C-210 Checkout pt 2

Finished! Not without some obstacles, but the checkout is complete and the paperwork submitted.

Tower tried to get in the way. Not sure why, but they told us they were unable to approve flight in the local area due to weather. Huh? The weather was decent VFR. Besides, that's not their call, that's the pilot's call. Anyway. We filed a flight plan and went to Magadi, and played with the flamingos. (There was a big flock of them on Lake Magadi that we overflew on base leg).

Denny Dyvig did the checkout for me. He's a great pilot, I always learn something when I fly with him. Probably the biggest learning experience this time was an attitude thing. He reminded me that the reason to do my best isn't the next check ride, or anything else like that. It's that I've got missionaries (and their children) in the back of the plane depending on me to get them where they're going, safely. A good reminder. It's easy, here, to get complacent, and to forget why we do what we do and why we take such care.

Anyway, a good flight, and a good lesson. Oh, his biggest critique on my flying was some suggestions to make radio calls more concise (that's what lead to the rest of the discussion on safety).