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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 999Newsletter611359
Pages
48
Media Type
Newsletter
Information removed from digital copy?
Yes
Physical Location
Stacks Newsletter Collection
Copyright Statement
This publication is copyrighted
Language(s)
English
Collection
Vietnam Center Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

999Newsletter611359 pdf
Volume
37
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 2018
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT BY Mike Sheuerman

LETTERS:
From the Staff at HQ! FROM Sherry Rodgers
From the Managing Editor FROM Tom Kirk
Tom: FROM Greg Bradley
To the Aviator Editor FROM Powell Sigmon
To both Tom’s the Editors FROM Jim Harvey
The Nov/Dec Issue FROM James Sheridan
The Rest of the Story FROM John Rea
Looking For: The families of Sgt. James E. Bailey or Cpt. Donald Fillers FROM John Islin
Looking For: Anyone with information on the death of James Doyle Eisenhour FROM Mark Eisenhour
Looking For: Robert “Bob” Preston FROM LaMar Bryan
Looking For: Information on April 1967 Battle FROM Adrian Stumph
Looking For: Medevac Pilots FROM George Timmons
Looking For: Razorback 35 FROM Mark D. Raab
Looking For: UH-1 Dual Tachometer FROM George Abernathy
Looking For: Aircrew FROM Greg Ross

FEATURES:
Dudley Do-Right Award Goes to… BY Bob Lanzotti
Combat In Chump Valley BY Donald E. Long
The EMUs Then and Now BY Mike Law
The Mountains Can Kill You BY Darryl James
The Vietnamese Boy BY Clutch (Richard) Hendrie
Can a UH-1 whistle? BY Clyde Romero
How Hornet’s Corner Got Its Name BY James Patterson
GCA: “You are at 75 feet, 6 Inches Left of Center, and Correcting.” BY David M. Hudyma
Black Mariah BY Newt Ronan
Book Review: The Adventures of a Helicopter Pilot BY Marc Liebman


REUNION:
Official Schedule of Events
Gold Star Family Breakfast – You Are Invited! BY Julie Kink
Upcoming Reunions

VHPA CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alamo Chapter
Alaska Chapter BY Lynn Kile
California North Chapter BY Dave Anderson
Georgia Chapter BY Bob Lanzotti
Michigan Chapter BY Richard Deer
North Alabama Chapter BY Ralph Weber
North Carolina Chapter BY Ed Hughes
Ohio River LZ Chapter BY Bob Hamilton
Old Dominion Chapter
Southern Missouri Chapter BY Ralph McClurg
Upper Midwest Chapter

TAPS:
Hugh V. Berthot – Pierre V. Brunelle – Roger L. Clenney – Mark P. Coletta – Daniel P. Cook – Jay L. Dugger – Ralph P. Elliott – Larry C. Hall – Robert E. Hofstetter – Kevin M. Kelly – Lawrence E. Logsden – Steven L. McKinnon – Richard R. Mitchell – Maynard A. Naglehout – Clinton D. Nelson – Kenneth E. Newcom – Donald E. Newton – Vaughn R. Ross Sr. – Albert H. Roughen – Gerald K. Schoenauer – William T. Slye – Charles E. Whigham – Timothy E. Wilkerson – David J. Allen – William T. Balfour – Howard G. Bredthauer – Donald O. Cilley – Leas D. Dickey – John V. Florian – Ronald B. Gilsdorf – Thomas H. Hauser – Ross F. Hutchison – Michael F. Jaquish – Steven M. Johnson – David B. Menig – Kenneth E. Miller – David N. Moore – Kevin E. Murphy – George Oxenreider – Johnny D. Palmer – Milton E. Paul – Dean T. Peterson – George R. Swilley
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter611359
Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 999Newsletter611359. No Date, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter611359, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
999Newsletter611359, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 04 Sep 2018 [Updated: 17 May 2019]

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