Verdant Meadows (mission)

Verdant Meadows (mission) is a "breather" mission given to protagonist Carl Johnson by Mike Toreno to purchase an abandoned airfield in Carl's name.

Mission Brief
Toreno says he used Sweet as an excuse to get you to jobs for him. They aren't releasing him yet, but they are looking after him. Toreno needs Sweet alive as much as you do - apparently. After that last bit of work, there's a price on your head. Toreno needs you to start doing some real wet work.

Walkthrough
Go to the abandoned airstrip in Verdant Meadows and buy it. It will cost you $80,000. If you don't have this amount of money, go out and earn it. Once you have purchased the property, go into the office where you will see a red marker. Walk into it, and you'll receive a phone call from Toreno. You will now enter Flight School since you are going to have to learn to fly. Toreno has set out a series of tests for you. Access these tests via the television in front of you. You must prove that you know how to fly, if you are to continue working towards your brother's freedom. You must obtain a score of 70% or above to pass each test. For each test you pass, your flying skill is upgraded (that is, if you haven't already got 100% flying skill). Walk into the red marker to begin. If you continuously fail the tests, Toreno will have a few humerous phone calls with CJ about Carl being afraid to fly.

Trivia

 * This is the only mission, along with Jizzy, in which the player can save the game or do other missions during a mission (discounting Learning to Fly which, as a school, can be completed in bits and pieces). This is due to the necessity of having enough money to purchase the airstrip.
 * At this stage of the game, the easiest (if not necessarily the quickest) way to obtain sufficient funds for the airstrip, should Carl be low in cash, is to complete at least some of the Exports and Imports side-mission. (note: this advice is actually incorrect due to the fact the Exports and Imports side-missions are not unlocked at this point since they only become unlocked AFTER you complete Customs Fast Track and that mission isn't avaiable until AFTER the Verdant Meadows is completed.)

Rewards
The reward for this mission is increased Respect.