Well, obviously, we didn't get the webcam to work inside the exhibit hall.
The AMA EXPO was very disappointing. Attendance was so low that the AMA decided not to hold it again.
Most of the pictures are of the Black Sheep Exhibition Squadron booth and were taken before the show opened.
At one end of the booth were tall stands one with a radio controlled witch and the other with one of Bill Watson's rubber powered blimp chasing an odd rubber powered model around on a motorized rod.
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At the other end of the booth was our pylon with a rotating Black Sheep Squadron sign on top. All this motion attracted a lot of attention.
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Dave Gee was waiting under the pylon to ambush kids with his "Name the plane" contest (There was a Dusty Crophopper in the card deck so even the little ones got something.), give out "cheesy prizes" and sign up new club members. (We got 8 new and 2 renewals, not bad for a show.)
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Jim Leuken was selling books. I was demonstrating "wet" covering. (Of course, I'm not in the picture, I took it.) Bill Watson was sitting next to me and would occasionally take his other rubber powered blimp and fly it in the room much to everyone's delight and astonishment. I also flew that F2A, on the stand on the table, in the Show center area where they were holding the Alpha contest. They were selling the Alphas for $10. I bought one just to get the winder!
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There was a display of a few of Don Butman's models. Don Smith is holding down the fort in the photo. That slick looking orange and white R/C ship on the table in front of Don attracted a lot of attention. Almost everyone who walked by asked where they could get the kit. Unfortunately, it's a one off that Bill Watson sketched on a napkin one evening and thought it looked so good he had to build it.
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I included a shot of the Static "beauty contest" at the entrance to the hall to give you a rough idea of how large the venue was. Another show scandal was that the AMA promised cash prizes for the static contest but did not hand them out.
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It's not readily apparent in the photo but the show was actually four aisles wide. Although there were some busy times for about half of the show the room didn't look much different than the before the show photos. Well, you get the idea.