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CONTRIBUTORS AND SUPPORTERS

Current & Former Forsyth Township Board Members:

Joe Minnelli, Mike Jakobowski, Jane Nordeen, Neil Armatti, Susan Flowler, Chris Adams, Bonnie Hartzell, Ron Lauren, Jim Dellies

Tom Brewer               USAF Museum

Patricia Ochs            USAF Museum

Dave Densmore       GSA- State of Michigan

Becky Breslin           GSA - State of Michigan

Shirley Been             GSA – Davis-Monthon  AFB, Arizona

Tom Dunleavy          AMARC (Bone Yard)

Richard Every           AMARC (Bone Yard)

Terry Shelton             Aircraft. Restoration & Marketing

Scott Erbisch            Director of Operations, Sawyer International Airport

Keith Kaspari            Airport Manager, Sawyer International Airport

U.P. Scale Modelers (Models of F-106’s)

Russ St. Onge         87th Alumni & one of the founding members

Patrick McGee        Special Coins + Internet support

Erv G. Smalley         Internet support

Jim Gier                   Donated Hand Crafted Clocks for raffles

Karen Anderson      K.I. Sawyer Development

Bill Landry                 A&P, IA Mechanic at Boreal Aviation, Inc.

Dave Vandenburg    A&P Instructor at NMU – built wing lifting brackets

James Wuepper       Donated 87 signed & #’d F-106A 11X14” photo’s)

Sawyer International Airport Maintenance Crew - Randy Sundell, Supervisor (Crane and equipment support)

Dan Kill – Air Force Association (AFA) Support and Cash Donation

Geoff Smith – Museum Secretary/Treasurer & project volunteer

Congressman Bart Stupak

Yankee Air Museum (Cash Donation)

Louis Nigro, Museum Director, Selfrige Military Air Museum (Main Landing Gears)

Tom Hill, Curator, Hill AFB Museum, Utah (Technical manual support)

Boreal Aviation Inc. (Cash donation, maintenance., volunteer’s & ground support equipment)

K.I. Sawyer Waste Water Treatment Facility (Helped with water issues.)

American Legion Post #349 of Little Lake (Cash Donation)

American Legion Post #71 of Gladstone (Cash Donation)

Vietnam Veteran’s of America Chapter # 380 (Cash Donation)

Vietnam Veteran’s of America Chapter #237 (Cash Donation)

Disabled American Veteran’s Chapter #69(Cash Donation)

Gwinn Lions Club (Cash Donation)

Gwinn High School Key Club

Gwinn/Sawyer Chamber of Commerce (Cash Donation)

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Cash Donation)

87th Fighter Interceptor Squadron Alumni Reunion (Cash Donation)

Jack’s Hideway of Gwinn

Wal-Mart Associates Good Works Program (Cash Donation)

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (Donated Lumber)

Crossroads Bar and Grill (Cash Donation)

Superior Iron Range Community Federal Credit Union (Cash Donation)

B-3 Computers (Cash Donation & Web Site Host))

Telkite, Inc. (Cash Donation)

Revere Electric Supply Company of Chicago (Cash Donation)

Superior Northland Chapter, Air Force Association (AFA) Chap. 238

Tailwinds Grill and Bar (F-106 Burgers)

Signs Now (Discount on banners, hangar and display signs)

Midway Rentals (Cables, slings, spreader bar, rental equipment and supplies)

Associated Redi-Mix (Donated 3 yards of cement for F-106 pads)

UPPCO (Drill holes for Sona Tubes)

Al Pierce (Surveyed footings)

Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings, Will Estes & Michael F. Suhara (Aircraft Paint and tech support)

LaFayette Collision Center (Painted the main and nose wheels)

Carquest Auto Parts of Marquette (Donated painting supplies.)

Carquest of Ishpeming, Jerry Harris (Donated paint mask’s)

Auto-Value of West Ishpeming (Cash Donation & donated paint  mask’s )

Lake Superior and Ishpeming Rail Road Company         (Fabricated landing gear parts)

PRC-DeSoto International, Inc., Thomas Kearney & Roald Johannsen (3M Sealant)

Military Graphics, Jim Pierce (Donated Aircraft Decals)

Signs-Unlimited   (Helped apply aircraft decals)

Joe Leanes                  (Painted the jet)

WLUC TV-6 (Continuous TV coverage of project.)

