SoCal Chapter VHPA
March 17, 2008
Dear Fellow Chapter Presidents
On March 15 our Chapter hosted several guest speakers from Wings & Rotors Air
Museum (see attached) who reminded us of our days in the Huey and why we are
supporters of VHPA. Shayne Meder, Scott Donnell, Tom Woehl (VHPA member)
and Carole Purcell told us about all the excitement of their up-coming HISTORIC
NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE trip of flying 4 Combat Vietnam Veteran helicopters 5,000
miles, 25 days, 43 Cities and 16 States in honor of Vietnam Veterans to the
Memorial Wall in Washington DC - accompanied by the 21st anniversary ride of
Rolling Thunder's 300,000 motorcycles.
Our chapter was so inspired, we decided to help them financially offset their
enormous FUEL COSTS by becoming Charter Lifetime Members of Flying Thunder -
Flight to the Wall (www.flyingthunder.org)
at a $1,000 level which entitles our members (in a group of course) to visit
their museum at French Valley Airport and take a ride in one of those ole birds.
THE CHALLENGE - I'd like to challenge all the VHPA chapters on the route as well
as all other chapters to consider sending them a $1,000 check for a Charter
Lifetime Membership in a show of support from pilots who flew those birds in
country.
Sincerely,
Ed Holguin
SoCaVHPA President