I worked, for a couple of years for a company that had a couple of
Beech 1900's it used to shuttle employees from one of it's facilities
to another... I'm nearly 6'2" and I had to bend completely forward to
walk through the cabin of this plane to take my seat, and still hit my
head half the time. Once we got to altitude (although we were only
going to be there for a few minutes, in most cases), the pilot would
slide a cooler, back down the aisle of the cabin. There would be
pastries and soft drinks, followed by a coffee thermos and foam cups.
Each row would grab their treat of preference and contiue sliding the
cooler and thermos backwards, down the aisle. Not quite the china
experience that you recall... ;-)

The cool part was, the wide open cockpit door... I would watch the
pilot and co-pilot going through all of their checklists, and stare
attentively out the front window as we broke through the marine layer
to land at SJC, runway lights a-flashing! I would love to be able to
land a gig like that!

Best Regards,
Todd