One other Martin Mars water bomber might be heading to a museum.
Coulson Aviation’s Philippine Mars will discover its eternally house on the Pima Air and House Museum in Tucson, Arizona later this 12 months.
That is the second Martin Mars water bomber that might be headed to a museum. Again in March, Port Alberni-based Coulson Aviation introduced the donation of the enduring purple Hawaii Mars to the BC Aviation Museum in Sidney, British Columbia.
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“This has been an thrilling month for each Martin Mars waterbombers,” mentioned Wayne Coulson, CEO of Coulson Group. “As a becoming tribute to their years of service and years of arduous work by many individuals in B.C. and the U.S., we’re happy to see each Mars plane touchdown to relaxation at world-class establishments in 2024.”
Just like the Hawaii Mars, the Philippine Mars should be made flightworthy earlier than it will probably journey to Tucson, which would require upkeep, a particular ferry allow and extra.
Pima Air and House Museum is without doubt one of the largest aerospace museums on the earth, operated by the non-profit Arizona Aerospace Basis. It has greater than 400 plane on show.
“We’re happy to have the Philippine Mars be a part of our museum the place we are going to protect this World Warfare II-era plane for many years to return,” mentioned Scott Marchand, CEO of Pima Air and House Museum.
Produced between 1942 and 1947, the Martin Mars fleet flew cargo between Hawaii and the Pacific Islands to help the U.S. Navy throughout World Warfare II. After the warfare, they supported the Korean Warfare with medical air transport lifts between Hawaii and California, later transitioning to cargo elevate work between Hawaii and California earlier than being decommissioned in 1956.
The surviving fleet of 4 plane was offered in 1958 to a consortium of timber firms in British Columbia and transformed into the world’s largest waterbombers. Coulson bought two of the plane, the Hawaii Mars and the Philippine Mars, in 2007, which marked the start of the corporate’s fixed-wing air tanker operations for aerial wildfire help.
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Hawaii Mars and Philippine Mars are the one Martin Mars plane remaining in the present day.
