{"426911":{"#nid":"426911","#data":{"type":"news","title":"AHS chapter reaches out to military organization","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Chapter of the American Helicopter Society (AHS) was well-represented last weekend at a special celebration of Vietnam Veterans, organized by the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation at the Henry County Airport.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAHS members Joachim Hodara, Stephen Marone, Philip Cross and Michael Mayo enjoyed a \u0022Huey Ride\u0022 after hearing a compelling talk by Butch Elliot, a Vietnam Vet who was shot down in Laos in March of 1971.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022He survived for three days, surrounded by the North Vietnamese Army. His story was pretty epic!\u0022 said Hodara. Hodara also spent some time talking with AAHF vice president,\u0026nbsp; Cliff Stern, who indicated his interest in doing presentations at Tech some time in the future.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStern also said his organization would love to recruit volunteers from Tech to help them repair their helicopters.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This would be a great experience for Tech students- really nice to leave the classroom for a bit and see actual helicopters and rotor systems,\u0022 said Hodara. \u0022Volunteers can even get free rides on the Cobra and Huey.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHodara said the chapter will reach out to AAHF to review the possibilities.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Chapter of the American Helicopter Society (AHS) was well-represented last weekend at a special celebration of Vietnam Veterans, organized by the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation at the Henry County Airport."}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-21 13:35:57","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:12","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-11-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-11-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"136091","name":"aerospac engineering"},{"id":"129781","name":"AHS"},{"id":"132721","name":"Joachim Hodara"},{"id":"132741","name":"Michael Mayo"},{"id":"136111","name":"Philip Cross"},{"id":"171464","name":"Stephen Marone"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["communications@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}