Texas Tech University

The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 999Newsletter611500
Pages
48
Media Type
Newsletter
Information removed from digital copy?
Yes
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
Volume
38
Issue
1
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: January/February 2019
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE VHPA BY John Sorensen

LETTERS:
From the Staff at HQ! FROM Sherry Rodgers
From the Managing Editor FROM Tom Kirk
Contacted by Jack Heslin FROM Don Agren
Tom and Tom FROM Rich Deer
The Flying Cranes in I Corps FROM Bob Wilhelm
Looking for Pictures of my father FROM Hanns Jones
Any pilots who knew WO Steve Bramblet FROM Jack Gilmore
Looking for Any Pilots trained by John Fouche between 1957 and 1969 FROM Jan Fouche
Hello FROM Danford Meischen
Looking for Class picture FROM George White
Looking for Downed Cobra crew FROM Pat Dougan

FEATURES:
“A Most Demanding Approach” BY Franklin L. Grose
Vietnam Pilot’s Reunion BY Jack Baumgarten
Bulldog 417. Going Down… BY Captain F.T. Hausman
What Should be done with old Aviator Magazines and Membership Directories? BY Mike Law

REUNIONS:
36th Reunion General Information
36th Reunion Schedule of Events

CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
American Huey Chapter BY Robert Fureigh
Alamo Chapter BY Chuck Oualline
Arizona Chapter BY Bill Sorenson
Florida Chapter BY Joe Ponds
Georgia Chapter BY Bob Lanzotti
Michigan Chapter BY Rich Deer
North Alabama Chapter BY Ralph Weber
California North Chapter BY Dave Anderson
Old Dominion Chapter BY Don Agren
The Rocky Mountain Chapter and the Helicopter War Museum (HWM) BY Dale House
South Missouri Chapter BY Ken Sherfey
Southern California Chapter BY Jim Davidson
Upper Midwest Chapter BY Jim Bankston
Utah Chapter BY Thomas Melville
50th Anniversary Reunion Flight Class 68-28/68-516 BY Ron Spearman
Veterans Day Remembrance at the Monument BY Bob Hesselbein

TAPS:
James H. Boschma – Jack A. Brown – Jeffery L. Brown – Fred J. Cappadona Jr. – Horst H. Cleveland – Delio G. Colonna Jr. – Richard T. Ferguson – Jarvis D. Gambrell – Dennie W. Gose – Jime E. Hartley – Richard A. Huckle – Harold J. Hutsell – Carroll C. Isaacs – Frank D. Jones – Lawrence T. Lanier – William R. Maloney – Jon F. Myhre – Ralph J. Paduano – James A. Price – Richard L. Simpkins – Armond C. Simmons – Michael R. Skomswold – Kenneth D. Stanton – Jackson C. Stevens – Laurence C. Thomas – Dale Toler – Thomas L. Watkins – Raymond K. Weisheit – Gary L. Williams – Anthony Aliotta – Justin G. Ballou – Carter D. Brooks – James L. Butera – James R. Brier – Edwin L. Carson – Samuel E. “Sam” Denton – Joseph DiStefano – Rayburn E. Farmer – Jerry D. Foster – Ernest D. Gill – Joe B. Green – Fred F. Guyton – Franklin R. Harr – Edward L. Heft – Lyman Jennings – Gerald D. Lawrence – James M. Lawrence – Thomas K. Leach – Fred O. Lethco – Stephen J. Mabrey – Hung N. Nguyen – George P. Olin – Richard W. Pederson – William T. Sinnott – Charles B. Singletary – Barry J. Sottak – Shepard C. Spink – Robin L. Sterckx – Norman C. Toso – Jeffrey E. Virgne – Joseph V. Wildinger Jr.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter611500

Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 999Newsletter611500. No Date, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter611500, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
999Newsletter611500, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 24 Jan 2019 [Updated: 17 May 2019]