Martin "Philippine" Mars - Tour Part 2 of 3 - Crawl Through the Wings

While up in Vancouver in July 2016, to do some flying in the Martin "Hawaiian Mars," I was able to do a Kermie Cam walk through on the Martin "Philippine Mars" that was also based there. It's an amazing aircraft that I'm sure you'll enjoy seeing up close. This is Part 2 of the 3 part series. Enjoy!
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[@taofledermaus]

Basically an awesome tour.

[@bcabmac]

This thing is a monster in size. It's like exploring with a friend. When I was young I got to know an elderly man that was in his 90s. He still worked at a restaurant to keep himself moving he said. He traveled the world and was a dirigible crewmen in ww1. He told me how as a mechanic he would be in a pod with the engine suspended under the ship with a skinny ladder to get in and out. He said the commands for the engine function would come by a telegraph like in regular ship. He had a big spring hand crank to start it. Would heat coffee on the engine. He spent several years somewhere in New Jersey assigned to different crews. Lost several friends in accidents. He was very interesting guy but long gone now. He was half deaf. So it was hard to ask things. I think he was in the navy too. This big ship just reminds of him. Thanks for showing vid.

[@MichaelVanHeemst]

Kermit goes above and beyond for his subscribers. I watched every minute of this video, very interesting stuff

[@yamahonkawazuki]

absolutely.

[@jengar6258]

thanks Kermit for going trough all that trouble to show us everything! Much appreciated! :)

[@caahacky]

Thanks Jengar, I was just about to type those exact words. Thanks Kermit.

[@willythewave]

Same here. :)

[@marcusdire8057]

Same here. Just found your channel with these videos and I appreciate you showing us all the nooks.

[@boots_n_coots]

Holy crap I was half expecting you to stumble over the skeleton of a long-lost flight engineer up in there, haha!

[@ryanmoeller3308]

With tools still in the hands?? Haha

[@MacTonight50]

Thanks Kermit!! Your love for aviation is evident in everything you do. Those of us that have the love, but not the means appreciate the effort to bring us these amazing views!! Thank You!!!

[@txnetcop]

That is one BIG airplane and it is amazing how good a shape it's in for 70 years old. Thank you Kermit for the taking the time to show this.

[@flyyourdream9716]

Incredible, simply incredible. Thank you for allowing us to see this.

[@HalNordmann]

Can you imagine having a plane like this as a worldcruise yacht? That would be so cool!

[@fudogwhisperer3590]

Yes! We do appreciate what you do! Thanks for crawling in grease and oil to show us around!

[@tmac709]

Wow! The best in-dept tour of an airplane that I've seen. Great job Kermit!

[@peterharmer4444]

incredible engineering .and replacement after 70 years is supposed to be progress ,many thanks for all the work obsession and enthusiasm

[@andyb.1026]

Crawling around in the bowels of an Aircraft is surely a young Mans game 😋😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Getawaymoments]

Should be titled "Spelunking with Kermit" Very cool.

[@davidhollenshead4892]

Next time, Kermit should use the knee and elbow pads used by contractors.

[@2011thekaj]

This is so cool.. never get to see this stuff anywhere else. Once in life time opportunity to see this stuff. Thankyou Kermit a thousand times

[@josephgeis6641]

Wow this sea plane is a monster. Thank you for the viewing this this was great.

[@angelreading5098]

What a piece of history this machine is,the trouble you have taken to show us mere mortals a feat of aviation engineering,the scars of the past are clearly evident with the interior finish,that patina is only shown when someone like Kermit crawls through this monster aircraft on our behalf and to have flown the Martin Mars must be an experience you will never forget,thank you Kermit for the effort you have clearly shown on our behalf to understand this aircraft even better,it is clearly a feat of engineering.

[@gryfandjane]

Fantastic tour, Kermit! That is one vast airplane... looking forward to Part 3!

[@7775Kevin]

Thanks so much for this video. Fascinating airplane. I’m amazed that something like this exists, with so much complex engineering. I couldn’t believe it when you went inside the wings. I’m 63 years old so I know that had to be a struggle. Thanks for showing us all of it!

[@ratride1]

Can you imagine crawling through the wing while flying. I saw a lot of sharp edges. Very cool!

[@johnandrews3568]

Best aircraft walkthru EVER! Thanks Kermit!!!

[@jimh.5286]

Kermit gets an award for effort on this one! Kermie Cam!

[@phaser818]

Way cool, I had fun like this crawling through a B-36 years ago! Very nice!

[@ClovesPastrana]

Thank you for the effort, Kermitt. Congratulations on your work and look forward to the next chapter.

[@Rainhill1829]

That was staggering to see, thank you so much for the opportunity to tour this marvel of aviation history.

[@johnkamm8886]

Wow, great video !!!!!!!! It is huge inside too, thank you for posting this great video.....

[@jackhoril4396]

I could even smell the thing! That was great Kermit! What a tour!

[@dgb681]

Another great video, thanks for sharing! Keep em coming!

