Le Martin JRM2 "Mars"
Il en reste toujours deux en état de voler, comme bombardiers d'eau.
Un article récent d'un journal californien parle de l'un d'eux qui doit être utiliser en comme Firefighter
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_12663420?nclick_check=1
The plane is one of the two flying specimens left of what was supposed to be a fleet of U.S. Navy Flying Boats designed during World War II. Only seven were built before the war ended, and the squadron spent 10 years on San Francisco Bay before being decommissioned in 1955.
Most were scrapped, but two Flying Boats were purchased by a Canadian company and used to scoop up water from lakes and bays to fight fires in British Columbia. They have been sold to a new company, which tried but failed to win a government contract to fight fires in California last year.
The Martin Mars tankers use a crew of four. Portions of Lake Elsinore will be closed
to boating if the plane will need to scoop up 7,200 gallons of water per pass.
Je dispose des N° :
S/N 76820 et S/N76823
Et, par curiosité, je voudrais connaitre son identité.
Il en reste toujours deux en état de voler, comme bombardiers d'eau.
Un article récent d'un journal californien parle de l'un d'eux qui doit être utiliser en comme Firefighter
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_12663420?nclick_check=1
The plane is one of the two flying specimens left of what was supposed to be a fleet of U.S. Navy Flying Boats designed during World War II. Only seven were built before the war ended, and the squadron spent 10 years on San Francisco Bay before being decommissioned in 1955.
Most were scrapped, but two Flying Boats were purchased by a Canadian company and used to scoop up water from lakes and bays to fight fires in British Columbia. They have been sold to a new company, which tried but failed to win a government contract to fight fires in California last year.
The Martin Mars tankers use a crew of four. Portions of Lake Elsinore will be closed
to boating if the plane will need to scoop up 7,200 gallons of water per pass.
Je dispose des N° :
S/N 76820 et S/N76823
Et, par curiosité, je voudrais connaitre son identité.