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 South Dakota | Anderson, Paul Canby, MN |
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| Anderson, Tom MN | Benson, Greg | |
| Billstrom, Ron | Bjornstad, Andrew (grandchild) Maple Grove, MN | |
| Bjornstad, Bobby (grandchild) Maple Grove, MN |
Bjornstad, Janet Deceased August 1999
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| Bjornstad, Johnny (grandchild)Maple Grove, MN | Bjornstad, Stephen (Janet’s husband) Maple Grove, MN | |
| Blomgren, Jim (Linda’s husband) Elk River, MN | Blomgren, Linda (Daughter) Elk River, MN | |
| Blomgren, Michael (grandchild) Princeton, MN | Boland, Bruce (Original Designer) - Deceased | |
| Boland, Dorell (Bruce’s Wife) | Bolduc, Darrell Ham Lake, MN | |
| Brown, Tom | Cabe, Chuck - Chino, CA | |
| 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 Crystal, MN | |
| Eldridge, Kevin - Chino, MN | Emery, Tom | |
| Enerson, Scott MN | Erickson, Ed Anoka, MN | |
| Evans, Bruce | Fautch, Gary | |
| Fieber, Greg MN | Fiedler, Gary | |
| Fraser, Don | Fruen, Todd Scottsdale, AZ | |
| Garagliano, Tom | Good, Roxanne | |
| Hinton, John - Chino, CA | Hinton, Karen - Chino, CA | |
| Hinton, Steve (Pilot for 4 years) - Chino, CA | Holm, Skip (Pilot for 2 years) | |
| Iverson, Barry | Janson, Don | |
| Jenn, Walter Deceased | Kalross, Roger | |
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Korth, Sam Mesa, AZ |
Kunicki, Brandon - worked for Fighter Rebuilders on the project after it was moved to Chino. Click on name for more info.
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| LaQuey, Kermit - Deceased | Law, Pete CA | |
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Levitz, Gary - Deceased September 1999
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Levitz, John Scottsdale, AZ | |
| Levitz, Shelley Texas | Lindgren, Peter | |
| Lipinski, Steven New Hope, MN | Lipinski, Tom Deceased | |
| Mabrey, Ray Deceased, Selfridge Airshow 1994 T-33 Jet accident | Maloney, John - Chino, CA | |
| Mc Dougall, Mike | McGuckian, Mike - http://westpacrestorations.com/ | |
| Mech, Nick Florida | Minnick, Warren | |
| Mitchell, Jim Reno, NV | Moja, Bill Seattle, WA | |
| Monroe, Kelley (crew chief for 2 years) Crystal, MN | Mortin, Brian | |
| Mosal, Warren (drove the support rig) Deceased | Nachtigal, Joel | |
| Norton, Bob | Obert, Jim | |
| Palmer, Rich - works for Jim Beasley in PA | Patterson, Robbie - Chino, CA | |
| Pennington, Don - works for the film industry building movie props in the Los Angeles area | Poberexney (Pope) Paul Oshkosh, WI | |
| Poberezney, Tom Oshkosh, WI | Poe, Ray (one of the original builders) Deceased | |
| Pond, Bob - deceased | Pullis, John | |
| Redick, Al - deceased | Redick, Alby - http://www.aviationclassics.com/ | |
| Rogers, John | Rust, Keith Deceased | |
| Sandberg, Marilyn (Ex-Wife) Reno, NV | Sandberg, Patty (Ex-Wife, Mother of children) Maple Grove, MN | |
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Sandberg, Sharon (Daughter) Princeton, MN
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Shannon, Joanne (Current girlfriend at the time of death) Michigan | |
| Singh, Annita (grandchild) Chicago, IL (Annitta Hoddinott) | Sizer, Roger | |
| Skurich, Darrell | Smith, Bob | |
| Smith, Davidson | Timmerman, George | |
| Torvik, Sam (head wrench) Deceased | Voegle, Butch | |
| Walker, Dave | Wallace, Lane | |
| Watts, Gary - Chino, CA | Westerlund, Andrew | |
| Westerlund, Beth CA | Westerlund, Jack MN | |
| Wilkins, Jerry - Chino, MN | Will, Larry | |
| Will, Richard | Wojciak, Al - http://westpacrestorations.com/ | |
| Woolston, Bud | Wozniak, Jennifer (grandchild) Princeton, MN | |
| Wright, Mike | Yoak, Bill |
