Martin Mars FINAL FLIGHT - Amazing Flyover and Last Landing!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- The last airworthy Martin Mars water bomber, named "Hawaii Mars", gets a glorious send off as she is retired to the British Columbia Aviation Museum in Sidney, BC. The aircraft, owned by Coulson Aviation, took off from her home base in Sproat Lake for one final flight around the area, including joint flybys with the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, before landing for the very last time in Patricia Bay near the Victoria International Airport. Thousands of people turned out to see her final flight and landing.
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What impressed me most about this aircraft is the enormous time span of aviation it represents. Pacific clippers of 30’s, bygone era of luxury and when air travel was still an adventure. Rest easy Big Bird . . You made it intact to the Aviation PearlyGate. Thanks for sharing.
Landing that war horse for the last time had to be a very emotional moment for the crew. When you consider the men who conceived, built, and maintained these aircraft over the years it makes you think about those who have gone us and what a tremendous debt we owe them.
Now that is a fitting send off for this colossus! Thank You for your service.
I’m sad. I’m actually crying. I’m old enough to remember this plane and I have watched aviation continue to advance for the future. Recently I saw an amphibious plane that was restored in Alaska at the Aviation Museum. But yeah I’m vintage like this plane
I remember when the Hawaii Mars was moored here in Lake Elsinore California. I had the pleasure of seeing it multiple times up close while boating. What an amazing machine to see land, take off and fly. Im glad to have met this bird
Kind of sad to watch the old girl's final engine shut down. Thanks for the excellent coverage ASV.
Somewhere in the galaxy Kermit felt a disturbance in the force...
It was a teary moment, through the binocs.😢
This is honestly as close to seeing something close to the size of The "Spruce Goose" as we will ever get!
Ha! I was thinking the same thing 👌🏻 they Almost recreated the shot from Aviator when they passed over the audience. Love the spruce goose..
That’s quite the retirement ceremony! So cool.
A lot of the old warbirds are getting retired! 80 years is long enough, I suppose. Magnificent seaplane! Martin made good planes.
Largest US Plane from WW2.
The B-26 Marauder was another really good plane they made, even of it did have fairly lengthy “teething” process. Earlier versions were notoriously difficult to fly, which earned them the nickname “The Widow Maker”. Later versions corrected these issues though and the Marauder was said to be a pretty rugged plane, not unlike the B-17 and the P-47.
Keep in mind she was already technically retired in 2016 - pity she won’t fly any more though
@@michaelmurray7199 The Marauder had the lowest combat loss per sortie percentage of any Allied multi-engined bomber, half of 1%.
Wonder why they would retire this? Especially when fires are more prevalent than ever
RCAF showed its usual class with the escort ......well done
I have follow your guys' channel for sometime now and it makes me so happy that you were able to make it here for this. I was capturing footage from a boat as it flew over and landed... what a spectacular sight!
A "Water Salute" with the Snowbirds would have been the perfect ending. Hat's off to all the people that flew and maintained her for this long.
I wonder how many thousands of lives this plane's been able to save over the years. What an amazing send off!
Probably none. BC simply doesn’t have the population density.
More people have died in aircraft fighting fires than in the fires themselves in BC.
Saw some smoke popping out of #3 when they shut down. It was symbolically, its last breath.
Apparently someone saw #3 start smoking when it flew over Powell River, so the plane ended up coming in ahead of schedule, glad it made it ok.
a tear
Yep Magnificent send off. Nicely done. Thank you for your service.
Ну что же! Славный уход на заслуженный отдых! Долгих лет жизни в качестве экспоната!
A fitting tribute to an amazing airplane!
Superb coverage!!! Thank you. Such a beautiful day as well!!!
Thank God it made it safely...and thank God it's in a safe place. Long live the HAWAII MARS!
That’s awesome that you went to record it! A perfect fit for your channel! That plane is so wonderful.
That is a beautiful piece of history.
