# Bud Gurney — “We” character guide

> Bud Gurney in “We” by Charles A. Lindbergh.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Bud

**First appearance:** 0006-iii-barnstorming-experiences

## Snapshot

Lindbergh's fellow pilot from the barnstorming and air mail days, a comrade who knew the flier long before the world did.

## Who they are

Bud belongs to the rough, unglamorous chapter of Lindbergh's life — the open-cockpit circuits and mail routes where skill mattered more than fame. That shared history gives him a rare vantage on the man now being mobbed in Paris and Brussels, someone the crowds cannot fully see. His presence reminds the story that the celebrated aviator was shaped by ordinary, daring work long before the spotlight found him.

## In the story

### [III: Barnstorming Experiences](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/we_2_se/chapters/iii-barnstorming-experiences)

Lindbergh's friend who builds and tests his own parachute; accompanies Lindbergh on a barnstorming trip in Nebraska.

## Links

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