Find a final place of rest
Coulson Aviation
The Marianas Mars crashed in 1961 during fire fighting operations on the island of Vancouver, and Caroline Mars was damaged beyond a typhoon the following year.
The latest surviving flying boats – the Philippines Mars and the Hawaii March – were then acquired by Coulson Aviation in 2007 to “extend its fire -fighting capacities”, according to the company.
The Coulson group said that the plane had undergone several upgrades and renovations to make it a safer and more reliable aerial firefighter, but the managers British Columbia has replaced it with more recent planes, such as variants of fire fighting of Lockheed C-130.
But after staying in stock for half a decennia, the Coulson group decided to withdraw the Philippine Mars in 2012, giving it to the National Naval Aviation Museum in Florida as a permanent exhibition. His red and white paint scheme of his time as a water bomber has been replaced by his colors of black blue origin, but the commercial agreement with the navy was put on indefinite waiting in the middle of the presidential election from 2016.
Last April, Coulson Aviation announced that the Philippines Mars would rather find its final landing at Pima Air and Space Museum.
As the Plane retirement approaches, the Coulson group offered experiences for aviation enthusiasts to get closer to their Martin Mars water bombers “.
The program, which had packages ranging from $ 1,000 to $ 15,000, presented aircraft visits and the possibility of observing the maintainers working there. The high -level experience, which included an airplane taxi opportunity on the water, sold in three days.
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