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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 999Newsletter611904
Pages
48
Media Type
Newsletter
Physical Location
Language(s)
English
Collection
Vietnam Center Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

999Newsletter611904 pdf
Volume
39
Issue
04
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
Creation: July/August 2020
General Note
VHPA Officers, Members of the Executive Council 2019-2021
National Committee
E-mail items to The Aviator at: Aviator@vhpa.org
President's Corner
Welcome to the VHPA!
Do you remeber him?

In This Issue
Presidents Corner
Letters to the Editor
Griffin
An Itty Bitty Intl Incident
How the Guys in Blue
Crash
USMC Asrt Flight
CH-53A, Tail Number 153710
Taps

Letters:
From the Staff at HQ
Editor, FROM Alan J. Donovan
Letter to the Editor FROM Richard Deer, President, Michigan Chapter VHPA
To the Editor FROm Marshall Eubanks, President, NAVHPA
Letter to the Editor FROM Lynn Kile, President, Alaska Chapter of the VHPA
To the Editor, FROM Ken DeHoff
To the Editor, FROM Mike Law

FEATURES:
Griffin 67 BY Don Bisson
An Itty Bitty International Incident BY Ken Bradley
How the Guys in Blue Impressed Me BY Doug Moore
CRASH
USMC ASRT Flight, February 5, 1969 BY Fred Pratt
Crash Information On U.S. Marine Corps Helicopter
The Crew BY Peter Starn
How we got here... BY Ralph Weber

VHPA Chapter Activities:
Alamo Chapter
Alaska Chapter
American Huey Chapter
Arizona Chapter
California North Chapter
Central New York Chapter
Florida Chapter
Fort Wolters Chapter
Georgia Chapter
Hawaii Chapter
Louisianna Gulf Coast Chapter
Michigan Chapter
North Alabama Chapter
North Caroline Chapter
Ohio River LZ Chapter
Oklahoma Chapter
Old Dominion Chapter
Rocky Mountain Chapter
South Dakota Chapter
South Missouri Chapter
South Carolina Chapter
Southern California Chapter
Uppwer Midwest Chapter
Utah Chapter
Washington State Chapter

TAPS:
Basinger, Bailey N. - Baskin, Michael D. - Boivin, David L. - Brandt, Robert J. - Brown, Ricky C. - Burns, Johnny J. - Chester, Conrad F. - Colavope, Ralph J. - Drozdz, Dennis T. - Dyer, George D. - Falbo, John J. Sr. - Fox, Ronald E. - Hammond, Douglas P. - Herbert, Bentley J. - Henry, Terence M. - Hernandez, Victor M. - Hoffman, Raymond E. - Johnston, Francis E. - Kruse, Michael C. - Latimer, Larry D. - Law, John L. - Melin, Thomas G. - Miller, Donn L. - Moore, Larry E. - Mulholland Kenneth S. - O'Grady, George L. - Palascak, Ronald - Post, Alton G. - Powers, John s. - Richardson, Charles E. - Russell, Luther M. - Salger, Glenn A. - Salyer, James D. Jr. - Sandmeyer, Ralph W. - Siegman, Jim E. - Smith, James M. - Smith, Karl G. - Strobel, Francis J. - Tuttle, Fredrick M. - Vereen, Carlisle M. Jr. - Blazer/Aloft/Crusader - Warfield, Willard W. - Wasick, James E. - Williams, Robert D.
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter611904
Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 999Newsletter611904. July/August 2020, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter611904, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
999Newsletter611904, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 12 Aug 2020 [Updated: 30 Sep 2020]

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