Hawaii and Philippine Martin Mars Water Bombers at Esquimalt Harbour
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- I just watched the final landing of the the Hawaii Martin Mars water bomber on August 11, 2024. It got me remembering July 31, 2003, when both the Hawaii and Philippine Martin Mars bombers were fighting a fire at Thetis Lake, on Southern Vancouver Island. They made multiple passes in Esquimalt Lagoon past Fisgard Lighthouse (the oldest lighthouse on the West Coast of Canada) to pick up water.
Thank you for posting this! I can't believe someone had filmed this moment. I was 10 years old sitting on the roof of our house with my little brother and father in saanich, watching the two Mars battle the Thetis Lake fire. 21 years later and I can still clearly picture this memory. Thank you!
What an epic video. I was at Pat Bay filming the arrival yesterday. Videos like this are what amaze me, because I never got to see these beautiful aircraft in active service, especially near my home town!
Not quite the Lockheed Starfighter in the climb.
Love seeing the video of both Martin Mars in action. I hope you submit it the BC Aviation Museum.
Thank you soooo much for this absolutely unique video, although your video is now over 20 years old, the quality is quite good but most important the sound of both Martin Mars ist absolutely brilliant! They both roaring like huge flying dinosaurs as loud they can, just to see both of them together on touch-and-go on the water is so awful! Thank you again for posting your video for all of us, it’s one of best videos regarding their roaring noise!
Awesome thanks for the upload these planes probably caused my love of aviation, as a kid in port alberni I’d often hear and see them flying.
I was wondering if anyone had footage of the Philippine Mars since she was retired and hasn’t fought fires since 2006.
But sad to see Hawaiian Mars go but she did a great service
Great video!! Thanks for uploading & sharing. SO good to have video such as this, to remember the great work these girls did as water bombers / fire fighters.
And which launched Coulson Aviation’s business, which now helps us here in Australia (and other countries) during our fire seasons!
wow that was awesome! Thank you for sharing that.
WOW those days without Social Media
awesome vid... thanks for sharing.
Great Video! Wonder how much more is out there un-remembered of these AC? Soon the Philippine will be moving to it's new home too.
Always fascinating to watch that much mass being moved by nothing more than the difference in air pressure around the propellor blades. _(just exactly how wings generate lift is its own conversation)_ My Dad and Granddad were each pilots for a season of their lives and while jets were practical, they both liked propellor power, because.
wow I did not know they were put to work right here 21 years ago! And picking up salt water no less. thanks
They worked out of their Sproat Lake base for around 56 years fighting fires here in BC. They were originally bought by a group of forestry companies (5 I believe) and were used to fight fires in BC. Then Coulson bought them in 2007. I remember spending summers at my families lakefront place on Sproat Lake and they were used quite often back in the day. We would chase them on Jetskis becasuse they made one monster sized wake when they were taking off. Its so sad to see them no longer moored in the lake. Its like all the things that made this a cool and interesting world are slowly disappearing and its really really sad.
Awesome, thanks for sharing
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