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	The Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum
		This was to be the Martin Mars, a 140,000-pound behemoth that was the largest plane in the U.S. military inventory until the arrival of the B-36 intercontinental bomber in 1947.
		The Mars was originally conceived as a "sky battleship" or "flying Dreadnought," armed with multiple gun turrets, capable of flying long distances with huge bombloads (and Marine paratroopers as well).
		The Marianas Mars crashed in an accident in 1961, and the Caroline Mars was destroyed in a hurricane a year later - but as they approached age 40 both the Philippine and Hawaii Mars were still flying.
	www.marylandaviationmuseum.org /history/martin_aircraft/14_mars.html (1042 words)

	Martin Mars
		The Martin Mars, the worlds largest water bomber, with a length of 120 feet, a wing span of 200 feet and a drop capacity of ONE MILLION liters (265,000 U.S. Gallons) of water during a single sortie (37 consecutive drops 5.9 hrs), it is truely an impressive plane to see in action.
		The JRM Mars was the production development of the XPB2M1-R. 20 were ordered the first of which flew in the summer of 1945, The fourth JRM-1 in summer 1946 and the fifth JRM-2 in the fall of 1947.
		The fifth Martin JRM Mars was installed with (4) Pratt and Whitney R-4630 (3000 HP) Wasp Major radials but was later retrofitted with the Wright R3350-24WA radials (2500 HP) to be compatible with the fleet.
	members.tripod.com /~fastboater/martin.htm (315 words)

	Martin Mars Water Bombers
		The first was delivered in June 1945, but with the end of the war the Navy cut their order to only five additional aircraft for a total of six in all, with the last one delivered in 1947.
		Each Mars carries 600 US gallons (2,270 litres) of foam concentrate - enough for 21 drops of a 0.4% solution which is the standard used, although it may be decided to use more or less foam as dictated by the Incident Commander.
		The Mars are also equipped to deliver Thermo-Gel which when mixed with water forms a light gel by encapsulating the water droplets.
	www.aviationtrivia.homestead.com /Mars.html (947 words)

	The Martin Mariner, Mars, & Marlin Flying Boats
		Unfortunately, the Hawaii Mars was lost in an accident in Chesapeake Bay on 5 August 1945.
		McIvor knew that the Mars would be the best water bomber of all the aircraft he had considered, and called the Navy immediately.
		As a result, the conversion of the Caroline Mars to a water bomber was accelerated.
	www.vectorsite.net /avmars.html (6228 words)

	JimmyHoward.com - The Martin Mars Flying Boat - History of the Martin Mars Aircraft Fleet (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Mars was designed during World War II, only a handful were ever built, but over 40 years later, the aircraft still soldiers on, fighting forest fires.
		The powerplants were upgraded to 2,400 horsepower R-3350-8 engines, the twin-tail was replaced by a tall single vertical tail, large cargo doors with electric hoists were installed under the wings with smaller cargo doors placed farther aft, and the internal layout was optimized for cargo and transport operations.
		Five more Mars flying boats were completed instead: the Philippine Mars, the Marianas Mars, the Marshall Mars, a second Hawaii Mars, and the single JRM-2, the Caroline Mars, delivered in July 1947 and equipped with 3,000 HP Pratt and Whitney R-4360-4T engines.
	www.jimmyhoward.com.cob-web.org:8888 /martin.mars.html (1340 words)

	ch8-8
		These were the JRM Mars cargo transport and the P5M Marlin patrol boat.
		Early in their operational life, two of the JRM-1 aircraft, the Mars and the Marshall Mars, were destroyed; the remaining four served the Navy until they were retired in 1956.
		The Marianas Mars was lost in a flying accident, and the Caroline Mars (JRM-2) was destroyed by a hurricane.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /pao/History/SP-468/ch8-8.htm (1536 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin News /2004/12/14/
		The Mars was the largest-capacity production aircraft prior to the introduction of the Boeing 747, and distinguished itself during the Korean War as a trans-Pacific transport, carrying 134 seated troops or 84 stretcher patients and 25 medics per flight.
		The Navy retired the Mars in 1956, and all four remaining airframes were purchased by British Columbia-based Forest Industries as flying tankers.
		Marianas Mars crashed in an accident in 1961, and Caroline Mars was destroyed in a typhoon a year later.
	starbulletin.com /2004/12/14/news/story4.html (888 words)

