Biographical information; state of commercial helicopter aviation in 1948; circumstances of joining campaign as pilot; description of the helicopter; refueling the helicopter; maintenance check; campaigning by helicopter; impressions of LBJ; Sam and Dorothy Plyler; Warren Woodward; cost of running helicopter; wind problems; strategy meetings; Ernest Kurth; throwing hat to the crowd; landing the helicopter; presidential helicopters
Oral history transcript, James E. Chudars, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
Citation
Oral history transcript, James E. Chudars, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1981, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-chudarsj-19811002-1-85-16