(1) The hotel has 50 rooms with a 1940s style decor that is perfectly suited for our vintage airplanes. This will serve as the convention hotel. The outside balcony on the second floor is accessible from the spiral staircase in the lobby and will be open for all of us who attend, regardless of whether you are registered here or at one of the overflow hotels in the area.  We believe that our group will fill the entire hotel which will create a special Cessna 120/140 Association feel.

(2) The outdoor Tiki bar will host our own special hospitality area each night.

(3) The Airport Diner is available Wednesday & Thursday from 11AM-2PM (lunch only) and Friday, Saturday, & Sunday: 8AM – 2PM.

(4) The special event center will serve as our headquarters and registration location during the week. This open area will be a great location to relax and enjoy our lunches and snacks, our briefings for the daily events, and finally, our banquet and live music venue.

Arch Ray Resort is scheduled for dinner on Thursday evening. The resort is still expanding, but the winery and brewery are in full swing. Plan to spend a couple hours in the wine tasting and beer tasting sections (plan these on your own) and finish the evening with dinner at the superb restaurant. They have their own beef cattle brand and take pride in their unique cuts of steak.

There is a mowed section of lawn adjacent to the road that locals land for dinner in their taildraggers, but the jury is still out whether our 85hp Cessnas would be a good idea on a Texas summer evening.

This is another one that made our schedule of events, and dinner is planned here on Wednesday evening. My love for authentic Texas style BBQ was developed during my 14 years in Texas, and I knew as soon as we stepped out of the car that this place wasn’t going to disappoint. You know it’s going to be good when they are cooking outside over oak wood coals.

We plan on having all who can join together for dinner on the early arrival day, Tuesday. The indoor restaurant was about as expected, but the real surprise was their outdoor seating area. A great way to kick start our convention!

It turns out that Admiral Nimitz was born one block away from this location. Consequently, the Nimitz family was influential in the local community. From the welcome center, to the historical videos, to the navel fleets, to the aircraft, to the ground war – it’s all here. They even have the original and only surviving Japanese mini-subs that infiltrated Pearl Harbor on December 7th and an outdoor reenactment theater with a live flame thrower.

Since we are going to be so close, we hope you join us for a famous Texas legend. We are planning to gather for lunch on Thursday in this iconic music venue in the Texas hill country.

We can’t guarantee that we will run into Willie and Waylon and the boys, but there is a historic aviation attraction here that I was not aware of. Make plans to attend the “Wings over Luckenbach” and the Texas Hill Country History Presentation.

Our convention banquet will have a distinctly Texas flair on Friday evening. Boots and western wear are encouraged since the big finale will be a live Texas Swing band. This event kind of fell into place and we are excited to get to have Jason Roberts & Bob Wills Texas Playboys.

This band was formed by Bob Wills in 1933 and has continued currently under the direction of Jason Roberts. This will surely be a memorable evening, so get out your duds and join us for a great time.