Giant Seaplane Used For Firefighting Is For Sale For $5 Million In Canada

Written by Roberta Souza

Published on 31/01/2022 at 18:10

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The Historic Martin JRM Mars Is Capable of Carrying 27,000 Liters of Water for Forest Fire Fighting

The Martin JRM Mars, a crucial part of aviation history as the largest seaplane in the world, measuring 35.7 meters in length and 60.9 meters in wingspan (larger than the wings of a first-generation Boeing 747) with a maximum takeoff weight of 74,800 kg, is for sale in Canada for US$ 5 million.

Operation of the Seaplane After the War

The U.S. Navy kept the aircraft in operation after the war to transport troops and cargo until 1956. In 1959, the Canadian company Forest Industries Flying Tankers purchased four of the planes and began using them for forest fire fighting missions, with internal tanks capable of holding up to 27,000 liters of water, which could be dumped over an area of 16,000 m².

Two of the aircraft were involved in accidents and were a total loss, while in 2007, the remaining two were acquired by Coulson Aviation, which used the seaplanes on Sproat Lake in Port Alberni. An identical model to the Hawaii Mars II that is being sold, the “Philippine Mars” was taken out of service in 2012 and is currently preserved at the National Naval Aviation Museum at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, USA.

The Hawaii Mars II has also been out of service twice. In 2013, the aircraft was retired after the province of British Columbia ended the agreement with the seaplane’s owner. However, in 2015, Canada reactivated the plane to help combat forest fires for a month, and shortly thereafter, it was retired again.

The last flight of the seaplane occurred at the Air Venture airshow in the United States in 2016. At the event, the seaplane demonstrated for attendees and dropped water over the Oshkosh aerodrome in Wisconsin, where the event takes place.

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