Chuck,

I don't know if people refer to the Kodiak as a baby Caravan, but I have had several mistake it for a Caravan. Both are great planes!

The people in this village are pretty short. I'm only 5' 11".

Most of the days flying in Papua were pretty enjoyable, but there were always the days when the weather was really bad. For the first years I flew there we only flew VFR, basically it was all like being in class G airspace (visual and keep out of the clouds). Then we started flying IFR with approved GPSs. That made the flying so much less stressful.