Wow this is awesome that flyover was amazing with all those other planes great video this is really cool to see I wish I could’ve seen this may it be remembered
If anyone wants to know exactly what kind of goosebumps these planes give you, put in some quality earbuds or headphones and crank them all the way up. That’s as close to what the Mars sounds like at that range in person. I grew up around the Mars and it really does get emotional knowing that it’s all over for them.
i fully agree
It will be remembered
Hey, I saw you there, didn't realize it was you! I will never forget watching the Mars thunder overhead like that - I think I felt the ground shake beneath me. Truly unforgettable.
Great video as always guys! Thanks a bunch! Wish we had time to hang out at Oshkosh! Been living y’all’s work for years!
Oshkosh is always a zoo, hopefully we'll get time next year!
O fim glorioso de uma era! Fruto da necessidade, cumpriu muito bem seu trabalho, sempre que convocado!
Love the martin
Good morning aviators, awesome fly-by..
Very cool video, Sharp airplane, would love to have taken a ride in it
Excellent footage as usual, AirshowStuff!
Amazing send off for an amazing airplane.
An impressive craft converted to fight fires and also another great American product.
What a storied career.
Thank You
Another great video, guys, keep them coming!
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.
Not sure about the Merlins
The Mars had 4 Pratt & Whitney 4360 ci, 4 row corncob, 28 cylinders each, 3000 hp, air cooled, not Rolls Royce! Spruce Goose, B 36 used same engines.
Amazing video. Thank you for sharing. What an aircraft, brilliant send-off, well captured.
Most aircraft could only hope for a 🚒 🚿✈ shower when they go into retirement. The Martin Mars got a real snow ❄☄job - nice sendoff!
Awesome!
the Tutor jets accompanying are the Snowbirds, the aerial demonstration team of the Royal Canadian Air Force
It was amazing to watch.
Awesome it was videoed and posted so thanks for that for us around the world. Safe travels from NZ. Ken.
Such a shame she's retired... what a send off
Wow 👏
It was tough to watch her come in for her final landing. I worked fires below them in the early 2000's, they never left much for the ground crews to put out.
What a beautiful aircraft. A copy of a "Shorts Sunderland Flying Boat"'' that fought with great distinction, against the "U Boat Threat" that attacked convoys in the North Atlantic during WW2. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
magnifique
awesome
Saw her a while ago in like 2014. I was 9 at the time and didn’t appreciate the significance. Wish I could have seen her again 🥺
Sounds like a P2 Neptune Piston sound flying towards you, jet sound flying away
very cool ,epic American seaplane design
My brothe was a Flight Engineer on the MARS. He left the Navy prior to them being sold off.
Good coverage of the last landing. What a performance by the Snowbirds topping it off! Oh, by the way, It is in Sannich BC where the Victoria Airport is. I was there a few Years ago.
North Saanich/Sidney.
I got to see that bird drop water on a fire really close to our house here in southern California about 15 years ago.
Il était plus que temps !
It's like some kind of prehistoric beast had awoken, only to realize that she was the last of her kind. And has now settled back down, forever to rest....
That should be seen on the IMAX and NFB next to Helicopter Canada... BZ to all... 😎👍
That is so amazing i am supporting you
Sad we will never see giants like this fly again
Saw the SnowBirds fly over Victoria.
What's the plan to get it to the museum? Disassemble and transport? Or are they going to leave it on the water?
Found this:
Coldwater Divers and Coulson Aviation technicians started to attach “beaching gear” to its undercarriage and tail on Monday, wheeled mechanisms that will allow the heavy plane to be pulled out of the water and up the ramp at Patricia Bay.
Nichol said the moving crews are awaiting high tides on Wednesday to pull the plane out. It will likely be the last time its massive engines will rumble.
Its future at the museum will be as a static display.
The “de-watering” process is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, when Hawaii Martin Mars will be manoeuvred through the Patricia Bay breakwaters and slowly winched up a Canadian Coast Guard ramp onto a concrete apron.
Crews will spray down the plane to remove salt water.
Nickel Brothers Moving, contracted to move the plane and well known for moving houses and other large unwieldy objects such as shiploaders, had previously measured every area of the coast guard facility with lasers, down to the millimetre, to plan the move.
