Names on the Landing Gear

Here are the names on the Landing gear. If you know if someone who is on here that we don't have information on, or where information is wrong, let us know.

Tsunami Original Believers!

The following is a list of people whose names appeared on the landing gear that were recognized as the "Believers" of the original aircraft. Our goal is to provide a bio of everyone we can find one for. If you know of information on any of these supporters, please pass it along to us.

Anderson, Brad Anderson, Paul

Anderson, Tom Benson, Greg
Billstrom, Ron Bjornstad, Andrew (grandchild)
Bjornstad, Bobby (grandchild)

Bjornstad, Janet (Daughter Janet passed away 10 years ago in August of this year)

Sharon and Janet

Bjornstad, Johnny (grandchild) Bjornstad, Stephen (Janet’s husband)
Blomgren, Jim (Linda’s husband) Blomgren, Linda (Daughter)
Blomgren, Michael (grandchild) Boland, Bruce (Original Designer) - Passed away
Boland, Dorell (Bruce’s Wife) Bolduc, Darrell
Brown, Tom Cabe, Chuck - still at Chino
Carbo, Tony Cox, Golda (Worked for the EAA in publishing)
Cox, Jack (worked for the EAA in publishing) Dale, Jim (was crew chief for two years) - works for Rod Lewis in Texas
Dormanen, Mike Eckstrom, Bob
Eldridge, Kevin - still at Chino Emery, Tom
Enerson, Scott Erickson, Ed
Evans, Bruce Fautch, Gary
Fieber, Greg Fiedler, Gary
Fraser, Don Fruen, Todd
Garagliano, Tom Good, Roxanne
Hinton, John - still at Chino Hinton, Karen - still at Chino
Hinton, Steve (Pilot for 4 years) - still at Chino Holm, Skip (Pilot for 2 years)
Iverson, Barry Janson, Don
Jenn, Walter Kalross, Roger
Korth, Sam
Kunicki, Brandon - worked for Fighter Rebuilders on the project after it was moved to Chino. Click on name for more info.
LaQuey, Kermit - deceased Law, Pete

Levitz, Gary - deceased

Gary Levitz

Levitz, John
Levitz, Shelley Lindgren, Peter
Lipinski, Steven Lipinski, Tom
Mabrey, Ray Maloney, John - still at Chino
Mc Dougall, Mike McGuckian, Mike - http://westpacrestorations.com/
Mech, Nick Minnick, Warren
Mitchell, Jim (Skyfire video owner) Moja, Bill
Monroe, Kelley (crew chief for 2 years) Mortin, Brian
Mosal, Warren (drove the support rig) Nachtigal, Joel
Norton, Bob Obert, Jim
Palmer, Rich - works for Jim Beasley in PA Patterson, Robbie - still at Chino
Pennington, Don - works for the film industry building movie props in the Los Angeles area Poberexney (Pope) Paul
Poberezney, Tom Poe, Ray (one of the original builders)
Pond, Bob - deceased Pullis, John
Redick, Al - deceased Redick, Alby - http://www.aviationclassics.com/
Rogers, John Rust, Keith
Sandberg, Marilyn (Ex-Wife) Sandberg, Patty (Ex-Wife, Mother of children)

Sandberg, Sharon (Daughter)

Sharon and Janet

Shannon, Joanne (Current girlfriend)
Singh, Annita (grandchild) Sizer, Roger
Skurich, Darrell Smith, Bob
Smith, Davidson Timmerman, George
Torvik, Sam (head wrench) Voegle, Butch
Walker, Dave Wallace, Lane
Watts, Gary - still at Chino Westerlund, Andrew
Westerlund, Beth Westerlund, Jack
Wilkins, Jerry - still at Chino Will, Larry
Will, Richard Wojciak, Al - http://westpacrestorations.com/
Woolston, Bud Wozniak, Jennifer (grandchild)
Wright, Mike Yoak, Bill