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CONGRATS EVERYONE!

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The Mars we’re gentle giants. They never dropped bombs on people there only missions have been helping people both as military transports and water bombers.❤

Its sad to see this magnificent flying tanker be retired, but its about 79 years old. Future generations will have to depend on videos to see it in flight & will never have the privilege of being eyewitness to this majestic bird in flight. Its four Merlin Rolls Royce engines generate 10,000 hp & the throb of the engines vibrate your chest as the piston engines generate their power. Martin Mars in flight truly is a magnificent awe inspiring sight to behold. Coulson donated the Martin "Hawaii" Mars to the Aviation Museum in Sidney, B.C. I am glad that it is staying in British Columbia. I'm from Port Alberni & have become used to seeing the Martin Mars water bomber stationed on Sproat Lake ever since I was a kid. It will be sorely missed.

Great

Im so glad the Hawaii Mars has finally made it to a nearby museum instead languishing here on Sproat Lake as it has for years. Months from now we might experience it again with the current restoration of the Philippine Mars to flying condition, with its new navy blue livery for a long haul final flight to Tucson Arizona USA Air museum.

We’ll miss her dearly.

Really excellent to hear Wayne’s story, both prior to owning the aircraft and building his business around their use. It’s fantastic that both Hawaii and Phillipines Martin Mars flying boats operational life were extended by Wayne purchasing them.

She never should have been taken out of service. The mars does the work of 10 helicopters

At least when it's at the BC Aviation Museum, everyone will be able to see it up close, instead of just the lucky few who have a Boat on Sproat Lake. Plus it will be protected from Vandalism much more!

Today is the day...

This is the plane from "Raiders of the lost ark". San Francisco scene. In 1981 Indiana Jones flew with it.

What will happen to all of the spare engines and parts that originally came with them?

Well, for me that is another reason to return to BC and to see this iconic piece of aerial firefighting in BC Aviation Museum at Victoria sometime not too far in the future ... 🤓😎

I'm so sad!

It was an icon of my youth. Had many birthdays at sprout provincial park with it as a back drop. Bonus was watching it work.

I love to see planes like this, and although the time of the flying boats is history, it should be kept alive. These planes are magnificent!

Tourist dollars for the South Island

Please tell me you video taped her final trip around Port Alberni on her farewell tour?

Thx to the Coulson team for taking such good care of these old birds!

Thanks for sharing

Very cool video

800 thousand people live on Vancouver Island. 700 hundred thousand of them are mostly between Nanaimo and Victoria. It’s great that they’ll all be able to say a final goodbye on it’s flyover.

My question now is how are they going to get Phillipine Mars to Arizona?

I want to build more of these.

Phillipines Mars is not going to phoenix, it is going to the Tucson at the Pima Air&Space museum, adjacent the world's biggest aircraft boneyard, run by the USAF. I look forward to visiting both planes as I live in Vic and have a 2nd home in Tucson.

Well done VI

Is it done flying now?

Ok people I love your videos of these aircraft but could you also show more videos of the other ' Philippine Mars " to let us see what and where it is going to be : )

How come they never seem to fly the Phillipine Mars always the Hawaii?

I got to sit in the pilots seat in May and make airplane engine noises. Farewell HM, you're going to a good retirement home. Thanks to Coulson for keeping the incredible HM alive and top condition.

Gord's gotta future in television... Way to go Gord! 😃

Now it will sit outside in the Victoria weather and rot?

Preservation is a beautiful thing!

Seeing that these planes were so effective at fighting fires why don't they build new ones with a modern twist? Especially in theses times where we could really benefit from them. These other smaller ones almost seam kind of useless.

Why doesn't the Canadian government commission 5 or 6 new planes like this, and station them at strategic points across Canada? It's not like fire situtations are going to improve over time.

Good to see them saved. Much better than getting recycled. At some point you have to say enough is enough. When you look at the age of the airframes and the horrendous cost of the engines, it isn't viable to keep them flying. Everything is 70-80 years old.

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SHAME ON OUR BC GOVERNMENT THAT COULNT FIND THE CASH TO SUPPORT IT VERY SAD

Sad that the Phillipine mars will be dumped in the desert hundreds of miles from a water landing area

They need to put it back to the 1970s FIFT markings

Coming to the BC Aviation Museum at the Victoria International Airport in August for retirement and display

Is that it? One short minute? I want my money back..........

And the fukking GVT won't give the conpany any work contracts. Canada burns, and our federal and provincial governments choose to fiddle. Arson isn't climate change, the budget does NOT "balance itself" and the liberals, the ndp, the bloc, (who gives af about the green party) aallll want to be the kings of the castle and they are willing to cut off our collective noses to spite our collective faces. This isn't about "just old airplanes"! Those planes could be fighting fires! Instead, they sit, as pawns in a political chess game.

She needs to do one more drop on the Fire near Sooke Potholes , doubt that Shawnigan Lk is going to be big enough for the pickup though.

Heard they were gonna retire the Mars, possibly this year? That’d be sad.

I just love those old flying boats.

Good to see

This is so great! Love the music!!

How about doing some investment in 8427?