Man, It feels good to be back at the Homestead Air Reserve Base with an incredible group of friends willing to bring their cars to be displayed for the amazing Men and Women who have chosen the path of protecting our nation.
We have had the pleasure of helping our friend Bill Adam bring out an all star cast of people to this show over the last few years and post covid it went away for a bit but we are back and stronger than ever, being part of Family Day and a fantastic award ceremony.
As soon as we pulled to the tarmac, there was a fleet of fighter jets, the weather and lighting was perfect, and a Florida Mako F16 On Full display right up front for everyone to see and many were able to pull up and have a picture of their car taken with it – which is pretty damn cool.
Funny enough I never got a chance to pull my supra up but Im so happy for all my friends who were able to get that magical shot which is not an easy one to have!
I won’t be going over any automotive technicals today as we focus more on the people for this event – to the naked eye yes it is a “car show” but in reality its an automotive display of great people who have fantastic cars for those on base to check out at their leisure – we have a few friends who are on the Homestead Air Reserve base who are gear heads so its always great to catch up with them and their families and talk shop.
The event is being handed over to us so our goal is find ways to work with the Base and put on the best show possible for them – I do not look for the hottest cars -thats easy to get – but I focus purely on people who want to give their team, are respectful to the spot and cause and understand the true purpose here – its a give back event.
Unfortuantely this year the PM flights were cancelled where we get to see some touch and go’s up close ( and it’s an incredible experience which makes your soul shake ) but when we first got in they were doing take offs which looked and felt absolutely insane as the background for setting up the vehicles.
While we love the cars, it’s all about the people. I am honored to have made such incredible friends and shared these experiences with. At the end of the day, this is what it’s all about. For us, it doesn’t matter how nice, rare, fancy, or fast your car is; this particular event is about giving back, and the fact that we have so many people we can reach out to who are willing to donate their time is a blessing.
So we’ll be keeping this one short, please enjoy the captures of this memorable day.
