MARTIN “PHILIPPINE” MARS - Part 3 of 3 - Cockpit Tour

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 3 of the 3 part series. Enjoy!
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[@darren3908]

5 years since last comment, but I wanted to thank you for the wonderful, detailed tour. I live close by, and have just witnessed the Hawaiian Mars flyby to her new home in Sydney (BC). Aviation history at its best. Incredible aircraft.

[@foskco87]

I grew up just down the road from the Mars bomber base and grew up watching these planes taxi past my house and then fly back over. A family friend of ours was a mechanic and flight engineer on the Philippine Mars and used to give us tours of the base and would boat us out to the bomber. I remember going up on the wings and walking back and forth making the floats touch down into the lake. At the time they also had a yellow grumman goose as a spotter plane which was a staple sight in the skies around Sproat Lake as well. If you saw the Goose going out you knew the bombers would likely soon follow. Later in my early twenties I got the opportunity to actually fly on the updated Hawaii Mars during a test flight. We did atleast two dumps, one we picked up from Sproat and the other we picked up out in the inlet. What a freaking surreal experience. I still cant believe I actually got to do that. From doing endless drawings, to my giant lego Hawaii Mars model I entered in the Fall Fair, to watching them as a kid first hand from the side of the Tofino highway as they tag-team a forest fire for hours on end without stopping... These planes have a special place in my heart. I dont care what any government official says... the 50+ year track record of completely smashing forest fires speaks louder than any naysayers. To have a plane that size able to continuously loop around and dump over and over... AND do it for an entire day without breaking a sweat.... AND to have TWO of them doing it? There just is nothing that even compares to that.

[@richardcooke5415]

Kermit Weeks: The gift that keep on giving! You really go above and beyond the call of duty to show us everything, complete with bashed head and working in a hothouse. We really appreciate it - thanks!

[@gbalias361]

You did a great job!!!!! Better than my limited tour in 1954 at their mooring at Kehee lagoon across from John rogers field in honolulu --- 15 hours from alameda to honolulu.-- Our R 7vs (super connies) could do the trip in about 8hrs --- THANKS for the memory! --

[@davidfowlerjr6114]

If the two planes are not in service anymore, they have the right man looking at them, they would look great on display at Fantasy of Flight

[@jmdoutdoors5729]

Thank you very much for sharing with us these great beautiful machines with us. You are a great men, thank you from California.

[@tonydeleo3642]

The aircraft appears to be in exceptional shape, paint looks factory fresh, quite an impressive plane.

[@motoclonkdribblehead5423]

I love the way you get into almost every nook and cranny. And for a gentleman over 60...bravo. just shows how vital the flight engineers job is on all aircraft of this vintage. I loved the video. Cheers Daz.

[@cessnapilot8656]

When you say let’s take a look at an aircraft, you literally look at ever part of it . Thank you so much , you showed us parts that we would never get to see ,and now we have a much better understanding of how these aircraft work and what goes into flying them. Thanks

[@jimburig7064]

I saw a video of these planes prior to your vids that I have not seen until today, July 23, 2018. I knew these were unique and amazing aircraft, but your up close "crawl through" has enabled me to appreciate what treasures these surviving aircraft really are!

[@injectorrick3700]

This was the finest set of videos on KZbin. You should get an award for this. Thanks for all your hard work for taking the videos

[@KermitWeeks444]

Thank you!

[@jesseroberts7366]

Man you went above and beyond the Call of Duty there that was a really great video thank you

[@tmac709]

Yes Kermit, that was pretty cool!

[@TheMissendenFlyer]

Brilliant, loved that, thank you sir - fascinating stuff.....

[@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. 👍

[@sean0965]

Tremendous Tour! Thank you!

[@mereclander]

Thank you so much for the “trip”. Amazing plane and amazing guy. It’s a pleasure meeting somebody like you. Thank you!!!

[@nestordelblanco1011]

fantastic tour!!

