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  1. Juan-Manuel Fantango

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    #1 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Sep 26, 2013
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    Last Martin Water Bomber Loses Contract - AVweb flash Article

    Mighty Planes: Martin Mars | Smithsonian Channel

    What an awesome plane. Last one flying. These planes are huge, and a few facts I recall from the video are that 7 were built with this one being the last flying. The wingspan is twice that of a 737 and it cruises around 220. If I had just hit that 400 mil lottery someone hit ten miles over in the next town. This would be the ultimate flying prevost...
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  2. toggie

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    #2 toggie, Sep 26, 2013
    The four engines are stout ones.
    Each one is a Wright R-3350-24WA Duplex Cyclone 18-cylinder radial engine.
    Rated for 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) each.

    I wonder how many gallons of fuel it takes for the plane's typical firefighting mission?
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  3. ace51

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    #3 ace51, Sep 26, 2013
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    Maybe Kermit Weeks will buy it :) , I remember seeing something that looked similar to this in his hanger.
     
  4. Bob Parks

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    #4 Bob Parks, Sep 26, 2013
    I believe that is a british built Short that you saw.
     
  5. Tcar

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    #5 Tcar, Sep 26, 2013
    Correct, Bob...

    Short Sunderland.

    About the same age as the Martin Mars planes.


    1944 Short Sunderland
     
  6. kylec

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    #6 kylec, Sep 26, 2013
    kermit does want it iirc
     
  7. tritone

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    #7 tritone, Sep 27, 2013
    The most awesome airplane! Very happy I got to see it fly.

    They did a stopover in Vancouver a few years ago enroute to California. Did a couple of touch & go's in Coal Harbour, then did a drop in front of the RVYC. Looked like a mid-air explosion of water!

    Amazing to see them come down over Stanley Park at treetop level and fly overhead at <200'; ground-shaking!

    One of those odd size / distance situations: after it passed by, you could still see it clearly in flight for the longest time, then you realized it was already over 5 miles away!
     

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