[@TimS366]

63? you are still a young man Kermit! Years left in you yet!

[@benjamingrant5446]

10 years down the ride, kermit will not want to crawl into that wing again!!!

[@golfplaat2]

I SINCERELY appreciate this video!

[@ralphwatten2426]

Thank you Kermit. What a wonderful tour. A tour like this anywhere else. I doubt it!

[@theflyingfool]

Thanks, you 63 year old youngster! I've really enjoyed exploring this wonderful old aircraft with you. Looking forward to part 3.

[@pappajoemamma]

Amazing! Thanks for all you do for aviation.

[@1teamski]

Thanks for the tour! Amazing! Being a retired C-5 crew chief, the size of these brings back a lot of memories!

[@Dartman6]

Just freaking awesome, Kermit! Thanks so much for getting covered in hydraulic fluid for us!

[@BlairAir]

Thats some tight quarters for such a beast of a plane! Looked like cavern crawling. Terrific.

[@bfmcarparts]

Whoda thought, Kermit Weeks, aviation spelunker!

[@Trooperuss]

Wow! What an incredible beast this is. Thank you so much for this tour!

[@parallaxbill2276]

Simply fantastic tour of an awesome aircraft. At 61 years of age I feel every grunt you had. lol! Thanks so much for what you do for us.

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

Better than a museum tour. Nicely filmed too. Thanks for the all the effort Kermit!

[@StephensonRaceTech]

That plane is amazing! Thank you so much for the tour!

[@nicholaspatton1742]

The things you do make us proud of you. Thank you sir!

[@andrewarmstrong7310]

You weren't kidding no corrosion on that old seabird. Amazing. Corrosion in the spars is what pulled Sikorsky and Boeing seaplanes out of the service. My dad told me when that corrosion happened it was cheaper to scrap the plane and buy a new one.

[@CobraArmament]

Thank you Kermit for putting yourself through all the exertion for your youtube fans. As an aircraft maintenance tech, I remember fitting my body into some pretty tight and dark holes to do repairs. It's not so easy when you're over 50 to contort the body to fit, like I could when I was twenty. ;-)

[@mauriciocastro7505]

I have been working on airframe structural design, and let me tell you that this Mars is quite a complex airframe to design compared to current airliners. On top of that all the complex shapes of the fuselage, I would love to learn all the kind of issues they had when putting together sub assemblies and final major components.

[@mrjon1985]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Very cool to see the inside of this beast.

[@AdmiralQuality]

That was incredible, Kermit! Thanks!!!

[@willyanjulio3969]

Thank you my friend! Congratulations from Brazil!

[@672egalaxie6]

This was absolutely amazing! What a machine and thank you for such an extensive look at it. You cannot find this sort of content. Pure enthusiastic dedication!! Thanks!

[@higgydufrane]

Incredible video to see all of the inner working in fine detail. Thanks Kermit

[@nedrudt21]

That is the coolest thing being able to get in the leading edge. I used to work on C-130s and always wondered what/if there were planes you could do this on. Thank you for climbing through all those fun little spaces.

[@albertvanthournout2952]

Amazing, Kermit...!

[@bassmith448bassist5]

Awwww..... What you do!!!!! Thanks Kermit!!!!

[@julianpenny4671]

Such a very interesting adventure Kermit, loved every moment .

[@bassmith448bassist5]

On the wing crawl. That, was an epic groan!!!!! Kinda like me.

[@balsumfractus]

That was quite a workout! I first saw the Mars' as a young kid at YYJ when they were brought into BC.....still in olive drab paint. One of them had broken loose in a windstorm and bent a wing pretty badly.....hence the use of upper wing spoilers.

[@SpectrumRob]

Fascinating tour! Thank you for bustin ass for us! I actually have a couple of those APU's. Gotta dust them off and get em running.

[@donalddodson7365]

As we pause between 2 and 3, it occurs to me: that is definitely a "Confined Space Entry." If you got yourself hung up in the tight spaces, how long would they let you simmer there before they come after you? You are a braver man than I, Gunga Din. I would want a life buddy just out of sight but in voice contact, maybe with a radio. "Two in; two out." You do give us a great show. Thank you. On to Episode #3.

[@justincase1575]

OMG! You had to be sore after that! Thank you for showing us this total coolness!

[@Promethesis]

Thanks Kermit for the work you do on these video's, talk about getting into it! Very cool!

[@MrClarkM]

Great video ! Really like the colour of that plane too !

[@robertlee9395]

Thank you for the crawl through video. What an amazing engineering feat from the forties. Truly an impressive aircraft.

[@Gadget0343]

Absolutely amazing stuff. Thanks!

[@carlobenedicti]

Such a great tour, instructive and fascinating!

[@Omnihil777]

I actually said to myself "Does he do that now? Noooo..YEEEEES. He actually crawls into the wing, how cool's that, Kermit!" Cool, bro. Thank you!

[@houstoncowdog]

That’s basically an awesome airplane.

