{"id":4567,"date":"2024-04-26T08:42:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/?page_id=4567"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:59:46","slug":"martin-mars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/martin-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Last Flight of the Martin Mars and Next Steps<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>The Martin Mars arrived at Lake Pleasant, Arizona on February 10, 2025, after flying over 1,500 miles from Vancouver Island, Canada. It marks the culmination of immense effort, passion, and teamwork to get this legendary flying boat ready for its final flight. The museum&#8217;s acquisition from Coulson Aviation brings the mighty Martin Mars into its final chapter &#8211; preservation at the Pima Air &amp; Space Museum. Before the preparation for its final flight, Philippine Mars hadn&#8217;t flown in 17 years. It needed a home and we are thrilled to provide it with one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When the weather permitted on February 12th, Philippine Mars was pulled up the boat ramp to be prepared for the final leg of the journey to museum immortalization. A pure flying boat without landing gear, Mars aircraft need large bodies of water to land. It was dismantled at Lake Pleasant for trucks to haul it down to Tucson, Arizona. The fuselage arrived to Pima Air &amp; Space Museum just before midnight on May, 16th and will be reassembled for display.<\/p>\n<p>We will continue to make announcements of the progress on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PimaAirAndSpace\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pimaair\/\">Instagram<\/a> accounts. We look forward to inviting you out to see it when it is on display.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image00018-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image00016-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/on-land.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h5>February 23rd Progress &#8211; Engines, flaps, and Vertical Stabilizer removed\u00a0<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6784.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Can we help transport?<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6795-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>200 ft wingspan<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6801-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sunset on Mars<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6747-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Pleasant View<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6740-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Largest Operational Flying Boat Ever<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6644-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>At the flight engineer&#8217;s desk<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6665-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>2nd Story<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6660-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Into the Wing<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6648-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Into the Tail<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6637.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Into the Cockpit<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h5>April 28th Progress &#8211; Pontoons, Wings, and Wing Box all removed and transported to Tucson<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dji_fly_20250312_093124_533_1741797582819_aeb.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>One Down, One to Go<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dji_fly_20250318_070154_849_1742309286944_aeb.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Flightless Bird<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GPTempDownload-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Starry Night<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dji_fly_20250415_072050_0857_1744727740515_aeb.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Wing Box and Fuselage Separated<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dji_fly_20250411_115724_0774_1744414524160_aeb-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Flying Fuselage<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dji_fly_20250102_222548_0088_1746025858042_aeb.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>All that Remains<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ux1ee2ibZqk?si=LfarPYryU8b5uNof\">Watch Wing Removal Video<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h5>May 11th Progress &#8211; Fuselage Transport has Begun<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_9621.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>146&#8242; Long and 26&#8242; Tall<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dji_fly_20250514_045800_0239_1747225155034_aeb.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Under lifted cables<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dji_fly_20250514_045632_0233_1747225178030_photo.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Mars Convoy<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VlgCyd41bUU?si=cGTW__FHU-HGbedw\">Watch Fuselage Transportation Video<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h5>May 16th Progress &#8211; Arrival at Forever Home<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8355-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Thar She Glows<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_8359-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Southwest Industrial Rigging Team<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dji_fly_20250517_105450_0683_1747505717356_aeb-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>South of Hangar 4<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Philippine Mars Acquisition Press Release<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>4\/25\/24 &#8211; Coulson Aviation\u2019s Philippine Mars will soon find its forever home at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona this year. The Philippine Mars is one of only five Martin JRM Mars flying boats that served in the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n<p>Coulson announced the destination of another Martin JRM Mars, the Hawaii Mars, earlier this month to the BC Aviation Museum in Sidney, British Columbia. \u201cThis has been an exciting month for both Martin Mars waterbombers,\u201d said Wayne Coulson, CEO of Coulson Group. \u201cAs a fitting tribute to their years of service and years of hard work by many people in BC and the U.S., we are pleased to see both Mars aircraft landing to rest at world class institutions in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Produced between 1942 and 1947, the Mars fleet flew cargo between Hawaii and the Pacific Islands to support the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war, they supported the Korean War with medical air transport lifts between Hawaii and California, later transitioning to cargo lift work between Hawaii and California before being decommissioned in 1956.<\/p>\n<p>The surviving fleet of four aircraft were sold in 1958 to a consortium of timber companies in British Columbia, Canada, and converted into the world\u2019s largest waterbombers carrying 7,200 U.S. gallons per drop. Coulson purchased two of the aircraft, the Hawaii Mars and the Philippine Mars, in 2007, which marked the beginning of the company\u2019s fixed-wing air tanker operations for aerial wildfire support.<\/p>\n<p>Hawaii Mars and Philippine Mars are the only Martin JRM Mars aircraft remaining today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are pleased to have the Philippine Mars join our museum where we will preserve this World War II-era aircraft for decades to come,\u201d said Scott Marchand, CEO, Pima Air and Space Museum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/104-16-289.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/104-16-308.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/104-16-323.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<!-- {\"name\":\"Event Template\",\"type\":\"layout\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"style\":\"default\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"vertical_align\":\"\",\"width\":\"default\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Last Flight of the Martin Mars and Next Steps\",\"margin_remove_bottom\":false,\"title_decoration\":\"divider\",\"title_element\":\"h1\"}}]}]},{\"type\":\"row\",\"props\":{\"layout\":\"2-3,1-3\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"width_medium\":\"2-3\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"props\":{\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"content\":\"\n\n<p>The Martin Mars arrived at Lake Pleasant, Arizona on February 10, 2025, after flying over 1,500 miles from Vancouver Island, Canada. 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