When Hilda Gurney’s name crops up, they love to tell stories about her switcheroo involving aviator Charles Lindbergh at the Van Nuys Airport. The pilot and her co­pilot husband, Harlan “Bud ...

"Bud" Gurney. Since his first airplane ride, in 1922, Gurney had been beside Lindbergh, later becoming, like Lindbergh, an airmail pilot, and afterward a captain with United Airlines and a ...

Floyd “Bud” Gurney July 3, 1926 – May 23, 2012 Bud, 85, was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He was born in Buffalo, New York and came to California on his honeymoon in 1952.

That’s the case for Cedar City resident John Gurney. His father, Harlan “Bud” Gurney, and Lindbergh became friends as teenagers and spent many years together, barnstorming around the country ...