Texas Tech University

The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 293Newsletter611114
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
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: September/October 2011
General Note
FROM MIKE LAW, PRESIDENT OF THE VHPA BY Mike Law


FEATURES:
Suggested Reading BY John Penny
One More Huey Driver BY Steve Bookout
So Others May Live BY Terry Garlock
Let's Smoke on this... BY Charlie Gossett
Please Gentlemen.... Embellishments must be allowed BY Howard D. Horton
Announcement of a Special Warrant Officer Veterans History Project
Federal Way pilot retires after front-line service spanning Vietnam, Afghanistan
Report on the Funeral Services for CW3 Andy Howes BY John Mateyko
VHPA'ers in the News
B Troop, 7/17 Cav re-flags to the Scalphunter Troop from the Vietnam Days BY Mike J. Hodges
Museum Announces Opening of "Tropic Lightning" Exhibit


REUNION:
From the Chairman of the 2011 Reunion in Orlando BY Mike Law
VHPA leadership and Military Reunion Planners BY Julie Kink
Orlando Reunion Raffle BY Moon Mullen
The Members of the VHPA Are Invited


LETTERS:
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Al Roettger
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Kenneth Roach
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM George Hadeler
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM Bill Campbell
Dear Editor the VHPA Aviator FROM Bob Thompson
August 10, 2011 Editor, VHPA Aviator FROM Thomas K. Farley
To the Editor of the VHPA Aviator FROM LeRoy R. Brown
Looking For - a Huey Crew in need of a GCA at Hue/Phu Bai on 10 Jan 1970 FROM Gary Breault
Gary (Roush) answered Gary (Breault) with the folling E-Mail FROM Gary Roush
Looking For tow long-lost friends FROM A.H. Timothy Wilson
Looking for help ID'ing a book about a Vietnam Helicopter Pilot FROM Doug Chadwick
Looking For anyone who might have known George Mellinger FROM Misty Reynolds
Looking For - Correction to a previous request for information FROM Seppo I. Hume


TAPS:
Aberlt N. "Al" Turner - David Jacob Feigert - Delmer Mason 'Mac' McConnell - Edward Tolfa Jr. - Frederick G. Funk - Glenn M. Ebaugh - James R. Grissom - James (Jimmy) Allen Smith - James Joseph Hughes Jr. - John Berrien Whitehead - John W. Alber - John M. Stoen - Kenneth Lindstrom - Lanley Jerry Chavis - Lee "Tex" Westbrook - Oscar L. 'Bud' Shuler - Richard Michael Levy - Robert Andrew Stroud - Wayne Rex Bryan - William "Bill" Barrett - William (Bill) Edward Rowe - William C. "Bill" Hinton - Bobby Gene "Bob" Walls - Michael E. Neufield


CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alamo chapter BY Bob Dillon
California chapter north BY Ken Fritz
Central New York chapter BY Tom McMillen
Fort Rucker chapter BY Roscoe Souders
Fort Wolters chapter BY Mike Sheuerman
Georgia chapter BY Skip Bell
Louisiana Gulf Coast chapter BY Phil Ness
Montana chapter BY Todd Brandoff
Mid-South chapter BY Pete Norman
New England chapter BY Bill Williams
North Alabama chapter BY Jim White
North Carolina chapter BY J.D. Lawson
Ohio River LZ chapter BY Jim Miller
Rocky Mountain chapter BY Phil Lanphier
South Carolina (Celebrate Freedom) chapter BY Larry Russell
South Dakota chapter BY Harold Pardew
South Missouri chapter BY Russ Emory
VHPA of Florida chapter BY Gary Harrell
Virgina chapter BY Ben Gay
Washington State chapter BY Mark Hansen


BOOK REVIEWS:
Dear Mom, I'm Alive: Letters Home From Blackwidow 25 BY John Penny
Sharks, Dolphins, Arabs, and the High Priced Help BY John Penny
Strength and Honor: America's Best in Vietnam BY John Penny

Perma Link
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Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 293Newsletter611114. 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=293Newsletter611114, Accessed 27 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
293Newsletter611114, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: General Files, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 24 Jan 2018 [Updated: 22 Feb 2018]