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3 – Purebred PIGEON
Volume 20, Issue 4 - May/June 2024
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Cover Contact information
American Helmet Association
Secretary: Jake Jakabosky
541.973.5253
In this Issue
Croppers & Pouters at the 2024 NPA National
By Scott Sharp, Scotland 6
Tom Moss Phtographs of the LAPC 2023 Pageant of Pigeons 10
2023 Pageant 12
A Balanced Life Raising Helmets By Baskar Anjappan 18
My Experience with Helmets Over the Years By Dave Gazaway 20
Thoughts on Helmet Breeding By Mike Crawford and Bob Bollinger 22
The Advantage of Complimentary Breeds By Bob Bollinger 24
Helmets! By Andy Hansen 25
How to Enter Helmets in a Show by Bob Bollinger 26
American Helmet Association Since 1958 By Andy Hansen 26
My Short Faced Crested Helmets by Dennis Manning 28
Short Face Comparison By Dennis Manning 29
AORC in Helmets – Catch-all or Carefully Judged Class
By Dennis Manning 30
Stewardship of the Hobby By Danny Revlosky 32
Homecoming By Andy Hansen 33
We Like Yellow Helmets By Gary Parsons 34
Canadian Helmet Club by Gary Parsons 36
Plainhead Helmets in Eastern Canada by Gary Parsons 39
Helmet Aspriratons By Pavel Lutsenko 40
Muffed Helmets? A Long Time In The Works By Kevin Moths 42
Helmet Figurines By Jan Lombard, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
The Nederlandse Helmduif – the Dutch Helmet Pigeon 44
National Helmet Breed By Moezelaar translated by Jan de Wit 48
More Helmet Breeds By Jerry Sindelar
Handed the Last Piece to the Puzzle By Mike McLin 58
Fins and Feathers By Danny Revlosky 60
Pigeon School By Cam Datanagan 61