Fund Raising

Be a Part of History...

The 25th Anniversary of the "First Flight of Tsunami" (August 17, 1986) will be August 17, 2010. For this monumental anniversary, we would like to know that Tsunami is on the way to flyable condition. This will take time, effort and money to put the project together.

With your help, we would like to rebuild Tsunami to flyable condition. John Sandberg did engines for almost every major museum in the world. He donated almost every engine used for the EAA Warbirds of America; plus the engine for the Spirit of St. Louis. He put together the complete maintenance engine programs for the CAF aircrafts, etc. Because of this, Our intention is to put the plane on tour for a couple of years to various airplane museums and then to find a permanent home for it to be on display.

To restore Tsunami to her original flyable condition, we need YOUR help.

We estimate it will take $600,000. To do this, we need everyone on board. If you can donate $20, that will be great. If you can donate $1000, this is wonderful. Every penny counts to help restore this legend to the skies.

We will even consider your cars/aircrafts/boats for a donation.

We have partnered up with a local non-profit organization "Flight Expo, Inc" (tax id# 501C3 #41-1869452) which is a 501C3 company. You can contact us at Flight Expo, Inc via email at flightexpoinc@aol.com.

Please make all checks/donations payable to Flight Expo, Inc. (tax id# 501C3 #41-1869452) in care of "Restore Tsunami" and send them to P.O. Box 155, Zimmerman, MN 55398. If you have questions, you can call us at 763-631-1502.

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Or, use our secure Donate button below. It will pop up a new browser window and connect you to our Paypal Donations screen. It accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover cards. Payments go to Flight Expo, Inc which is where all fundraising for Tsunami will occur. Again, this is a non-profit organization so all donations are tax deductible.

* All donations are tax deductible.

You can also purchase other Tsunami Products to help support this project.

Tsunami consisted of the following (and more).

27' wing and fuselage built by Bruce Boland
Landing gear (gear door #1 & gear door #2) from Piper Aerostar
Engine which was a John Sandberg original based on a Merlin 720 engine from Rolls Royce
Mustang spinner
Prop Blades were from a T-28 prop #1, prop #2, prop #3, prop #4
Wheels and brakes from a Lear Jet
Tail gear adapted from a P-51
Solid rubber tail wheel was a Grumman S2F (tail section)

What does Tsunami look like today?

Check out photos taken when the plane was being unloaded from the trailer it has been stored in.