Martin Mars at Oshkosh

Martin Mars Dwarfs The Seaplane Base At Oshkosh

Jul 26, 2016

John Morris | ShowNews

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  A Dying Breed

  
  

  Coulson Aviation reportedly invested $1-million to overhaul the aging air tanker in order to bring it to Oshkosh. Repairs, including some engine work and some sheet metal, took 90 days. Built in the 1940s and with a wingspan of 200 ft (about the same as a Boeing 74), the Mars is the largest aircraft of its kind still flying today.

  Only six of the massive aircraft were built, with Coulson Flying Tankers of Port Alberni, British Columbia, owning the two remaining examples since 2007 and using them as water bombers on forest fires throughout the western United States, Canada, and Mexico. 

  
  

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Flying boats and seaplanes of many types come to Oshkosh 2016.

^{All Photos by Maureen Spuhler
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