Fog fingers shove their way inland and blow tiny Cessnas off the runway.

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HS-748s and two Cessnas, and claims to be carrying roughly half of the 500, 000 passengers who fly within Nepal each year.

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In the seven or so years that I've been flying, I've put in more than 2, 000 hours at the stick of single-engine piston airplanes, including a Beechcraft Bonanza, two Cessnas and, most recently, a sleek Cirrus SR22 that I've owned for 18 months.

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