The Hawaii Martin Mars, famous for putting out fires with a single flyover, will find its new home at North SaanichB次元官网网址檚 BC Aviation Museum in the fall.

B次元官网网址淵ou can see the DNA of the Mars story runs through this Island,B次元官网网址� said Richard Mosdell, Save the Mars project lead.

The 60-by-36-metre Martin Mars will fly down the east coast of the Island before it arrives at the Victoria Airport for its final resting place.

B次元官网网址淚t is going to do plane yoga around all the buildings, across the airport runway in the middle of the night,B次元官网网址� he said.

On Thursday (March 28), the B.C. government provided a $250,000 grant to B次元官网网址減rotect and preserveB次元官网网址� the plane that had been instrumental in protecting the forests of the West Coast. The water bomberB次元官网网址檚 final flight to the Saanich Inlet beside Victoria International Airport from Coulson Aviation Tanker Base on Sproat Lake in Port Alberni is expected to take place in October 2024.

Initially, the plane was used to carry troops over the Pacific Islands to the Korean War, before finding its next role as a water bomber.

B次元官网网址淚t dropped a massive amount of water, more water than has ever been dropped before. And then they retired in 2015.B次元官网网址�

Mosdell said he had fallen in love with the plane and that seeing the plane overhead always gave him a sense of safety.

B次元官网网址淢y dad and I connected over our love of this aircraft.B次元官网网址�

The water bomber was the biggest operational flying boat in the world, according to the museumB次元官网网址檚 president Steve Nichol.

B次元官网网址淚t is now obsolete, and it needed a new home B次元官网网址� and the BC Aviation Musem will provide that new home,B次元官网网址� he said.

Although the exhibit is not yet open to the public, Nichol said it will be accessible at its new location, allowing people to see the Hawaii Martin Mars up close.

The plane, Mosdell said, is the same size as a Boeing 747, and many groups have tried to bring it to the museum but have found it too difficult.

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