Martin Mars To Fly Once More

[Captain Cuttle]

And its staying in B.C. I wonder how long its going to take to make this airworthy again.

https://www.saanichnews.com/local-news/historic-bc-martin-mars-water-bomber-will-fly-one-last-time-7335287

[J. S. Bach]

Maybe this should be in the "Those who like airplanes" thread.

 

I hope that the whole event is successful and the bird will be appreciated by the museum's visitors.

Edited March 29 by J. S. Bach

[Captain Cuttle]

My favorite aircraft have always been big propliners and civilian versions of WW2 bombers and flying boats that were used from 1946. That progressed to water bombers when i learnt that all sorts of large propliners and the Privateer  were used back in the seventies. Plus the mighty Martin Mars, luckily we have plenty of video action of this wonderful aircraft scooping up 5000 gals at a time, sadly grounded now.

[Captain Cuttle]

On 29/03/2024 at 17:57, J. S. Bach said:

Maybe this should be in the "Those who like airplanes" thread.

 

I hope that the whole event is successful and the bird will be appreciated by the museum's visitors.

Certainly looking forward to seeing the preparations which hopefully will be on YT, the ones covering its time as a fire bomber were amazing. Cant wait to just  hear those engines again which also powered the B-29 on full power lifting it out of the water. Its a shame no one saved a Princess flying boat although the three were cocooned for many years on the Isle of Wight and Calshot.