Nationally known air show announcer Rob Reider will join us to help launch the annual “Books by the Banks” Cincinnati USA Book Festival on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. Admission is free.

Rob, who announces the Vectren Dayton Air Show and other major U.S. air shows, will moderate the panel “Wings Over Dayton” with Ty and me. The panel is scheduled for 10 a.m. in room 236 of the Duke Energy Convention Center. Afterward, we will be signing our book until 4 p.m.

Rob is one of the air show industry’s most highly regarded announcers. In 2007, the International Council of Air Shows awarded him its Sword of Excellence, considered the Oscar of the air show world. The suburban Cincinnati resident is also a regional celebrity who performed on TV Channel 5’s “Bob Braun Show” and directed music and media programs for the Vineyard Community Church in Springdale.

We've known Rob for many years and watched him make the best air show acts look even better with his smooth and knowledgeable narration. Away from the microphone, he's one of the friendliest and most considerate people in the air show business. We are honored and downright flattered to have him moderate this panel. I just hope he doesn't hold back from telling his own air show stories.

The panel is one of several that will feature local and regional authors between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. More than 1,500 people attended the inaugural Books by the Banks festival in 2007.

Books by the Banks
Who: Ty Greenlees, Timothy R. Gaffney, Rob Reider
What: Books by the Banks Cincinnati USA Book Festival
Where: Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St., Cincinnati
When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1

Tags: Dayton Air Show Book, Timothy R. Gaffney, Ty Greenlees, Rob Reider, Books by the Banks, Dayton Air Show, air shows