Flying Aid And Emergency Airlift In Papua New Guinea
Rex Alexander made a journey out to the Seaplane Base at AirVenture ‘23, checking out the newest Samaritan Aviation response aircraft. Mark Palm heads up Samaritan’s operations, using a fleet of backcountry-ready Cessna 206s. He brought their newest addition to the fleet, sporting all the modifications it needed to safely make it through the nonprofit’s missions flying aid and responding to emergencies in Papua New Guinea. The Samaritan team hops between 120 villages, turning a 3-day trip to the hospital into a 1-hour flight aboard their float-equipped Cessnas. Palm&r