It’s always a lot of fun to go to a car show put on by any of the hobby’s many groups and clubs here in South Florida, but when you bring together two fine clubs at a historic venue that includes antique aircraft, you have a combination that is tough to beat.   The 4th Annual Wings Over Miami Air Museum at the Kendall-Tamiami Airport allowed us to present the cars of the AACA South Florida Region and the Sunshine Corvette Club amongst the planes of the museum.   A special feature of this year's show was the NASCAR race car # 38 driven by Kasey Khane.   The South Florida weather cooperated with a beautiful warm and sunny day with a slight breeze that made the setting on the tarmac of the museum the perfect spot to show off classic cars and beautifully restored airplanes.   There were about 89 cars on display this year evenly distributed between Corvettes and antique cars.

     As part of the registration fee, we offered two lunches which included freshly made sandwiches made possible with the generous donation of turkey and ham by Manny Garcia, chips and a drink.   We also had a cake for Mel Mann and others celebrating their birthdays in November.  Having tables and chairs inside the hanger gave us a place out of the sun to eat and swap car stories.   Two prizes in the 50-50 raffle were a ride on a small sightseeing helicopter won by Nina and Gabriel Garcia and a ride in a vintage military airplane won by Bob Squier.   Also, club member Yale Mosk took Danny Hernandez up in his private airplane for a flyover of the area.   The cash portion of the 50-50 raffle was won by Tom Kosky who generously donated his winnings to McPherson College.   Proceeds from the show and raffle will go to the air museum and to the Neva King Cooper School for disabled children in Homestead.   Helping us meet our charitable goal was member Larry Forman of Carriage House Classic Car Storage with a generous sponsorship of $500.

     Thanks to show chairmen Peter Lacau, AACA South Florida Region and Cliff Gibson, Sunshine Corvette Club, and the staff of the Wings Over Miami, led by Konstantin Oulianov, for an unbelievably wonderful show.  It was executed by a long list of team members from both clubs who Peter thanked before giving out the trophies.


Photos by Bob Squier, Philip Williams and Mel Mann.