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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 999Newsletter611905
Pages
48
Media Type
Newsletter
Physical Location
Language(s)
English
Collection
Vietnam Center Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

999Newsletter611905 pdf
Dates
Creation: September/October 2020
General Note
VHPA OFficers, Members of the Executive Council 2019-2021
National Committee
Aviator Privacy Statement

In This Issue:
President's Corner 3
Letters to the Editor 6
Looking for Bob 12
Guns a Go-Go Tet 18
Attention to Detail 22
Arizona Helicopters 24
Chapter Activities 31
Taps

Letters:
President's Corner FROM Art Jacobs
From the Staff at HQ FROM Sherry Rodgers
My fellow rotor-heads FROM Timoth B. Braun
To the Editor FROM Ricky Gerontis
To the Editor FROM Fred Pratt
Looking for FROM Dave Anderson
Looking for names in photo FROM John S. Martin

Features:
"Your" VHPA Legacy -- Estate Planning
National American Huey History Museum
Quliters Show and Tell
Vietnam Helo Operations-VHPA Rotorheads Return
Looking for BOB BY Dale House
A Pilot's Daughter Gets a Belated Christmas Present Back in 1969 BY David Hause
Welcome to the VHPA!
Identifying the Domesticated Vietnam Helicopter Pilot BY Ira McCormic
Guns a Go-Go Tet BY Bill McKenzie
The Vietnam Center and Archive (VNCA) Announces A New Tool Image Captioning BY Mike Law
Attention to Detail BY Richard Hudgens
History of Arizona Helicopters in Laos 1972-1973 BY Robert 'Bob' Thydean
Upcoming Reunions
New Kia Discovered
Restoration of the Cobra BY Tom Westcott

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
Louisiana Gulf Coast Chapter
Michigan Chapter
North Alabama Chapter
North Carolina 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
Upper Midwest Chapter
Utah Chapter
Washington State Chapter

Taps:
Adessa, Anthony J. - Anderson, Richard K. - Bidigare, Ted L. - Brown, Kenneth D. - Clark, Gary L. - Colvin, John D. III - Coyle, Richard - Cryer, Robbie L. - Doyle. Robert P.J. - Elliott, Robert W. - Enselek, Donald H. - Gallagher, Walter J. - Hebert, Levi J. - Heim, Donald C. - Jackson, Ralph R. - Johnson, Durrell C. - Korth Ronald F. - Marquette, Eugene O. - Mcginness, James J. Jr. - McQuade, William G. - Micol, Victor E. - Moore, John E. - Pullum, Donald M. - Royals, Gerald E. - Snead, George R. - Springer, Bobby W. - Ulsh, John H. - Valabek, Michael P. - Vest, Asa M. - Wachter, John J. - Webster, Lawrence S. - Wooten, Robert D.
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter611905
Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 999Newsletter611905. September/October 2020, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter611905, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
999Newsletter611905, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 22 Jan 2021 [Updated: 22 Jan 2021]

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