Josh and I had a great time at the Hobby Visions Trade Show, flight demonstration. It was very well coordinated with Frank Tiano at the reins. There were no losses, lots of different aspects of the hobby represented, i.e. several awesome helicopter demos by Alan Szabo Jr., Chip flew the Double Vision biplane powered by a DA 50 and his PL Products 40% Edge, Josh Glavin 3D'd our Carden 40% Carden Edge (Josh's Extra is not quite finished), Mike McConville flew H9's Funatana and GS Ultimate Bipe, Mark Leesburg flew a Godfrey Extra and was very impressive, Sergio Testa flew the wheel pants of the Planes Plus-Mecca Models brand new 40% Edge ARF and he also demo'd Planes Plus/Mecca Models new jet ARF, Combat flying by the Killer Bees, Jason flew his electric powered Funatna and pattern model, Jason Sommes flew a monster BVM TigerCat, Jeffery Szeuber put on a great show with his Stans Katana, Jeff Green helo, Yuri Higuchi flew his CA 40% Extra and wowed the crowd, Joe Hunt with a Carden 40% Extra, Fabio Trenta with an AeroWorks Extra, RCU's Tony or YNot flew his Hype 3D and there were more, my memory is a little vague it was a fast and furious week...

Electric models were awesome lil biplanes to large Funtana and patterns models, small park flyers, Gliders were carried aloft, GS freestyle, Helo freestyle, Precision Aerobatic, Jet demos, large gas powered C-310 twin, .40 size freestyle, Chip flew his biplane while sitting on a chair with his toes, Mike McConvile flew the Ultimate better than many would be able to; with the TX behind his back and more.

The trade show went off very well. As mentioned above, however was not biased toward aircraft at all. Primarily general hobby related but was very interesting.

We have some video and pictures. Unfortunately not as much as I would have liked. Seems the cameraman was also the pit boy and enjoyed watching more than filming. The crowd was great as was the local club, LVRC of the TOC Bennet Field. I am always overwhelmed by all involved in our great hobby, what a great group of people, one could not ask for a more rewarding experience...

PropWash Video will offer a video of the days events.

DIY attendend the event, they filmed and interviewed pilot's. A show about the Hobby Vison event is scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year.