"Hawaii Mars," however, preceded "Philippine Mars" into retirement. Not having been used over fires since 2015 and with a ...

It was followed by the cargo variant of the Hawaii Mars, the Philippine Mars, the Marianas Mars, the Marshall Mars, the firefighting variant of the Hawaii Mars, and the Caroline Mars. While most ...

The Hawaii Mars â is one â of two remaining Martin JRM-3 Mars waterbombers. The other, the Philippine Mars, is also owned by Coulson Aviation and will be sent to the Pima Air and Space ...

1:53 Iconic piece of B.C. aviation history leaving the province An iconic piece of British Columbia aviation history has left the province on its final flight. The Philippine Mars conducted one ...

Crews have put in about 8,000 hours over several months to get the retired plane ready to fly again, including moving propellers from the Hawaii Mars to the Philippine Mars, Coulson said.

On Monday, Philippine Mars was towed from Patricia Bay to Cowichan Bay, off Hecate Park. The company said Tuesday it plans to swap in an engine from its sister plane, Hawaii Mars, now resting as a ...