The massive Philippine Mars is getting ready to fly to its new home at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona, after months of work to make the retired water bomber air-worthy.
The plane, which was retired more than a dozen years ago, has been stored outdoors at a base next to Sproat Lake near Port Alberni.
It could fly south the week of Nov. 18, although the date depends on the weather, Coulson Aviation chief executive Wayne Coulson said Wednesday. Coulson said fly-over information will be posted on the company’s Facebook page.
It’s hoped that the plane will fly above the only other surviving Martin JRM Mars, the Hawaii Mars, now at its permanent home in B.C. Aviation Museum in Sidney, although that’s also weather-dependent, Coulson said …
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