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__NOTOC__The Martin JRM Mars was a the largest flying boat ever to enter production. The US Navy contracted the development of the Mars in 1935 as a massive transport aircraft.
The Caroline JRM-2 Mars in US Navy service.
The Martin Company effectively scaled up their successful PBM Mariner patrol bomber design to produce a prototype designated the XPB2M-1R Mars. After flight tests with the XPB2M between 1941 and 1943, she was passed on to the Navy which ordered 20 of the new JRM Mars based on the XPB2M. The first, named Hawaii Mars, was delivered in June 1945, but the with the end of World War II the Navy scaled back their order to just 5 more boats. Though the original Hawaii Mars was lost in an accident on Chesapeake Bay, the other 5 Mars were built with the last delivered in 1947. Named the Marianas Mars, Phillipine Mars, Marshall Mars, Caroline Mars, and a second Hawaii Mars, the Mars entered service ferrying cargo to Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. On May 5, 1950, the Marshall Mars was lost near Hawaii when an engine fire consumed the airplane after her crew had evacuated. The remaining "Big Four" flew record amounts of cargo on the San Francisco- Honolulu route efficiently until 1956This is a list of aviation-related events from 1956: Events March March 10 Lt Cdr Peter Twiss sets a new airspeed record in the Fairey Delta FD. 2, also becoming the first person to exceed 1,000 mph. His top speed is 1,132 mph (1,821 km/h). May May 21 a B, when they were parked at NAS Almeda .
In 1959This is a list of aviation-related events from 1959: Events February February 3 Rock stars Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper die when the Beechcraft Bonanza they are traveling in crashes during a snow storm in Iowa. March March 31 BOAC commen, the remaing Mars were sold for scrap. A consortium of British ColumbiaBritish Columbia or simply B. French: la Colombie-Britannique is the westernmost of Canada's provinces. It was the sixth province to join the confederation of Canada (in 1871). As of 2004, the population was 4,168,123 British Columbians . Geography Its ca lumber companies' representative, Dan McIvor , recognized their potential value as water bombers and had them converted. A company called Flying Tankers Inc. was formed, and purchased the "Big Four" for aerial firefightingAir National Guard C-130 Hercules drops fire retardant on wildfires in Southern California Aerial firefighting is a method to combat wildfires using aircraft. The types of aircraft used may be either fixed-wing or helicopters. Agents used to fight fires m. The Marianas Mars crashed in 1961This is a list of aviation-related events from 1961: Events February February 3 Operation Looking Glass commences, meaning that the US Air Force Strategic Air Command would have a permanent, airborne command post. March March 28 Air Afrique is formed Apri and the Caroline Mars was destroyed in a hurricane while parked onshore in 1962This is a list of aviation-related events from 1962: Events January US Army CH-21 Shawnees are dispatched to Vietnam, the first US military aircraft to be deployed there January 10- 11 a B-52 Stratofortress is flown from Okinawa to Madrid, establishing a. The remaining Hawaii Mars and Phillipine Mars had their conversions to water bombers accelerated and entered service in 1963. The airtankers are still operated by Flying Tankers Inc., now a subsidiary of TimberWest Forest Ltd. and are based at Sproat Lake , near Port Alberni, British Columbia. When converted, the original powerplants were replaced with four Wright Cyclone R-3350 -24WA engines of 2500hp (1865 kW) each. The aircraft can carry up to 7,200 US gal (27,276 litres) of water, enough to cover an area of 4 acres (1.6 ha).
