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Discover the story of the Martin JRM Mars, the largest Allied flying boat of WWII, from its 1942 first flight to its postwar ...
The last Martin JRM Mars flying boat, Philippine Mars, retired after a career of almost 80 years, with its final flight ...
The historic Philippine Mars seaplane has reached its new home at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson after a complex ...
“Hawaii Mars II”, one of the only two remaining Martin JRM Mars flying boats of World War II-fame, finally retired to a museum on Aug. 11, 2024, after well over 78 years of service.
This Martin JRM-3 Mars is the largest flying boat in operation, and it's been waiting six years for someone to give it a new home. The stats of this aircraft are absolutely incredible.
The Hawaii Mars is one of just two remaining examples of the Martin JRM Mars aircraft and between 2007 and 2015 the pair served on Coulson Aviation's fleet fighting forest fires north of the border.
The Philippine Mars, one of two remaining Martin JRM Mars World War II U.S. Navy transports, has been acquired by the Pima Air and Space Museum near Tucson, Arizona.
Developed in 1938 by the Glenn L. Martin Company, which also built the original M-130 China Clipper for Pan Am, the JRM Mars was designed as a long-range ocean patrol flying boat for the U.S. Navy ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — Pima Air and Space Museum has acquired one of only five Martin JRM Mars flying boats. Coulson Aviation’s Philippine Mars will make its way to Tucson this year.
After several months spent at Lake Pleasant, northwest of Phoenix, the Philippine Mars, Martin JRM Mars flying boat, has begun its final journey to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson.
The last Martin JRM Mars flying boat, Philippine Mars, retired after a career of almost 80 years, with its final flight taking the plane to Arizona for its final destination at the Pima Air and ...