[@Snow_owl1966]

Thanyou Ne Weeks you bringing those beautiful airplanes that you get a chance to see and I sit here with my disabled legs not being able to even go pass social security and all their dumb ideas of keeping me in a home airplanes and everything is one of my biggest interest in the whole world and you've done a favor for me for a very long time

[@Larwenful]

Thank you for the walk around of this amazing aircraft.

[@cwgreen1938]

Kermit, I truly enjoy all your videos. This one was particularly interesting because I have never been inside an anfib before. I was a pilot for the U.S. Border Patrol for 25 years. I have flown everything that the Border Patrol has ever had from Super Cubs to Convair 440s and helos from a Hughes 300 to specially modified Hughies. I retired in Dec. 1995 with over 14,000 hrs as PIC. I envy you being able to fly all those military aircraft. I know you suffered crawling around in the heat and through all the barriers and braces to make this video but I appreciate the pain you went through. Keep up the good work and thanks a million.

[@justforever96]

You call an ampibian an "anfib"? Why not amphib? Or just use the proper name. Not that hard to add those two extra syllables.

[@elanthys]

It's not an amphibian, note, since it can't land on or take off from land. It's a pure flying boat. Did you ever get to fly the Albatross?

[@bazwabat1]

Thanks Kermit. Would have not liked crawling through those tight spaces so glad you did it for us! :-)

[@onenesswithJesus]

Kermit thank you for taking the time to give us a tour of this Magnificent Planes. for the love of the planes.

[@michaelkatzberg4995]

We were at Sproat Lake in August 2012. Philippine Mars was just closed to public tours as it began it’s rebuild. We never got to tour inside a Mars Water Bomber. Thanks for the fantastic tour Kermit. It was just like being there again in 2012.

[@kevinkoepke8311]

Thanks for this series, Kermit! What an adventure!

[@haraldpettersen3649]

Thanks for a thorough rewiev of the great airboat . Could become a nice home, it doesn't get much better, i'd never gone ashore again 🧐

[@1OlBull]

At the end of this video you asked if this was cool... Way beyond cool. More than 12 years ago, during a business trip I had in Vancouver, I had an opportunity to visit/tour the Coulson facility on Sproat lake. We were given the privilege of accessing the Hawaii Mars water bomber. We were impressed with the sheer size of these planes. Your videos brought back great memories of an event that was the highlight of our trip. Thank you for sharing....

[@IslandTides]

Bucket list, to fly in the Martin. ... Is it possible to be in love with an inanimate object! Seeing them leave Vancouver Island, I cried. Such a beautiful aircraft! If I won the lottery, I'd build a modern replica!! I've seen them in action, and they make your heart skip a beat - Exiting!

[@FlyingPanMan]

Remember - CAD was never used to build this. Amazing!

[@paulschwoboda3955]

Just incredible. Thank you for sharing this. Such a treat

[@stevepalmer5115]

I feel like your buddy while you give me the tour of this magnificent aircraft. Thanks Kermit!

[@whisthpo]

Have to admit, this is The Best airplane tour I have ever seen on the web and much Respect to a Boss who is 'hands on'....I have had the good fortune to work for a couple in my working life! Am lucky to have seen the Sunderland in the RAF Museum at Hendon, you can only look inside via a platform up to the hatch under the wing where the depth charges slid out of the fuselage, so that's how I came to your site! I have a soft spot for the Sunderland as I remember my Father let me help him put together the Airfix kit...And that was sixty years ago now. Continue your Happy Days!

[@cannon440]

A most excellent tour. All these old aircraft need video archiving.

[@favgramp]

Thanks Kermit. Really appreciate your effort and enthusiasm in showing us these great planes.

[@carlobenedicti]

Thank You VERY MUCH!!!

[@drewgilmour3489]

Saw both MAR's from across the lake in 2015, great to see them up close, thanks !

[@robertsanders6463]

Thank you Kermit! Great Video

[@Gadget0343]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing this.

[@cavu22]

Yes! Very cool.

