The VHPA Aviator
Newsletter Item Number: 293Newsletter611100
- 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
- 27
- 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: July/August 2009- General Note
- FROM THE PRESIDENT BY Jack Salm
FEATURES:
The Battle of An Loc BY Dan Fox
The 10th Combat Aviation Battalion (Vagabonds) Plans Reunion For All Attached Units in Vietnam BY Gary Stagman
American Huey 369 BY Phil Marshall
In late October of 1969 Camp Bu Prang, a 5th Special Forces A Camp came under siege.....
A Father's Day Story
Bandit 553 3 April, 1969 BY Rich Buzen, Mel Schuck
Memories Beaucoup By Jack Johnstone
Stupid Pet Tricks/Stupid Human Tricks BY Jack Salm
Survival Rounds BY Michael McCormick
On Losing Friends BY William N. Janes, Sr.
First Cav Helicopter Found BY Joseph L. Galloway
Remembering BY Jack Salm
Resurrection of a "Dog" BY Seppo I. Hurme
Dustoff Association Pays Tribute to a Fallen Hero BY Al Michaels
A Really, Really Close Call BY Mike Waugh
Tale of a Combat Extraction BY Joe Hughes, Jack L. Williams
The History of Robert Maxwell's Maxwell System
A Photo Contest for Air Cavalrymen BY Mike Law
LETTERS:
From the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM David Adams, Jack Morrison
I have an unusual request, after a very long time FROM Jim Millirons
Letter to the editor FROM Mike Streeper
Seeking Help from the VHPA Membership FROM Fred Romero
Dear Members of the VHPA FROM Jack J. Johnstone
To the Members of the VHPA FROM Greg Smith
Does Anyone Remember Me?
Dear Brothers FROM Robert C. Connor
CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Rocky Mountain chapter BY Rick Beaver
South Carolina chapter BY Larry Russell
New England chapter BY Bill Williams
Arizona chapter BY Bill Sorenson
Southern California chapter BY Ed Holguin
Ohio River LZ chapter BY Bob Hamilton
TAPS:
Boyd E. King Jr. - Bruce Claude Douglas - Clinton E. Downing - James T. Cheatham - James A. Fuller - Larry R. Salzman - Michael "Pete" Jarina - Neal Gordon Beard - Robert R. Williams - Duncan Wyman Rae
BOOK REVIEWS:
Flying Alligators and Silver Spurs BY John Penny
Scarface 42 BY John Penny
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=293Newsletter611100
- Citation
- The VHPA Aviator, 293Newsletter611100. 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=293Newsletter611100, Accessed 27 Jan 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 293Newsletter611100, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: General Files, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 19 Jan 2018 [Updated: 19 Jan 2018]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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