The VHPA Aviator
Newsletter Item Number: 293Newsletter611079
- Pages
- 32
- Media Type
- Newsletter
- Information removed from digital copy?
- Yes
- Physical Location
- Stacks Newsletter Collection
- Copyright Statement
- This publication is copyrighted
- Language(s)
- English
- Volume
- 24
- 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: Winter 2006- General Note
- FROM THE PRESIDENT BY Angelo Spelios
FEATURES:
VHPA accepting management bids BY Dana M. Young
Helicopter pilots enjoy celebration BY "Mik" Mikulan
Writer accumulating humorous war stories BY Tom Putnam
Directory offered on CD this year BY Gary Roush
Gifts BY Gary Roush
Rest of Story LOH pilot tracks down veterans who saved him BY Gary Holmes
Scotch saved for VHPA survivors BY Mike Sheuerman
Pleiku 6 BY Mike Sheuerman
Shot Down! BY Bernardo S. Paez
Management Support Contract Request for Bids BY Dana M. Young
Presidents' pilots BY Marc Yablonka
Quick trip BY Marc Yablonka
Looking for peace and quiet can be risky business BY Jack Salm
LETTERS:
Project would pair pilots with aircraft FROM Pamela L. Reed
Wife seeking veterans who flew with husband FROM Roy and Brenda Rhoades
Veterans advocate flag honoring military service FROM Gary Thewlis
VFW commander seeks Huey for N.M. memorial FROM Abe Saiz
Aviator recalls late nights, light shows, run to bunker FROM Fearless Forrest Snyder
Pilot wanted to fly Cobra from first time he saw one FROM Greg Smith
Photo taken during rare day unit was not flying FROM Herbert W. Korte Jr.
TAPS:
Craig S. Albee - Edward L. Behne - Terry Wayne Jacobs - William Hayden "Pappy" Jones - Michael John Keating - Lawrence Lester - Jimmy Don Lowry - William J. Mittelstadt - Paul C. Petersen - Joseph L. Pike - Timothy Ralph Templin - James B. "Jim" Thompson
REUNIONS:
Committee completing final planning for event BY Dana M. Young
Make certain email address is up to date BY Gary Roush, Charles Holley
Two new seminars planned for Phoenix Reunion BY Rich Buzen
VN Center, Archives do great job BY Tom Payne
Presentations now available on DVD BY Gary Roush
Scholarship Fund - good news/bad news BY Mike Sheuerman
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=293Newsletter611079
- Citation
- The VHPA Aviator, 293Newsletter611079. No Date, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: General Files, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=293Newsletter611079, Accessed 19 Feb 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 293Newsletter611079, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: General Files, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 05 Dec 2017 [Updated: 05 Dec 2017]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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