[@cynthiaklenk6313]

Wow Kermit - thank you so much! That A/C is just super clean, and I was feeling it when you were crawling around in the wing root - Back in the day, I had a High school job with an old air freight company that flew C-46's - I crawled around in some terrible places and spent time not able to see what I was doing, standing on my head - small hands - I could get into really cramped spaces - - and it stunk to high heaven in the summer! - I got all the nasty jobs (avionics) - but it really was fun in a warped way

[@josephsebesta6790]

Thank you again Mr. Weeks, this was a wonderful POV tour, I always enjoy your tours and flights. a enjoyable aviation educational experience.

[@ajgoetsch]

Another wonderful video Kermit. Thanks for this as well as all your other aviation videos. Your love of these planes is contagious and the views you give us of them priceless! Absolutely wonderful work.

[@bassmith448bassist5]

That was Very Cool!!!!!!

[@vehdynam]

Very informative and interesting ! thank you.

[@MarkInArizona]

Thank you for taking the time to go through this as part of a 3-part series. Amazing airplane.

[@donalddodson7365]

Thank you so much! These three sessions have been very informative and gives me a real sense of what it must have been like hauling inter-island freight, casualties and mail in war time. Rehydrate and stretch out! Thank you.

[@mgbrv8]

Kermit Again thank you for doing this so all of us that cant can experience it Dave

[@johngoodfellow320]

He loves planes So much.thanks for the Tour

[@georgegooding57]

Thank You for the tour. I never realized how huge those aircraft were.

[@GenasysMech]

Whoa....A magnificent, corrosion free, highly maintained gem of slide rule aero engineering...…..I love manual... No, I really love manual......that's real time flight where you become "one" with the machine.

[@N.i.l]

YOU REALLY GO INSIDE THIS WONDERFUL PLANE! it is so unique and incredible! A HUGE thank to all your efforts for sharing with people all around the world who will never visit such plane in their life! thank you so much Kermit for your incredible contribution to Aviation and Aviation Fans like me!

[@tater_relocater]

Great tour enjoy all three videos

[@paulrourke4785]

Brilliant Kermit, and thank you for the detailed crawl through, you could almost walk through that wing, I have crawled into our B24 wing!

[@jh1982a]

amazing thanks for sharing

[@davidmcintosh3468]

Super neat!

[@thurin84]

that was awesome. thanks!

[@UAPJedi]

Yeah, that was pretty cool!

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

Seeing Kermit all sweaty reminds me that being on any warbird they can quickly become stifling sweat boxes. I crew on the B25 Panchito and it is tight, hot , and noisy . I promise I've been sick as shit but we carry on. They were war machines with very little in creature comforts if any. The Mars is an incredible piece of machinery, thanks for the tour Kermit👍

Nice of Coulson to let you on the base

[@marknelson5929]

What an awesome aircraft. She looks in lovely order, many thanks for posting these Kermit.

[@cudathehawgjetfixer7520]

Kermit, Keep it up with your tours! There great for the modelers whom want to super detail their builds. Can't wait to see your next one!

[@nashguy207]

kermit thanks for sharing looked like it was pretty warm in the plane by the amount of sweat showing on your shirt and face LOL. IM amazed at the engineering in that plane. so many systems to keep up with can't imagine the maintenance involved and up keep in that plane. Have a great day!!! God Bless

[@TexasKid747]

Kermit Weeks, thank you very much for sharing that experience with us. The engineering is fantastic. You are very appreciated!

[@lucmercierqc]

Very interesting, tanks!

[@tobias4918]

Thank you for the tour Kermie!!! Love your videos.

[@Nakedguy36]

Great job those planes are so awesome hate to see their time coming to an end

[@whitevanman8703]

Amazing!

[@1teamski]

...And one hell of an exclusive tour. Thank you! That was fun.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Thanks for the video with the narration. I did a tour inside the Hawaii Mars at the Sproat Lake SeaPlane Base back in 2015 and it was awesome.

[@-Ncrypt]

Thanks for the walkthrough, Kermit. What a beautiful machine!

[@Omnihil777]

Awesome, you sweated for us. Brother Kermit, thank you!