	VPNAVY - NATS History Summary Page - VP Patrol Squadron
		With a wingspan of 200 feet (61 m), the length of a city block, and a height of 48 feet (14.64 m), approximately four or five stories, the MARS was the largest aircraft in operation from its first flight in 1942 until the first Boeing 747 flew.
		The MARS was carrying 13,000 pounds (5897 kg) of cargo, which put it 8,500 pounds (3856 kg) over its maximum certified gross weight of 140,000 pounds (63504 kg).
		The Marianas MARS struck trees and crashed during a fire fighting operation, killing all four crew members and destroying the aircraft.
	www.vpnavy.com /nats_1943.html (3072 words)

	marshist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Mars type was born in the late 1930's with a contract from the US Navy for a new patrol bomber flying boat.
		Delivered in May of 1948, the Caroline Mars was the grand finale to the Mars line of flying boats.
		By 1956, the Mars had outlived its usefulness for the Navy and had been condemned to the scrap yard.
	www.city.port-alberni.bc.ca /fire/Links/marshist.htm (2603 words)

	Mars heads South Air Classics - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As we go to press, one of two Martin JRM Mars flying boats operated by Forest Industries Flying Tankers will be departing its scenic base at Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island, on 16 June and heading south to Long Beach, California, where it will land near the historic Queen Mary.
		The two Mars are magnificent survivors of the era of four-engine flying boats and, incredibly, these aircraft are still regularly and efficiently earning their keep by fighting fires on lands owned by a consortium of Canadian logging companies.
		To all enthusiasts of historic aircraft, this is quite an exciting move and the massive Mars will prove to be a powerful deterrent to fires since its huge load of water can "lall" the head of a roaring fire.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3901/is_199808/ai_n8816204 (417 words)

	George and Kathy Hutton: Martin Mars Page
		In January 1945, 20 Wright R-3350-8-powered JRM-1 Mars transports were ordered by the US Navy, but only five were built, followed by a single JRM-2 powered by more powerful R-4360 engines and with a higher take-off weight of 82 1/2 tons.
		Mariana Mars was destroyed in a fatal crash near Parkville on Vancouver Island during 1961.
		Carolina Mars was destroyed on the ground during a typhoon at Pat Bay Airport the following year.
	www.gulfstate.net /hutton/gkhmars.htm (279 words)

	Maritime Heritage Program: Expeditions
		Philippine Mars, Marianas Mars, Caroline Mars, Hawaii Mars, Marshall Mars).
		The Martin Mars flying boats had a near perfect operational record, covering the equivalent of 23 round trips to the moon, and accumulating more than 87,000 hours of safe passage.
		Crash boats on the scene were also unable to put out the fire, and the Mars exploded in a spectacular eruption.
	www.sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov /maritime/expeditions/mars.html (990 words)

	JRM Mars Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In 1938 the Martin JRM Mars was developed to be a long-range patrol bomber, but by the time of the prototype (designated the XPB2M-1) made its first flight in 1943, its role and designation had been changed to that of a transport.
		At the time the Mars was built it was the world's largest flying boat, though only six examples were ever built.
		In 1959 the largest flying boats to have ever served with the U.S. Navy were all sold to Canada for use as fire-fighting water bombers, where some still remain in use some forty years later.
	www.daveswarbirds.com /usplanes/aircraft/mars.htm (204 words)

	Aircraft: Martin XPB2M-1R Mars
		, VA My father was chief inspector on the Mars from the time the keel was laid until she was brought back to Matrin's Middle River plant in 1945.
		I have his scrapbooks of the Martin Mars, the Hawaii Mars', the Phillipines, Marshall, and "Corolinas" Mars.
		Winston-Salem, NC My grandfather, who was a test pilot(Navy) at the Martin factory, was on the maiden flight of the Mars described in the previous message.
	aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu /specs/martin/xpb2m-1r.htm (606 words)

	Mike Mars: ZoomInfo Business People Information
		Mars Flies the Dyna-Soar (1962) Johnny Bluehawk faces trouble landing his Quicksilver capsule in the...
		Mars 2 USSR 19 May 1971 Mars orbit.
		Mars 1962A - USSR Mars Flyby - (October 24, 1962) Spacecraft failed to leave Earth orbit...
	www.zoominfo.com /people/mars_mike_59089233.aspx (1385 words)

	JRM Mars - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		JRM Mars - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		Named the Marianas Mars, Phillipine Mars, Marshall Mars, Caroline Mars, and a second Hawaii Mars, the Mars entered service ferrying cargo to Hawaii and the Pacific Islands.
		The remaining "Big Four" flew record amounts of cargo on the San Francisco-Honolulu route efficiently until 1956, when they were parked at NAS Almeda.
	education.music.us /J/JRM-Mars.htm (625 words)

	JRM-1 Mars by Angus McDonald (CMR 1/144)
		The Martin Mars JRM-1 is Czech Master Resin’s latest foray into the world of 1/144 scale models, and a truly incredible subject it is to.
		I can’t remember, but the exposure times varied from 1/30th second through to 1/8th second, depending on the thickness of cloud passing over the house.
		The Martin Mars is just full of wonderful curves, with a wing plan form of jaw dropping elegance.
	hsfeatures.com /features04/jrm1marsam_1.htm (1089 words)

