Nice 210... I did about 900hrs on the 210 flying around the outback in Australia in the early 1980s. Great payload and long legs into some pretty primitive airfields or straight bits of track. Those big flaps and high wing made it easy to land at low speed and look after the nose gear. Also great in a crosswind. Big donk and strong performance were good in some bloody hot conditions. Not the turbo model so would get about 175kts true at 8-9,000 ft ISA +10 to 20C. Most flights/legs over 350 nm above desert and scrub. My panel was basic steam gauges. There was no GPS, very few navaids (mostly NDB) Comms mostly by HF or not at all, no radar except in the main capital cities. Nav by compass and map ( 1:1,000,00 WAC chart) sitting on your knee board with a ruler, a 2B lead pencil and your watch (analog of course with stopwatch). Calculations by slide rule. Did have a simple auto pilot which would level wings and hold a heading set on DG. Eyes out flying, mostly looking for tiny features like a windmill or cattle trough. Dead reckoning for everything else. 1in 60 rule for calculating drift, circular slide for calculating GS, figure out wind from dust on the ground. It was great experience, never dull, you depended on your own judgement, checked everything twice at least, and got a great reception when you landed at some cattle station with the mail, some supplies, parts for some bit of gear and a bottle or two of something special. I did fly a British journalist out to a cattle station once and when we got there he met the owners and asked "how big is this place?" Owner said "bout a thousand..." Journo with eyes wide "a thousand acres?! Huge!" Owner looked at him with a smile "No mate.... a thousand square miles..." Australia is very big and largely uninhabited. Flying here is amazing and free from most restrictions once a hundred mile or so from the main capital cities. The weather is mostly good (CAVOK) and view spectacular from 10,000 or 50FT (your call) The 210 never missed a beat and crushed big distances easily. The one you have there looks pretty mint. Hope it brings you great joy.. Remember to carry a little power into touchdown, especially if heavy or its hot....🙃The Dr.
Great airplane. Had one myself. Loved it. Got into FL's with supplemental oxygen. Best single piston complex retractable I've flown and I've flown them all.
Toony Aviation if you need high performance pilot who has hours in both of your aircraft and the favorite of course is the 182 Skylane. Beautiful advance Avionics
