District X—Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah
Lawrence Tougas
Vice President
ama.district10@gmail.com
Box 276, Fairfield CA 94533
Tel.: (707) 480-2053; www.ama10.org
AMA Expo West is moving to the Pomona Fairplex venue in Pomona, California, which is 15 minutes west of its previous location. In addition to the move, there will be a new date: November 2-4, 2018. The show will now be held during the Christmas shopping season, which will help our vendors increase their sales and draw more attendees.
The new location has more exhibition space, which will allow us to open the show to other hobbies such as model cars, trucks, boats, and trains, and have more room for popular things such as the swap shop. The Fairplex also allows for outdoor flying and other activities. The main flying area is two soccer fields—end to end—only a short walk from the show building. It will accommodate almost any type of flying we want. The goal is to make AMA Expo West a better, more exciting show. More information will be coming.
A big announcement at the Expo was that we are planning a District X fly-in. We will be holding it at a field in Las Vegas, October 26-28, 2018. This is the weekend before Expo West—and it should have great weather. We’re looking at a couple of fields with long paved runways that will allow any type of flying, up to and including jets. I’ll have more information as the plans finalize, but in the meantime, please save the date and plan to come to Las Vegas this fall to celebrate the District X Homecoming event.
Here are my favorite photos from AMA Expo West.
Dave Horvath won third place in the Sport/Aerobatic Class with a model of his own design that he calls the Zoom.
Roger Willis displayed his rubber-powered Free Flight model, the Texaco Sky Chief, he uses to compete in the Jimmie Allen event. It is dedicated to Milton Berle.
Cal Orr won first place in Sailplane with his Sig Samurai. This slick rocket has wings that change angle of attack independently as the sole means of flight control. Cal can convert any classic radio Kraft, ProLine, Heathkit, etc., for use today. Check him out at www.calorr.com.
John Wright, from the Knights of the Round Circle, restored this modified Ringmaster. The design came from the cover of the 1962 American Modeler Annual.
Joe Trama built this beautiful 96-inch Grumman F6F Hellcat from Ziroli plans. It has a DLE 85cc motor and weighs 41 pounds.
Les Espolt won second place in Scale Civilian with his Piper Tri-Pacer, which was built from Berkeley plans blown up to 1/3 scale.
Tim Cardin won first place in Scale Civilian with his Cessna T-50 Bobcat. This Bamboo Bomber is modeled after the aircraft in the Sky King TV series of the 1950s.
Wayne Spani spent three years building this Gee Bee Model Z from Williams Brothers three-view drawings. It is powered by an O.S. 75 FSR.
Until next month, I wish you all happy landings.
