BY Ken Fritz
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611043
Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 2841Newsletter611043. No Date, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2841Newsletter611043, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
2841Newsletter611043, John Shafer Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 10 Nov 2017 [Updated: 15 Nov 2017]

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