I had a friend who was flying a Pilatus over there. He is a pretty tall guy, but not fat at all, and his boss over there was pushing for him to take 20 lbs. off because they are so weight critical. The 350 is a pretty good platform for that kind of mission.
The King Air does pretty well even with a payload.
It’s pretty nifty kite.
Afghanistan would be a challenging environment to fly.
One of my buds flew apaches there.
The Bird got shot up pretty good.
He’s fine.
Taliban on the sides of the mountain passes.
They’re pretty smart for hooligans.
They got you hemmed in by mountains and they tried to shoot off the tail rotor