Names on the Landing Gear

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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

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

Bjornstad, Janet Deceased August 1999

Sharon and Janet

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

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.
LaQuey, Kermit - Deceased Law, Pete  CA

Levitz, Gary - Deceased September 1999

Gary Levitz

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

Sandberg, Sharon (Daughter) Princeton, MN

Sharon and Janet

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