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| EDDIE ANDRIENI |
| CHUCK LISCHER |
| ERIC BEARD |
Eddie Andrieni started flying in High School at the age of 16. Today, he is a commercial instrument rated pilot and possesses and FAA aerobatic ground-level waiver. Eddie has accumulated more than 6,000-hours of flight time in a variety of aircraft. He has flown a P-51 Mustang, Yak 55, Pitts Special and the largest bi-plane in the world, the Russian AN-2.
Eddie is a heavy equipment contractor based in Half Moon Bay, California. His trade may be construction, but his passion is flying. And boy, can this guy fly! "I loved performing in Tacoma last year, the people here are just wonderful," Andrieni said. "I jumped at the chance to come back, this is one of the most beautiful locations for an air show in the country!" he quickly added. Thanks to a sponsorship by the Boeing Company, Andrieni will be flying his ñSuper Stearmanî in the Freedom Fair Airshow, this 4th of July, over Commencement Bay. Eddie has mastered the Stearman performances to perfection. He is only one of a handful of pilots who are capable of extracting such a remarkable performance from the Stearman. During his performance, Eddie will put the ñSuper Stearmanî through over 30 different aerobatic maneuvers. He is the only pilot performing many of these maneuvers in a Stearman.
Andreini is certainly an act that you donÍt want to miss. You are promised a thrilling sight of a huge biplane performing double loops, torque rolls, double snap rolls and the incomparable Wopcevok, a heart-stopping end over end tumble maneuver.
This air show star will make the difficult look easy and the easy look spectacular!
Flying has been a major part of Bud’s life since age 9. Bud joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1956 and earned his wings there at the Royal Canadian Air Cadet scholarship and was a member of the Canadian gunnery team that won the NATO competition in three straight years. He returned to Canada and was selected to be the base solo demonstration pilot, leading to a career as an airshow pilot. He flew the T-6 at many local air shows while in the RCAF. Bud also flew many years for United Airlines until retiring in 1997. Bud demonstrates a variety of aircraft. Occasionally, you may see him in the Spitfire, or the P-51 Mustang, or racing around the pylons at the Reno air races in a T-6 named Lickety Split. He raced the famous P-51 Mustang “Miss America”, for several years.
Featured performances in his T-6 airplane and a Yak-55 include trilling maneuvers. While barely off the ground, he does a point roll to inverted and accelerates up to several hundred feet and commences to fly the most amazing tumbles, flips, and gyrations ever performed in air shows. His Fouga Magister jet is like a symphony of grace as it swoops by trailing three plumes of smoke from the tail and the wings. Difficult aerobatic maneuvers look easy with Bud’s son Ross at the stick. Ross flew with the Canadian Snowbirds so he can treat you to the most difficult maneuvers ever performed in a jet.
Bud now lives in Bellevue Washington and has six children. Three of them served in the Canadian Armed Forces. Ross and Chris, past Snowbird members, now airline pilots, fly with Bud in aerobatic acts. Debbie, also an airline pilot, and with bother Bob they have also flown with Bud on the show circuit. Air shows and flying are sure a Granley family tradition
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Eric Beard and Russian Thunder Manufactured in Sarotov, Russia in 1996, this rare aircraft has an interesting origin, including a name-Yak-that dates back to the late 1930's and the aircraft itself which represents the very latest in Russian aeronautical design. In 1995, the Yakevlev Design Bureau's mission was to build a two seat aircraft capable of unlimited aerobatics at the world class level. The results of those efforts produced an aircraft that is designed to withstand +9/-7Gs which is where it is flown. High G turns, multiple rolls and gyroscopic tumbles are just a few of the maneuvers to be seen.
Eric Beard's 26 year love affair with aviation began at the age of 14, when he started taking flying lessons at a crop dusting strip in Georgia, where he would fuel and clean the airplanes in exchange for flying time. Years later, he went to work in NASA's space program, working on Space Shuttles and Titan Rockets. His interest in aerobatics began in the early 80's upon enrolling in an aerobatic lesson in a Cessna Aerobat. Eric continues to polish his aerobatic skills today, flying in international competition and participating in exhibitions. For additional information, view Eric's website
at: www.russianthunder.com. Chuck Lischer and his F260 Warrior
The “F-260 Warrior” has “Rambo” style armament military graphics to enhance the military style of aerobatic routine. These include the Warrior logo on tail, stars and bars on top of wings, gatling gun on fuselage, rockets on tip tanks, bombs and missiles under wings. Mouth and eyes on nose complete the image. The F-260 aerobatic air show flight profile consists of over 25 military high performance maneuvers in 10 minutes. Chuck is physically punished with positive 5 to minus 2 G’s throughout the routine. Airspeeds range from zero to 300 MPH and altitudes from ground level to 3,000 feet. The loops are 2,000 feet in diameter. His personally designed FAA certified smoke system allows easy crowd viewing. This unique aircraft along with Chuck’s experience in energy management present a high-energy dynamic show in front of the audience at all times. For more information contact: Chuck Lischer
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Chuck adds this unique, legendary air show style of performing to the elegant flight of his historical and famous F260 Warrior. He has choreographed the routine to use all 3 dimensions of the air show arena. Many turnabouts and maneuvers are on oblique lines to the crowd line. This places the high performance routine within the smallest area for maximum spectator entertainment.
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