The VHPA Aviator
Newsletter Item Number: 293Newsletter611101
- Pages
- 36
- 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
- 4
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 2009- General Note
- FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE VHPA BY Gary Roush
FEATURES:
Family Contacts Committee Helps Families Find Answers BY Gary Thewlis
The VHPA's Legacy of Valor Museum Website BY Jon Conway
"Help Wanted" BY Moon Mullen
The "Eggbeater with Good Sense" BY Ken McElroy
More on The Battle of An Loc BY John Parker
Hawk's Claw BY Hal Manns
Do You Have Maps from Binh Dinh Province, II Corps Vietnam?
Compromise 36 and 16 provide gun cover for Dustoff 601 BY Jim Hunt
UH-1H "Hueys" arrive in Vietnam BY Larry Clark
Balls of Steel BY Terry Garlock
Help Start Your Own Chapter of the VHPA BY Jack Salm
VHPA Members in the news...
A long silver bar with a ball on the end just flew off the helicopter BY David A. West
Army Colonel Finally Eats His Old C-ration Pound Cake BY Sagar Meghani
LETTERS:
Looking For Cpt. Frank Keenan FROM Chuck Cox
Looking For Bruce J. Matheson FROM Jim Matheson
Looking For CW4 Charlie West FROM Thomas H. Nadeau
We hear from the Author of last Issue's story FROM Bob Mitchell
To whom it may concern FROM Jim Loomis
Can anyone help me get a copy of a tape FROM Ray Murphy
A member writes us imploring us to FROM J. Willingham
Anybody Remember Dennis C. Hamilton FROM Mike Sheuerman
To the Members of the VHPA FROM Jill Burwash
Dear Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Leo (Doc) Flory
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator and the Members of our Organization FROM Ed Maston
REUNIONS:
AAR on the 26th Annual Reunion, Philadelphia, PA BY Jack Salm
Vendor Room ~ A Success BY Woody McFarlin
Why We Meet Every Year BY Mike Sheuerman
Philadelphia Golf Outing BY Mike Whitten
Sheuerman Casts "No" Vote For McFarlin in VP Election BY Mike Sheuerman
Poker Tourney Adds to VHPA Scholarship Total BY Mike Sheuerman
Presentation Events at Philly Reunion
6th Gold Star Family Breakfast Brought the Memories Home BY Julie Kink
Philadelphia Donations Fund a Quarter of Fourth VHPA Scholarship BY Mike Sheuerman
CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Rocky Mountain chapter BY Gary Hurelle
VHPA of Florida chapter BY Donald Welch
North Carolina chapter BY JD Lawson
Washington state chapter BY Dave Eck
Georgia chapter By "Skip" Bell
Southern California chapter BY Ed Holguin
South Carolina chapter BY Larry Russell
Fort Wolters chapter BY Virgil Laughlin
California chapter north Ken Fritz
TAPS:
Charles "Chuck" Thomas Goodroe III - Elmer G. Anderson - Howard "Al" Corson - James Graham - Kenneth L. Reusser - Sidney Carroll Cowan - Bill (William L.) Irby - Robert S. Allen - Roger Greennan
BOOK REVIEWS:
A Hundred Feet Over Hell BY John Penny
6000 Hours BY John Penny
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=293Newsletter611101
- Citation
- The VHPA Aviator, 293Newsletter611101. 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=293Newsletter611101, Accessed 27 Jan 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 293Newsletter611101, 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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