"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 ...

Hawaii Mars at Sproat Lake, in front of Philippine Mars already repainted in its original U.S. Navy markings. (Image credit: Michael Maclean, Wikimedia Commons) The retirement of the last of the ...

Coulson had earlier switched Hawaii Mars’ four propellers to Philippine Mars and took batteries, auxiliary power units and other parts and pieces as part an agreement with the museum.

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 ...

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 ...