Sitting inside the 12-seater Cessna for the 40-minute flight from Wilson Airport to Masai Mara can be an unnerving experience. At a time when planes disappear without trace, it takes tonnes of optimism to “sit back, relax and enjoy the flight.” On the Masai Mara route, they operate like our matatus – hopping on and off the various airstrips strewn across the Mara.