Bringing Hawaii Martin Mars out of the water will be a “full-circle moment” for the aircraft. This was the original ramp and location used in 1960 to bring the aircraft on land to convert it into the era’s cutting-edge water bomber, Nichol said.
Using a large crane, Nickel Brothers will fit the Martin Mars into a swivelling carriage and onto a heavy-haul trailer that will allow operators to manoeuvre the plane as the truck moves toward the B.C. Aviation Museum.
Next week, in co-ordination with federal, provincial and civic authorities, as well as RCMP, movers will start taking down power poles, light standards and fencing for the crossing of West Saanich Road onto the airport lands.
The move will take place in the early morning when all air traffic has halted. The plane will inch across various runways to reach the museum at the eastern edge of YYJ.
Hawaii Martin Mars will be placed on a new concrete slab at its outdoor display location next to the B.C. Aviation Museum building at 1910 Norseman Rd..
The day after the move, visitors will be able to walk around the outside of the aircraft while crews complete display preparations over several weeks, said Nichol.
A grand opening of the exhibit is set for Sept. 28. The museum is planning an “open experience format” so everyone can explore inside the aircraft and have an opportunity to sit in the pilots’ seats.
The cost to the museum so far has been about $750,000, said Nichol. That includes the $250,000 the museum paid Coulson Aviation to acquire Hawaii Martin Mars and $250,000 for the move. The province has provided $250,000.
Nichol said Coulson Aviation picked up the cost to get Hawaii Martin Mars airworthy again. Its last firefighting mission was in 2015.
The long-term plan is to build a massive hangar to house Hawaii Martin Mars and other vintage firefighting aircraft, including the museum’s Corvair 580 and Douglas A26 Invader.
Nichol said the museum will start a fundraising campaign soon to raise money to build the hangar.
“It will have to be about 220 feet wide and long to get the Hawaii Mars in, and the other planes will just sit under its wings,” said Nichol.
@@allprolb20thank you
@@allprolb20 Thanks for the detailed explanation.
For those not familiar with the local geography, Victoria International Airport (YYJ) is about 30 kilometres north of the city.
At the west end of the airport precinct is Patricia Bay, which has a Canadian Coast Guard Base and the Institute of Ocean Sciences. The marine aerodrome where the Hawaii Mars touched down is situated in Patricia Bay. The British Columbia Aviation Museum is at the southeast end of the airport precinct, so when Nickel Bros transfers the Hawaii Mars to the museum it’ll follow two of the main runways.
The first low pass by the Hawaii Mars, with the RCAF Snowbirds in formation around her, headed southeast directly above the BC Aviation Museum. When she returned without the Snowbirds 25 minutes later, after a circuit of the Greater Victoria waterfront, she was again directly above the BC Aviation Museum but this time headed northwest. So there’s lots of footage of her as testament to the fact that she really did come to YYJ under her own power.
www.google.ch/maps/@48.6488542,-123.4401608,2115m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
@@allprolb20I'm chuckling at a typo in that article calling one of the planes at the museum a "Corvair 580". It is actually a *Convair* 580! Corvair was a small Chevrolet made in the 1960's 😂
Striking similarity to the Sunderland Flying Boat.
That aircraft would be perfect with a winnebago package..
Bueno, todavia queda uno parecido a este que es el Sunderland, no ?
Damn onions
This plane was seen in the A-Team movie
What is the title of the of the movie may I know please😊
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Why did it have to stop flying?
Maybe someone of you can help me.
I don't know if I dreamed it or if there was a movie, series or cartoon, but I remember the Martin Mars clearly depicted, maybe not flying, maybe in a water hangar. It wasn't a documentary.
Anyone has a clue?
Its sister, Martin Mars (looks identical), was featured on Canada's Discovery Channel (Mighty Planes) several years ago where it worked in Mexico fighting forest fires
Talespin. The Sea Duck.
There was also a Yogi Bear carton about the Spruce Goose.
Really sad that this impressive machine is now grounded for ever.
Amazing! Why can't they keep flying it?
Waaay too expensive to operate and has finally outlived it's usefulness, sad to say.
@@MoonlightingJames 😢
What a bummer. I wish someone else would have bought and kept it flying.