[@bill605able]

wow this tour is amazing

[@andrewsybert5106]

Great video the tour was much appreciated

[@iantsears]

Thank you. um. wow. "Where is Kermit??" "Ah, probably up in the leading edge." Thank you, Kermit.

[@MUSTBUYRIGHT]

really grate job showing us this flying boat. to think it was built 70 something years ago by some really smart people. thanks for the tour (looks like work) .

[@xvdd1]

That's exactly what I would do I love getting inside these aquatic queens and admiring the technical details, not that I ever get the chance, but a rare treat indeed thanks for the upload !

[@tater_relocater]

Thanks keep them coming.

[@juxtaposeism]

thank you so much for all your efforts to share these beauties inside and out and yes,,,, this reminds me more of a ship then an airplane as Dead Baron said. Incredible

[@dapro2848]

Never thought I would see a video in the wing of a Martin Mars. Way cool and only from Kermit. You really need to love airplanes to do that.

[@jumpywolf892]

Thank you so much Kermit that was awesome

[@bill605able]

awesome video, ty kermit

[@millamulisha]

These planes are amazing! A real life Millennium Falcon haha… Yacht + Private Jet, in one! :D

[@marchindy]

Awesome, awesome, awesome, thanks so much for going to the trouble of taking videos of places that we cant go.

[@seeolfreeloader]

Thank you Kermit for the in-depth view. I know camera lens produces depth distortion but considering how tight everything was maybe crew in the 1940s were a lot smaller than you. I'm super glad that somebody appreciates the real historical worth of vintage airplanes and endeavors to preserve them.

[@TheCryptKeeper8]

You bet we appreciate the crawl and many happy belated returns for your Birthday chap.

[@ajgoetsch]

What an adventure !. This is a real treat Kermit - talk about getting a detailed view of a plane Thanks for the video. (You almost have us feeling guilty enjoying it, what with you scraping yourself through those narrow spaces lol)

[@63grandsport11]

Who are these people that gave a thumbs down....Thank you Mr. Weeks for all your effort.

[@woooster71]

Who needs the gym if you have a Martin Mars to climb around.. I’m sure you had some sore areas the following day! Thanks for bringing this to us..very much appreciate it.

[@ColeAviation]

That’s all..63? Well Your just getting started YOUNG MAN. 😉👍🏼 Thanks for the tour so far!!

[@JillesvanGurp]

Spelunking in a plane; awesome. You could get lost in there. Not for the faint of heart when this thing is actually flying, I imagine. Especially at night, with some turbulence.

[@chevychase3103]

Kudos for the Kermie crawl!

[@JuicyFruityify]

Kermit, Thank you so much!

[@tonerotonero1375]

Waow. Awesome. So much better than a paper cutaway. Thanks a million for crawling in the entrails of this marvel and take the time to show us what it is like aboard. I will probably never have the opportunity to go and see this beast and i can't even dream about getting a tour inside. I really appreciate the effort.

[@jacobaubertin645]

Sounds like you ARE contemplating buying it and making it a party boat! lol. Thank you for this, Kermit! This plane is truly awe-inspiring. PS: I commented before you made it to the leading edge of the wing. I'd like to quadruple my gratitude!

[@ColeAviation]

Wow!!!! What a MONSTER 😯 How would you like to do a annual inspection on this bad boy? 😆👍🏼 It would take forever. By the time you finished it up it would be time to start over. 😂

[@uniflo2609]

That was awesome!

[@Snow_owl1966]

Hey Kermit I really say god bless you for letting me see this, its assume,. makes a chance to see the things about my favorite subject air and space.

[@DubiousDrewski]

That was stupendously entertaining. What a fascinating machine and a dedicated enthusiastic fellow. This inspires so much awe in me! It must be easy to become disoriented in this labyrinth of an aircraft.

[@loganholmberg2295]

Thankyou so much for these tours. On youtube these planes are usually filmed with wide angle lenses so its hard to appreciate what mammoths these are until you see the planes interior. 👍

[@BLACKMONGOOSE13]

Didn't realize I was claustrophobic until you started crawling through the leading edge!

[@josephsebesta6790]

Ok!! this is frikin cool!! WOW!! Even when I worked at boeing, I was amazed we could work in the 747 fuel tanks. Thank you for this.!

[@cdnpont]

One can only imagine how terrifying it might have been accessing a troubled engine in flight. The only hope would be that the mechanic was very small. How did your knees feel after all that dragging them across those rivets Kermit? Great vid! Thanks.

[@RemoVegas]

That Was Fantastic - I Wanna' Thank You Oh' Soooo Very Much..!

[@Frankestein01nl]

Wowsers... that is one HUGE aircraft. Thanks very much for getting on your hands and knee's Kermit, i'm pretty sure i wouldda got stuck or scared ample times due to claustrofobia... but man, issit cool to actually go through a wing! Helluva inspection!

[@jdhart111]

absolutely brilliant!!!thank you!!!!!!