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 |
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| 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)
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| 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.
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| LaQuey, Kermit - deceased | Law, Pete | |
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Levitz, Gary - deceased
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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) | |
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Sandberg, Sharon (Daughter)
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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 |
