Philippine Mars hasn't taxied in more than a decade, gets ready to head to U.S. museum
The Philippine Mars is back on the water for the first time in a decade. The waterbomber was towed down the ramp at the Sproat Lake Bomber Base on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024.
"It was amazing," said Rob Frolic, who was on the lake in his pleasure boat to watch the process. He was still on the lake when the Philippine Mars took its first taxi in what Frolic said was 17 years.Frolic was one of dozens of people from around the region who paid for the experience of taxiing in the Hawaii Mars waterbomber before it left Sproat Lake for its final resting place, the B.C. Aviation Museum in Victoria.
The Pima Museum notes the Martin Mars supported the Korean War effort with medical air transport between Hawaii and California before transitioning to cargo work. They were decommissioned from the U.S. Navy in 1956. "We are pleased to have the Philippine Mars join our museum where we will preserve this World War II-era aircraft for decades to come," said Scott Marchand, CEO of Pima Air and Space Museum.
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