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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 293Newsletter611112
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
Volume
29
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 2011
General Note
FROM WOODY MCFARLIN, PRESIDENT OF THE VHPA BY Woody McFarlin


FEATURES:
News From the VHPA Headquarters
UH-1H Flyaway Ceremony at Yakima Training Center BY John Penny
Preserving our History BY Gary Roush
560 Flies Again BY John Mateyko
Lets Smoke on this... "Imposters" BY Charlie Gossett
A Vietnam War Veteran in Prescott will get a slew of military medals this week, about four decades later than he should have..... BY The Associated Press
Hard Day at Hard Times BY Joseph Hardy
Permant Order 089-10 BY Peter Velesky
A Celebrity Takes a Ride in a Gunship BY Robert (Bo) Atkinson
VHPA'ers in the News BY George Jared
Ft Wolters Main Gate Restored BY Mike Sheuerman
Ed Lee Chevrolet, Ridgemar Sqaure "Behind the Wall", The Old 300th and Other Memories... BY Mike Sheuerman
The Legacy Lives On... BY Mike Law


REUNION:
After Action Report - VHPA Booth at Hai - Orlando BY Mike Sheuerman
Summery of both Registration Details and Events for this year's VHPA Reunion BY Mike Law
Schedule of Events: VHPA 28th Annual Reunion in Orlando, Florida
Change One! Orlando Reunion Concerts BY Mike Law
92nd Assault Helicopter Company Yahoo Group Site BY Bill Robie


LETTERS:
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Andrew "Andy" Egan
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Curtis D. Hatley
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Thom Cerny
Looking For information about PFC Norman Dale Adkins FROM Thomas P. Cerny
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Cameron Hendrickson
On March 28th 2011, the following comment was posted to our Web Site... FROM Bill Staffod
Looking For Class Photo of Flight B4 (5th WOC Company) from the WOC Class 67-23 FROM George Francisco
Looking For information about Brian Rowland FROM Kelly Bowerman
Looking For COntact Information for two Chinook Pilots FROM Dennis Furnas
Reunion Announcement - 165th Transportation Company (ADS) FROM Pat Collins
Looking For Members who might have known CW2 Harry Bruce Appleby FROM Paul Appleby
Looking For Guest Writers FROM Lee McCaslin
Looking For Information on B Troop, 7/17th Cav in Vietnam FROM Mike Hodges
Looking For Any Chopper Pilots lead into a LZ by a USAF O-2 FAC FROM George "Machine" Schaefer
Looking for Army Pilot on a "pick-up" Medivac Mission near the DMZ on 25 April 1967 FROM Seppo I. Hurme


TAPS:
Anan Vere McCulloch - August M. Cianciolo - Carlton Leroy Williams - Charles B. Johnson Pickett - Freddie H. Robbins - Gary Richard Weiland Sr. - Gene Clarkson Russell - Glenwood N. "Mickey" Parrish - Jack V. Macmull - James W. Taylor - Jimmy Dale Bright - John Raymond Leskovec - Joseph Wayne Milles - Paul Owwen Bailey - Richard Roth - Stephen A Mazur - Theodor (Ted) Mueller - Thomas A. Fitzgerald - Franklin Edward Pauli - Albert Michael Leahy


CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alamo chapter BY Bob Dillon
North Alabama chapter BY Jim White
South Carolina chapter BY Larry Russell
South Dakota chapter BY Harold Pardew
Rocky Mountain chapter BY Walt Wise
Hawaii chapter BY Don Harlor
Fort Rucker chapter BY Roscoe Souders
Georgia chapter BY Skip Bell
Southern California chapter BY Carl Cortez
Louisiana Gulf Coast chapter BY Phil Nuss
Montana chapter BY Todd Brandoff
Alaska chapter BY Vicotr Micol
Central New York chapter BY J.T. Severin
South Missouri chapter BY John Sorensen
Fort Wolters chapter BY Lee Westbrook
North Carolina chapter BY J.D. Lawson
Washington chapter BY Mark Hansen
VHPA of Florida chapter BY Gary Harrell
Virginia chapter BY Ben Gay


BOOK REVIEWS:
Vietnam Special Flight, Inc. BY John Penny
Tiger Lead, Your Flight is Up BY John Penny
Skycrane: Igor Sikorsky's Last Vision BY John Penny

Perma Link
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Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 293Newsletter611112. 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=293Newsletter611112, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
293Newsletter611112, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: General Files, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 22 Jan 2018 [Updated: 22 Jan 2018]