Walking through the Mighty MARTIN MARS Air Tanker

Inside the Coulson Flying Tankers Martin Mars named "Hawaii Mars" C-FLYL. The video was taken September 10, 2015 @ Sproat Lake SeaPlane Base on Vancouver Island BC Canada | 🛑Subscribe here ➤bit.ly/VMCAviationVideos
This video is dedicated to my friend Ed Festel who sadly passed away August 25, 2016.
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[@stevehammond9156]

That thing is absolutely massive inside! It is mind blowing to be able to walk into the wings upright.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Yup!

[@drguffey]

If this is the 'Hawaii Mars' I flew from Pearl Harbor to Alameda Ca. in 1954. Have no recollection but do have some photos. Awesome that is was still flying 60 years later !

[@TheVelcrogloves]

This is the Hawaii Mars, they also own the Phillipine Mars

[@waynemerlo7448]

Hopefully she gets preserved here in BC.❤

[@jamesleedy5140]

a narrative of what we are seeing would be great!

[@TomSmith-io9uk]

This bird is huge.

[@UTubeGlennAR]

Love to also seen a few fotos or perhaps it out of the water. Great vid, thank you.......

[@pitrow66]

Very cool video thanks.

[@Flying4Film]

What a magnificent machine.

[@MrJohn1966elliott]

Beautiful Coulson Flying Tankers Martin Mars

[@ryuunet]

It looks like a ship not an airplane.

[@ghostindamachine]

Ryuta Hirayama Hence the name: Flying Boat

[@mikemac2888]

One and the same.

[@PositiveVibesOnly5774]

Amazing and mind blowing

[@smplyizzy]

Amazing aircraft! And it’s flying.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

👍

[@pux0rb]

Wow! Can you enter the wings mid-flight? That is pretty cool but dangerous, I imagine.

[@jimsonbrown9768]

puxorb : yes. You could also access the engines and service them in flight after shutting them down. One at a time of course.

[@weldmachine]

Thank you so much for showing the inside was very good to see. Great job on the restoration also, even the calculator near the control panel had red keys on it. A good colour to match the Canadian Flag. The only bad thing i can see about this plane is it needs a lot of money$$$$$$$$$$

[@DanielDaniel1]

What a beast!

[@jimmyhill1069]

Nice video. I heard Coulson was selling these because the maintenance costs are just getting too high because of all the custom parts that have to be made. Sad.

[@vorden25]

I wish the old girls could fly forever but time gets us all

[@SkyhawkSteve]

very cool! Thanks for the tour! (was there a ladder going up the rudder? or just on top of the fuselage?)

[@kingofcastlechaos]

Sorry for your loss. Watching the interactions in the videos among the people who love these planes and each other is truly enjoyable. All the best for you guys, thanks for the cool videos.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Thanks!

[@hatchetman29]

Neat!

[@mchume65]

Looks more like a ship that an aircraft.

[@kazkazimierz1742]

I have seen these take off at Port Alberni. Very impressive.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

They are still in Port Alberni, just not flying

[@jpdunamislodge]

True meaning of the term “Flying boat”. If you had guns it would be more like Flying Battle Ship, nice airplane for sure.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

I agree, it is a beautiful airplane.

[@SteamCrane]

Wonderful video. Does this aircraft have landing gear, or just beaching gear?

[@kpadmirer]

Beaching gear.

[@wickedboody9868]

that's a beast. was this taken out during the wildfire?

[@Josh-hr5mc]

The interior would be considered a restomod I think, lol.

[@73THUNDERDOME73]

Rest well Ed Festel

[@VMCAviationVideos]

😕

[@UTubeGlennAR]

:} I am the 68.5 year old son of caereer US Navy man. Fifteen of my dad's 22 years in the Navy he was stationed at Pearl. So for 9 of years I was conceived, born n raised in Hawaii and one time we lived in Base Housing on the Pearl City Peninsula. I did not know what I am about to tell you when I was a boy but perhaps 10 years ago I saw a bronz plaque commerating this dock that I played on and rode my balloon tire bike on as a third grader as where Pan Am tied up it's clippers to before the war. Since the war department commindeered Pan Am's birds/clippers I suspect they needed to also commendeer their ground facilities too. AnyWay, I suspect the Hawaii Mars was also moored off the vary same cement dock in Middler Loch that I learned how to ride a bike on in the mid 1950s..... :} :} :}

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Not sure about the history and timeline, but you might be right.

