Originally Posted by
pigboat
The two
Martin Mars water bombers based at Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island are being put up for sale. The link is to another board, that also supplies two links that show the aircraft in action. The Galiano Island fire link is to a news clip that shows a water pickup.
PB,
I could only get sound on the Galiano Island clip - very frustrating as I had always wanted to see a Mars doing a water pickup. However, I found the following on YouTube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d_ZIvJbr-50 and despite the title (Water Bomber Takeoff 2), it looks like it might be a water pickup. Can you confirm?
I42