	JRM Mars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Named the Marianas Mars, Philippine Mars, Marshall Mars, Caroline Mars, and a second Hawaii Mars, the 5 production Mars aircraft entered service ferrying cargo to Hawaii and the Pacific Islands.
		Just over a year later, on October 12, 1962, the Caroline Mars was destroyed by Hurricane Freda while parked onshore.
		Flying Tankers Inc. also flies the water bombers to other hotspots around the world if a need develops, such as in August of 2003 when a large forest fire threatened the city of Kelowna, British Columbia.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/JRM_Mars (730 words)

	Naval Aviation 1946-49
		25--The Caroline Mars, a JRM-2 flying boat, broke the world record for passenger lift by transporting 202 men from Alameda to San Diego, and broke it again the same day on the return flight with a load of 218 men.
		The flight was of 2 hours 41 minutes duration and the passengers were the officers and men of Air Group 15 on a routine transfer of station.
		19--The JRM-1 Marshall Mars broke the record for number of people carried on a single flight when 301 passengers and a crew of seven were flown from Alameda to San Diego.
	www.history.navy.mil /branches/avchr6.htm (7153 words)

	VPNAVY - VR-2 Aicraft Summary Page - VP Patrol Squadron
		Philippine Mars is RA 820 and Hawaii Mars is RA 823 (third in line).
		VR-2 R3Y-2 BUNO: 76824 "...Martin JRM-2 Mars (BuNo 76824), Caroline Mars, circa 1946-48.
		VR-2 MARS BUNO: 76820, 76821, 76823, and 76824 "...Martin MARS in formation--late 1940's.
	www.vpnavy.com /vr2_mars.html (452 words)

	JRM Mars (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Martin JRM Mars was the largest flying boat ever to enter production.
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	www.mispedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /JRM_Mars.html (72 words)

	Martin Mars scratchbuild planned - FineScale.com Forums
		I have always liked the Martin Mars ever since I saw it being used as a water bomber here in Canada.
		John W. Burns magnificent "Plastic Aircraft Kits of the Twentieth Century" publication, the Martin PB2M Mars (JRM-1) was built by no more than 5 manufacturers in 3 different scales.
		Still gonna have to do some scratch work since these models are only very basic, however you'll have a fuselage and wings and a good foundation to start from.
	cs.finescale.com /forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=223365 (511 words)

	Martin 170 JRM-3 Mars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Martin 170B JRM-3 Mars (C-FLYL c/n 9267) "Hawaii Mars 2"
		This aircraft was built as a JRM-1 delivered to the US Navy with BuNo.
		Later it was converted to JRM-3 and is now flying with Forest Industries Flying Tankers of Port Alberni, British Columbia.
	1000aircraftphotos.com /Contributions/Dietsch/4139.htm (58 words)

	US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos--Third Series (70188 to 80258)
		To HL2006 76780/76818 Curtiss SB2C-1A Helldiver A-25As 42-80424/80462 from U.S.Army 76819/76838 Martin JRM-1 Mars Only the first five were built.
		All four surviving JRM-1s converted to JRM-3 76819 Hawaii Mars sank in Chesapeake Bay August 5, 1945 after porpoising during landing 76820 (JRM-3) Philippine Mars flying as C-FLYK with Forest Industries Flying Tankers of Port Alberni, BC.
		DBR in landing accident at Goose Bay, Labrador Mar 14, 1952 and scrapped for parts.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher/thirdseries8.html (2268 words)

	JRM-1 MARTIN MARS SCALE MODEL AIRCRAFT - AJRM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		JRM-1 MARTIN MARS SCALE MODEL AIRCRAFT - AJRM
		This model comes complete with a desk stand.
		Model of the aircraft "JRM-1 Martin Mars." Manufacturer: Martin
	www.pacprod.com /collectibles/AJRM.htm (39 words)

	The Virtual Aviation Museum - Martin 170 / JRM Mars
		The Virtual Aviation Museum - Martin 170 / JRM Mars
		All information provided on these pages are given without any guarantee.
		Please read the complete explanation in the impressum.
	www.luftfahrtmuseum.com /htmi/ite/mamar.htm (50 words)

	Chronological History of Naval Air Transprt
		27--The first of the Martin Mars Flying boats was delivered to VR-8 at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
		5--The JRM-2 Caroline Mars of VR-2, on a 390 mile flight from Patuxent River, MD, to Cleveland, OH, carried a 68,282 lb cargo, the
		The 57 passengers and nine crew members lost in this tragedy made it the worst heavier-than-air crash in naval aviation history.
	www.vrc-50.org /historyNATS.htm (2481 words)

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