[@patrickmcmurray9446]

Pics are good; a brief narrative would help.

[@keepyourdumbassopinionstoy8375]

It hurts my head to look at the top and how high up the camera id

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Haha, sorry

[@mannyoro]

That looks like the Starship Enterprise! Nice...

[@tellmesomething2go]

Wanted to see the holding tanks.

[@oceantrolls7332]

so did i!. at one point in wondered if water just fills up into the fuselage we were seeing... LOL

[@dougdandrea2819]

Arthur Bradley ;

[@jimsonbrown9768]

Arthur Bradley : the Hawaiian Mars converted several of its fuel tanks in the bottom to carry water. The Philippine Mars has its tanks in the cargo area.

[@ajrussell705drums]

Were are all the water go????

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Into the water tanks 😁

[@ajrussell705drums]

VMC Aviation Videos ohh

[@dcentral]

Why are firefighting planes so huge but water carrying capacity inside looks small? So much free space to make larger water tanks.

[@fourfortyroadrunner]

Water weights about 7 lb / gallon. It adds up. The capacity of these aircraft is not the bulk, but the weight.

[@simong8390]

dcentral. The tanks you see inside is not watertanks. They are pressure and hydraulic tanks. The water tanks are under the floor and they are huge!

[@ronvanpelt8196]

old design and low power for weight. A modern design with light weight turboprops and less fuel carried would be a kickass solution at say 70% the size of a Mars but same basic concept.

[@tellmesomething2go]

Copy that!

[@jimsonbrown9768]

This was originally a transport aircraft converted to a tanker. That's why it has a lot of room inside.

[@wickedboody9868]

ok this was not used or requested. what was anyone thinking?

[@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8]

*The last one flying, and it's up for Sale*

[@knightflightvideo]

I would buy it. ;-))

[@dougmc666]

Way more gear installed than Philippine Mars, but that video has great narration.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Sorry for the lack of narration.

[@dougmc666]

I still appreciate this video, great to see inside!

[@taylorfuckingbell]

Why does it look like a battleship on the inside xD

[@michaeldougfir9807]

Wheeled salmon: Well, first off, it does resemble a ship inside. But not just a battleship. Any ship. The plane is divided into compartments, like a ship, in case of emergency. In case of flooding somehow, or fire, you can close off that section and improve the chances for successful self help. The plane is built for both air and water, so it has fittings and equipment for both. Too bad we didn't get some narration with the video. If I didn't have the background I do, I would have been lost watching this video. But it IS a great plane! Thanks to our very good neighbours to the north.

[@savagesquad2120]

In There*

[@jimsonbrown9768]

Sadly retired now.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

I saw them in action a few times, and they are impressing when at work. But we now have more modern aircraft that do a better and more effective job in fighting fires.

[@edeancozzens3833]

Would like to see the water tank and where the water is loaded and discharged

[@VMCAviationVideos]

👍

[@savagesquad2120]

It is a plane. And It Was Used For The B.C Wildfire. I help with it I was the Co Pilot I hope Everyone There's Ok :D We Did Our Best I there

[@richardlamer3910]

I'm building a model plane. Can anyone provide the correct color match for the red and white? Thanks

[@richardlamer3910]

Already done that. I wouldn't think I'm the first to build a model and looking for the 'right' color. I've been combing all the websites, tons of info but not on the color. I would think, these comments get out and someone who works(ed) there may know and respond. Thanks,

[@ajrussell705drums]

#Savage Squad yes for wild fires

[@reidrr41]

YOU SURE THEY DIDN'T RETRO A BATTLE SHIP ?

[@arthurferland170]

It's not that bad needs to be here in Miami taking passengers back and forth to the islands

[@donmoore5716]

Filmed by a deaf mute.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

I hope you enjoyed the video anyway. Cheers and Merry Christmas from the deaf mute.