Gray Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) These giants of the air from the 40's have been guarding our forests on the west coast since the sixties. Two are left and both are to be retired soon. Based at Sproat lake a few miles from where I live. Size is 31" by 16". Edited November 22, 2013 by Gray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falcon012 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Magnificent piece Gray! The Mars is such an impressive giant of an airplane. I love the perspective you are presenting on this one and the color of the scene is striking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gray Posted November 29, 2013 Author Share Posted November 29, 2013 Thanks for the kind words, Mark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogsbody Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 In May, 2011, there were some very large forest fires in the region and Coulson sent Hawaii Mars to help. It was operating on a lake about 25 miles from my house, so I went out and got a few pictures and a bit of video. Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gray Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 Scooping from a lake the Mars can deliver a lot of water in a short time. I don't think any other tanker can match it. Thanks for showing the photo DB. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogsbody Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 There's 27,276 litres (7,200 US gallons)of water scooped up in about 25 seconds. http://www.martinmars.com/aircraft.htm Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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