Join us in the Daytona Beach area of Florida for a fun long-weekend fly-in January 8-11, 2026! Our home base will be in New Smyrna Beach, just south of Daytona and near the famed Spruce Creek Fly-In Community. Southeastern Bonanza Society member Pete Grass is our trip captain and we’ve put together a great itinerary to help you escape the cold! Highlights include:
- Time to explore the New Smyrna Beach seacoast to shake winter’s chill and walk on the broad sand beaches!
- Thursday night welcome dinner at Off The Hook at Ponce Inlet.
- Friday excursion to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
- Friday evening hangar party at Troy Branning’s hangar in the Spruce Creek Fly-In community where you’ll be joined by other American Bonanza Society members who are in Daytona Beach for live BPPP training. This hangar party is included in your Fly In registration!
- Transportation to/from the ABS/ABS Air Safety Foundation’s BPPP Live event on Saturday, January 10 at Emery Riddle University in Daytona Beach.
- Optional Saturday Marine Discovery Tour for non-BPPP participants (added fee).
- Saturday evening reception and banquet with sunset views at the Grill at Riverview in New Smyrna Beach.
- Transportation to all listed activities and events.
- Sunday morning departures if you must!
Trip Information: (all pdf files)
SEBS Registration:
Registration deadline is Friday, December 19, 2025.
- Registration is $430 per person for SEBS members. The Saturday excursion to the Marine Discovery Center is an optional extra.
- The base registration fee includes:
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- Kennedy Space Center tour entrance fee.
- Thursday night welcome dinner, Friday night Hangar Party at Spruce Creek, and Saturday night banquet.
- Air conditioned 12 passenger van transportation per itinerary with ice cold water and snacks on the vans.
- Payment is by credit card during registration.
- When your registration is complete, you will receive an email confirmation.
- Logistic limitations require us to limit registration to 30 people - first come, first served! Please register early!
- AND, yes, local members and snowbirds can join us just for the Hangar Party! There is a separate registration on the SEBS website for this purpose.
Event Hotel:
Hampton Inn, 214 Flagler Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, FL
To Reserve, use this link to register on line, call the hotel directly at (386) 898-9444, or 1-800-HAMPTON and you should get our rate of $189.00 plus taxes for 1 King bed.
The SEBS negotiated rate for this hotel is only available through Tuesday, December 9th. After this date, all room prices are per the hotel’s price structure.
Airport and FBO:
New Smyrna Beach, FL (KEVB)
https://www.aopa.org/destinations/airports/KEVB/details
Airgate Aviation, Inc. FBO
https://flyairgate.com/
(386) 478-0600
FBO parking and fuel discounts (if any) will be published early January, 2026.
Local attractions:
For information on additional attractions in the area for time on your own, please see the official tourism web site for the area: https://visitnsbfl.com/
Fly-In Event Cancellations:
Fly-in event cancellations received by 5:00 pm Eastern Time on December 19, 2025 will incur a cancellation fee of $50 per person. No refunds will be issued after this date due to booking and reservation guarantees.
Contact:
If you have any questions or need to cancel, please contact Pete Grass at ptgrass@gmail.com or 859-433-3329 (cell) and please leave a message.
If you have problems registering or with credit card procedures, please call Cecily Milan at (813) 918-1624 or email her at admin@sebs.org
