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The Philippine Mars took its final flight. See photos of the flying-boat aircraft from WWII to its last 800-mile journey.
The last Martin Mars flying boat made its final flight last week, marking the end for a World War II-era seaplane so hulking it had rockets to assist with take-off. Initially developed as maritime ...
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Ultrarare seaplane spotted over San Francisco
The Philippine Mars, one of the last surviving World War II-era Martin JRM Mars flying ... Dwarfing modern seaplanes, the Philippine Mars is a 117-foot-long, nearly 76,000-pound behemoth that ...
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WWII-era Philippine Mars flying boat makes stopover in Alameda: photos
(KRON) — There was an actual seaplane in Alameda’s Seaplane Lagoon ... treated to the spectacle of the Philippine Mars, a World War II-era flying boat anchored in the lagoon, just a couple ...
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Pima Air Museum lands seaplane built for war but repurposed for firefighting
The almost 80-year-old seaplane made its last water landing ... where we will preserve this World War II-era aircraft for decades to come,” said Scott Marchand, CEO of the Pima Air and Space ...