Samaritan Aviation Co-Founder Mark Palm Visits Wings of Hope World Headquarters in St. Louis

By Carmelo Turdo

Wings of Hope welcomed Samaritan Aviation CEO and Co-Founder, Mark Palm, and his wife Kirsten, to their St. Louis World Headquarters for a brief visit on Thursday. Palm met with Wings of Hope leadership and gave a presentation to employees and volunteers on the mission of Samaritan Aviation in Papua, New Guinea. Wings of Hope has supported Samaritan Aviation since 2001 by sourcing aircraft and assisting with aircraft upgrades and pilot training for float plane operations in the South Pacific. 

Samaritan Aviation Cessna 206
on a previous visit to Wings of Hope

Samaritan Aviation opens access to physical healing to those in the province of East Sepik by providing medical airlift services to the only hospital in the region and assisting with the regular distribution of medicine and emergency aid to local communities. Spiritual healing is also provided through faith-based patient and community outreach. The fleet has since grown to three modern Cessna 206 aircraft, and a complex for missionary family housing and a training center for local service providers are under development. The "Mission to MORE" initiative aims to provide MORE emergency flights, MORE medicine delivery and MORE disaster relief for not only East Sepik but also the Gulf Province as well.

Mark and Kirsten Palm are featured here during their arrival at Wings of Hope and tour of the facility prior to the formal presentation. 

Mark and Kirsten Palm (center) are met by Tiffany Nelson, Director of Programs and
Evaluation and Amy Buehler, Wings of Hope Interim President 

Mark Palm and veteran pilot/A&P Edward Schertz reminisce about preparing the first 
Samaritan Aviation planes for service

Mark Palm visits with MAT pilot Rob Wunderlich, who previously flew
 the C-130 for the Blue Angels

Tiffany Nelson and Kirsten Palm visit outside the Wings of Hope hangar

Mark Palm's presentation provided an overview of the mission and capabilities of Samaritan Aviation along with the vision for future expansion of services now underway. Here we include some photos and the video of his message, and we highly encourage our viewers to support the work of Samaritan Aviation.