Hmm Talair had one of those shortnosed C402s, P2-GKB...brings back many a smelly, sweaty memory of climbing passed 8 or 10 villagers to get to my seat and with no pilot door there was no way of cooling off until altitude...flew nicer than than As, Bs and Cs though...took a modest amount of attention to keep the CofG under control...lucky the average PNG villager was about 60kgs
Still, she was the pick of the litter if you were contemplating taking a C402 somewhere silly.