Marquette Mining Journal Virtual Newsroom

Radio “Sunny 102” (Donated lots of “air” time for both the jet and museum.)

Radio Results Network (RRN) WCHT, WGLQ, WCMM, WTIQ, WGKL

The Gwinn Quarterly

Larry’s Family Foods

The K.I. Sawyer Newspaper

Geoglyphics     (Discounts on Hats & T-Shirts)

Tom McConnell                (Graphic Designers)

Damien Flemmer              (Graphic Designers)

American Nameplate        (Discounts on appreciation awards)

Job Nachman                       87th Alumni  

Jim Baldwin                          87th Alumni

Tom Jones                            87th Alumni  

David Reid                            87th Alumni

Doug Gordon                        87th Alumni  

R. Donnelly                           87th Alumni

Dan Broome                         87th Alumni  

David Smith                          87th Alumni

John Buckley                       87th Alumni Pilot (Donation and assisted with shipment of wings.)

Steve Lambert                      87th Alumni (Donated & sold patches on Ebay)

Gary Jerry                              87th Alumni (Donated wood products for reunion)

Richard Huth, Sr.  87th Alumni  Donated art

work and tickets for 87th Reunion

Chairman Gerald Corkin & the Marquette County Board of Commissioners

Dick Stultz     87th Alumni Pilot (Donated items for fundraising.)

Steve Rodgers          American Eagle Airlines

Mike Fremling          American Eagle Airlines

Machine Shop          American Eagle Airlines

Ground Support Shop American Eagle Airlines

Upload Shop                        American Eagle Airlines

Marquette Fence Company (Discount for fence drop)

Col. John T. Wotring

Col. Glen P. Doss

Patrick K. Gamble

Col. David C. Kolodzinski

Ceil L. Snell

BG Elwood A. Kees Jr.

John Ashley

Charles Backman

Doug Barbier

Dan Benstrom

Emil Benti

Dennis Binon

Tom Bleau

Earl Blontz

Keith Carter

Rebecca Clark

Mike Conley

Larry Costello

Chris Croly

Bradley Deaver

Sherry DeBen

Mike Delphia

Joel Dodge

Marv Donnelly

Charles S. Dunne

Nolan Duquette

Lee M. DuQuette

Albert Durden

Frank Dutcher

Sam Elder

James Enright

Gary Erbe

Lt. Col Allan Erickson

Steve Farnsworth

Chris Faulbaum

Jack Fromm

George Frangedakis

August Funaro

Robert Gehris

Lester Goodwin

Charles Gool

Eric Harvey

Derrill R. Hawes

Jim Heinz

Bill & Bev Holbrook

Richard Howard

Donna Ingraham

Dan Jasper

Loren Johnson

Ray Johnson

Thomas Jones

Sherry & Kevin Kaderli

Elmer Kline

Don Kramer

Larry Knudsen

John Love

Robert Lutz

John Maier

Ian McClaren

Bill McManus

Mark Meisinger

Scott & Lisa mills

Nick Modders

Lee Nellist

Bill Nemachek

James Nickoli

Dave Olson

Joe O’Shields

Darrel G. Parobek

John Perkins

Pat perry

Bud & Joyce Piper

Terry Potter

Bernard Reynolds

Travis Robertson

Melvin Rossway

Ted Sarisin

Keith Schultz

Ronal Schwarzkopf

Stanton Sellers

Gary Shackelford

John Sheppard

Erv Smalley

Scott A. Smith

Don Stanski

Paul Stevens

Scott Taatjes

Terrance Thomas

Audrey Thorne

Lewis Vailliencourt

Less Veitala

Ken Watterson

TSGT. Webber

Jeffery Williams

Fred Zufal
 

And a BIG THANKS to the hundreds of people who purchased our project fund raising items.