On July 10 the Martin Mars conducted its first test drops in a couple of years. Coulson is getting the aircraft ready for training pilots from China later this month.
Test drops from the Martin Mars
- Bill Gabbert
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On July 10 the Martin Mars conducted its first test drops in a couple of years. Coulson is getting the aircraft ready for training pilots from China later this month.
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She looks great and performs well as always… now us residents of Port Alberni and BC can rest!
Why should the residents of BC be able to rest now? Do you really think it is the Mars that puts out fires and not the folks on the ground? Give me a break!!
Ya…chill out..Roscoe …I and tens of thousands of others who signed a petition are happy to have the Hawaii Mars back available in our area…If it does not fit your ideals that is to bad…You can go ahead and rely on the 4 (…3 now) fireboss aircraft.A large thanks to Ontario also for sending there 415 aircraft also…They did a fantastic job in all respects.
the mars did put out fires under the consortium, but not when the forest service contracted it .that wasn`t the fault of the aircraft.
I don’t know why people get so angry over this stuff.
If someone’s opinion or knowledge about a subject is different from your’s, it does not mean they are personally attacking you and your family.
Disagreements are fine, as long as they are polite and respectful.
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You are correct leo…I never once have said that the mars puts out forest fires…just frustrating to see a helo drop 250 gallons on a raging fire…see it evaporate and do very little while a behemoth that can drop 7000 gallons and really change the course of the fire is sitting on the water within sight.That’s kinda where the residents and alot of taxpayers of the province were at with all the fires this year.Its not to say the helo guys aren’t important…just from what was witnessed…the mars could have been a valuable tool in many cases.
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