[@juxtaposeism]

That really is proper dedication to your viewers!!! Thank you

[@jetvette66]

Thanks for the tour. I think I can fly it now.

[@justforever96]

Please do one on the PBY. I know it's not an obscure plane, but I've never been able to find a good, thorough tour of the interior showing all the interesting bits. Most people just carry a camera into a plane and glance the camera around a few times, usually shaking and never holding it steady at all, and assume that now you've seen everything that they have. An ideal tour of a plane that lets people watching at home goes slowly, and lets the camera rest on everything for long enough to see it. It tries to be steady and systematic, and shows points of interest. Your videos are pretty good (although there are still occasions when I wish you would move the camera more slowly so the details can be made out).

[@bobwright5557]

Kermit, Awesome! Thank you very much for the tour! One cool bird! Appreciate your passion for these old fantastic planes. They are amazing!

[@brandond5209]

Great 3 part video! Amazing the systems and size of everything in this aircraft.

[@BoB4jjjjs]

Thanks for the three part tour.

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

Great video. You bring these engineering masterpieces to life. Thanks Kermit!

[@jpdunamislodge]

Awesome machine

[@davidperry970]

Excellent tour, thanks. and thanks to all that keep those machines flying.

[@angelreading5098]

A wonderful series of video's showing the complexity of this beast,thank you Kermit for your expertise and showing us inside this wonder of the skies.

[@davef.2811]

Wow, this airplane is in remarkably great condition considering it's age. Maybe, with the continued TLC, these two survivors can celebrate 100 yr. birthdays! Thanks, Kermit as always.

[@JoshuaW]

An excellent comprehensive tour. Thank you for sharing!

[@markwilliams8158]

Only Kermit can have total access!!!!! THX!!!

[@RMZ298]

I loved this series, you should do more overview videos like this!

[@marchills4131]

Many thanks for taking us on such an awesome tour of a remarkable aircraft.

[@j.mangum7652]

Had to see how you made it out to post the video. Thank you Kermit for showing off this wonderful airplane:)

[@janmay4598]

This was fascinating. I thoroughly enjoyed your injections of humor as well. Thank you~

[@tpalshadow]

You stare at the panel, it stares back at you.

[@chevychase3103]

What a tour Kermit, thanks so much!

[@pbyfr]

So great to see all these parts of the plane, in fact it looks like more a ship inside! The pilots panel is quite simple compared to the other. By the way, I remarked that all panel wiring are white, I also seen that on a motorized glider Grob Twin, I never understood why every wire was white (on the Grob, tiny marking are on the wire, but it is hard to read). Again, thanks for sharing, especially for the wing part, as it seemed more a sauna than anything else.

[@h0ll1s]

Oh man this is too awesome! Would love to see one in the flesh!!

[@nmarcel]

Great machine. Thanks for the journey!

[@ryanashby3640]

A PBY tour would be great

[@justforever96]

Just what I was going to say!

[@ra5711]

Thank you for the tour very educational.

[@romainjaccoud7936]

Thanks for sharing this really interesting tour with us! Was wortth the sweat, really appreciated your efforts! Keep on fit and thanks again! This lady is a real flying legend!!!

[@gryfandjane]

Wow, Kermit - this has been a really amazing series. Thanks!

[@coolcol06]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your adventure Kermit 👍🏻

[@digitalshackonthelane]

Kermit: Thank you for video documenting this graceful, unique bird. I am realistic however, and know their days are numbered. I am hopeful though, that some one will think of you when they retire these old "gal's" forever.

[@chucklamont9778]

Your right, totally cool, great walk through. What an engineering marvel even for the forties, the overall design and construction boggles ones mind. Fuel, you bet, in other words just starting this Mariner would use up the entire wing load of let's say, a Cessna 172 or even priming it. I got the politics angle, it is 70 plus years old and a grand old one at that and you can see great pains in maintaining this aircraft, not easy and expensive I'm sure. Kermit thanks for the nook and cranny view, sure enjoyed it. Not for the faint of heart clostrophobic...