I guess it's too big to ask the pilot to 'rock your wings' 🛩🇨🇦😢
True although, to be fair, it rocked it’s wings quite a lot in the water 😉
Not having been able to keep up with the whole saga, what would it take to get the Philippine Mars flying again? It seems a bloody shame to not have at least one still being used as intended. These birds are a tremendous firefighting asset.
The Philippine Mars is also retired and will be going to the US at the end of the month, I believe. These wonderful machines have been retired due to, mainly, metal fatigue all through the frames.
@@lizzyfolks9116 There is also the issue of fuel…less and less availability of sufficient volumes of “av gas” for it’s piston engines. Many aircraft of medium to large size are being converted to turbo-prop engines due to the greater availability of jet fuel…especially in the locations where a water bomber is to be used. (See the story of the conversion of the CL-215 water bomber to the 415, and now the 515 variants: the turbo- beaver: turbo and twin otters). More power, lighter weight, wider availability of fuel. Plus, parts for the engines now have to be custom made in a “one-off” and very costly process. Simply put, “the world of aviation has moved on”.
Ahh, a final rest for the "Old Girl".
Será aposentado, em qual museu ficará exposto ???
At the British Columbia Aviation Museum at the Victoria International Airport.
O museu fica aqui, na costa oeste do Canadá:
www.google.ch/maps/@48.6488542,-123.4401608,2115m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
Fica a cerca de 250 quilômetros ao sul de Sproat Lake, que tem sido sua base de operações desde 1960:
www.google.ch/maps/@49.2892808,-124.9379071,727m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
Here's a short clip from earlier in the final flight where she shows off a bit. th-cam.com/video/CVHvs9Lytpo/w-d-xo.html
It's just a shame to know that it will be the last flight of this machine.
Всё это конечно хорошо , но до " Русских Витязей " на СУ 27 никому не дотянуть.....
Why in the hell are they retiring it to rot in a museum? Let her fly!
You going to pay for the fuel and oil and maintenance to keep it flying?
@@calvinnickel9995 You really want to make asinine comments like that? How many THOUSANDS of vintage aircraft are there these days? Ever hear of Commemorative Air Force? LOTS of organizations around that take care of and keep aircraft like this flying. Ask them how they do it. I just think taking a perfectly good, flying-condition aircraft out of service and holing it up in a museum to collect dust is a waste. There are only two Mars left, and now neither of them are flying.
@MarkRenn how many of those thousands of war birds are large flying boats ? They are alot more expensive and harder to maintain and there is also the problem of were to keep it and operate it from. the large organisations operate from airbase not lakes. Unfortunately it's just not financially viable to operate such a large specialised aircraft. . An English chap tried it with a Sunderland and went bankrupt. I don't know what happened to it though
Dead technology, too expensive to use
So why do we have TWO B-29s flying?
While impressive, if your product is still being used 80 years later you may have over engineered or overbuilt your product…..
So sad when flying history is lost to museums. There is nothing to looking at something that should be flying. My heart sank when I heard about this and it's still sick. On the contrary I've heard from other sources that six or seven others still exist so I'm not losing hope to see another one fly again.
There were only seven Martin Mars built only two survive today. Hawaii Mars and Philippine Mars. The rest were either scrapped or destroyed in accidents.
That said, they NEED to be preserved , flying them only for the sake of flying them is too risky for such historic aircraft.
@@That_Stealth_Guy Hmm there are only two flying B-29s but thank goodness they are in the air where they should be. I cannot see spending perhaps millions of dollars to restore something like that and then just let them sit in a museum gathering dust.
@@muffs55mercury61 I would love for them and other historic aircraft to continue to fly. There comes a point that it better to save them in museums than it is to try to maintain them in flyable condition.
As every year passes, aviation gets duller and duller.
SHOULDA BEEN ESCORTED by other flying boatz, nit jets, jets r not real breathren. How about a section of Shinmaiwas from Nippon ....
And there it is.....the first ridiculous comment
That is so awesome!❤😊
Awesome but sad she's not going to gracing the skies anymore.
Amazing airshow 🤔🤔🤔@rudioxce, 🙂👍👍