If It Can Fly, It Can Float!!!

[wheelsup_cavu]

Cool pictures and videos everyone.


Wheels

 

[ccheese]

Some time ago Joe put up some pic's of the Martin Mars that is owned by the Coulson people.... Great shots, Joe...

BTW, this is the Hawaii Mars...

Charles

 

[Marauderman26]

Marvelous pictures of the MARS CCHEESE!

Here's one of my favorite flying boat pictures..

 

[Njaco]

That shot of the Mars over the water is freakin' awesome!!!!!

 

[fubar57]

Got bombed by that Martin Mars while fighting a forest fire on the B.C. coast. Now how about some ugly, Seversky Sev-3 ...

Geo

 

[GrauGeist]

The JRMs were sure an awesome aircraft!

The "Hawaii" Mars started as a JRM-1 but was converted to a JRM-3 later on and is actually the namesake of the original "Hawaii" which had an accident and sank in Chesapeake Bay in 1945.

I had the opportunity to go aboard the "Hawaii" Mars here on Shasta Lake in 2008, where it was stationed during the big fires we were having.

So here's some more "Mars" porn:

First, a flight of the originals!
(as presented: Philippine, Hawaii, Maraina, Caroline)

And here's Coulson's Hawaii Mars (Shasta Lake, 2008)

 

[Wayne Little]

Sweet David!

 

[Shortround6]

Sikorsky VS 44.

My father worked at Sikorsky when these aircraft were built and is somewhere in the "roll-out" picture of the plane with the Sikorsky employees (hundreds in the photo).

 

[GrauGeist]

That's a great photo, taken in Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island off the coast of Southern California.

The large building seen in the background is the Avalon Casino overlooking town and the harbor.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots guy!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool! The Smithsonian Channel (Great Planes?) had an episode talking about Coulson flying tankers

 

[Capt. Vick]

I believe this aircraft is in the New England Air Museum.

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice shot, didn't that Casino appear in a movie?

 

[GrauGeist]

Nice shot, didn't that Casino appear in a movie?

Many times, Wayne!

Catalina Island is right off the coast of Southern California (Orange County Los Angeles County) and has been used as a location for scores of films since the movie age began.

Here's a link with a little bit of history and a long list of movies shot there.

Catalina Island History - Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce

 

[ccheese]

This Curtiss-Wright P-40C (C/N 16194) Serial 41-13390 managed to float, but was not designed to do so. It was pulled from a Russian lake over fifty years after it ditched.

Charles

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Here's a couple more from my small personal collection. Blackburn 'Iris Mk V' July 1933.

 

[Lucky13]

Great stuff gentlemen!

 

[Wayne Little]

Many times, Wayne!

Catalina Island is right off the coast of Southern California (Orange County Los Angeles County) and has been used as a location for scores of films since the movie age began.

Here's a link with a little bit of history and a long list of movies shot there.

Catalina Island History - Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce

Cheers Mate!

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff guys!

 

[vikingBerserker]

I like that Blackburn!