The VHPA Aviator
Newsletter Item Number: 293Newsletter611113
- 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
- 29
- 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: July/August 2011- General Note
- FROM MIKE LAW, PRESIDENT OF THE VHPA BY Mike Law
FEATURES:
The 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion is Back on Active Duty BY Lewis J. McConnell
Retirement Ceremony fot the last Huey assigned to Fort Rucker BY Lawrence (Larry) Castagneto
The Wall That Heals BY Terry Garlock
Museum Activities continue to build through 2010-2011
"Why We Went" BY Charlie Gossett
US Army Special Operations Aviation Unit Activated BY Henry Cuningham
Helicopter Squadron 4 (HS4) sails into the sunset.... BY Robert Aguilar
The Vietnam Vet BY Michelle Riley Taylor
The VHPA visits the AAAA Convention in Nashville, Tennessee BY Christopher Horton
A Red Flag BY Randolph E. Crew
After Action Report - Smokey III is placed in the Smithsonian BY Al Watkins
Hall of Fame Inductee's
LETTERS:
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Gene, Spider Man, Franck
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Bob Mabey
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Bob Eustice
To the Members of the VHPA FROM Lanny Julian
To the Members of the VHPA FROM Andrew "Sam" Hover
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Neil Lee
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Mike Bergman
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Richard Deer
Gary Gluth FROM Ron Pepper
To Gary Roush, Author of the last issue's story about "Preserving Our Heritage" FROM A.H.T. Wilson
Gary Roush answered Tim with FROM Gary Roush
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator, I must share this with the VHPA membership FROM A.G. McEntire
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Jerry R. Martin
To the Members of the VHPA FROM Doug DeMint
Dear Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Bob Thompson
Looking For....... Gary Gluth FROM Ron Pepper
Looking For - Anyone who might have known WOC James A. Godfrey Jr. FROM Edward W. Horton
Looking For - Gunship and Transport Pilots involved in "Nine Days in May" battles FROM Warren Wilkins
Looking For.... members of D Troop 229th FROM Nick "Animal" Nicolai
Looking For... Dustoff Pilot from 1969 FROM Rich Hoffman
Looking For... Information on a CH-37 Mohave Helicopter FROM Stewart W. Bailey
Looking For..... the widow of Glenn Peter Burns FROM Brian Foulkes
VHPA'ers in the News BY Ramon Antonio Vargas
TAPS:
Andrew Benton Banks, Jr. - Bertram Arthur Maas - Bobby G. "Bob" Franklin - Chuck Johnson Pickett - David Blinn McLean - David Sherman Crighton, Jr. - Edward McClellan Lowry - Edward G. Quinlan - Emil "Jack" Kleuver - Frederick G. Funk - George J. "Joe" Montgomery - Jack E. Hughes - Jerry Rawlings - Joe W. Hill - John Douglas "Doug" Perrin - John McKinley Wilson - John Kettlewell II - Joseph F. Rutkokski - Phillip Moore Lee - Michael D. Pierce - Richard C. Warren - Robert Douglas McWilliam - Ronald H. Lilly - Roy J. Lowery - Tom Buckley - Theodore W. "Ted" Pratt - William John Derus - William Thomas Hargrove, Sr.
CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
The Alamo chapter BY Chuck Oualline, Bob Dillon
Fort Rucker chapter BY Roscoe V. Souders
Georgia chapter BY Skip Bell
New England chapter BY Bill Williams
Southern California chapter BY Carl Cortez
South Carolina (Celebrate Freedom) chapter BY Larry Russell
South Dakota chapter BY Harold Pardew
Washington State chapter BY Doug Decker, Mark Hansen
North Alabama chapter BY Jim White
North Carolina chapter BY J.D. Lawson
Virginia chapter BY Ben Gay
Central New York chapter BY Jack Salm
Hawaii chapter BY Don Harlor
Montana chapter BY Todd Brandoff
Rocky Mountain chapter of the VHPA BY Ed Fickes
South Missouri chapter BY John Sorenson
Louisiana Gulf Coast chapter BY Phil Nuss
BOOK REVIEWS:
Crusader 23, I'd Rather Be Lucky Than Good BY John Penny
Before the Memories Fade BY John Penny
The Rise and Fall of Captain Methane: Autobiography of a Maverick BY John Penny
Wind Loggers BY John Penny
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=293Newsletter611113
- Citation
- The VHPA Aviator, 293Newsletter611113. 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=293Newsletter611113, Accessed 19 Feb 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 293Newsletter611113, 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]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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