RAM operates a Cessna 206 aircraft from a permanent base at Lethem on the southern border of Guyana near the Brazil border. Airplanes of this type have been operating continuously from its Lethem base since February 17th, 2001. Flying doctors, dentists, nurses, and veterinarians are all flown to remote Amerindian villages to provide care and emergency supplies.

The aircraft is called out for some type of medical or humanitarian relief flight on an average of once every 2.2 days throughout the year. Fuel for the airplane has to be trucked in by 4X4 trucks hundreds of miles along muddy dirt roads and dangerous bridges. The current price of fuel delivered to Lethem is over $10 US per gallon.

The RAM volunteer pilot in command at RAM Airborne base Lethem has beenTerrence Trapnell. This talented and dedicated young man has been in service with RAM for over five years. Terrence has been responsible for much more than making emergency medevac flights into the rain forest villages. He coordinates and places visiting medical teams, airlifts supplies to flood-isolated communities and serves as a RAM liaison to Guyana's goverment Ministries and offices.

Terrence is now married, and has recently moved to Georgetown with his young family. Due to Terrence's family obligations, RAM Airborne Coordinator Dick Stoops has taken over logistics of the Air Ambulance operations. We are adding more pilots to the roster to fill any vacancies.