Growing up, Mark Palm always knew he wanted to fly. It was in his blood. His grandfather was a World War II pilot, his uncles took to the skies, and his cousin served in the military as an aviator.
But while most boys with an aviation pedigree dream of fast jets and high-flying careers, Mark’s path took an unexpected turn – one that would lead him deep into the jungles of Papua New Guinea, where he would build a life-saving rescue service from scratch.
Mark met villagers who had lost loved ones because they couldn’t get to a hospital in time. Women died in childbirth. Children succumbed to snake bites. Malaria, tuberculosis, and infections ran rampant, but there was no way to get medical supplies to the remote settlements….