Instead, the Hacienda Hotel catered to families, as well as to locals who wanted a night out minus the tourists. When connoisseurs sneered, “You can either go to Las Vegas or to the Hacienda,” Bayley embraced the distinction with pride, and he didn’t even mind when the nickname “Hayseed Heaven” took hold. There, Timm purchased a Cessna 172 and hired a mechanic named Irv Kuenzi to modify the plane for endurance flight. The plane Timm purchased, officially known as N9172B, had only logged 450 hours of run time since leaving the factory, but Timm wasn’t taking any chances. They then lowered the fuel line, and the Hacienda pulled up and away for another twelve hours of flight.