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| Keywords: JRM-3 Philippine Mars takeoff Alameda.jpg The Martin JRM-3 Philippine Mars BuNo 76820 of transport squadron VR-2 taking off fom San Francisco Bay at NAS Alameda California USA to Honululu Hawaii in 1946 A long hull Essex-class aircraft carrier painted in the wartime measure 21 is visible in the background By 1956 the Mars had outlived its usefulness for the Navy and had been condemned to the scrap yard However after a series of disastrous fire seasons in British Columbia Canada a group of logging companies heard about the availability of the Mars The Mars was ideally suited to British Columbia's abundance of waterways and shortage of strategically placed airfields Mr MacMillan Bloedel took the initiative and formed Forest Industry Flying Tankers Limited FIFT in partnership with Pacific Forest Products Limited and TimberWest Forest Limited The new company purchased the last four remaining Martin Mars from the US Navy in 1959 After installation of a 27276 l 7206 US gal plywood holding tank and retractable filling probes As of 2008 Philippine Mars is still in use by Coulson Flying Tankers with the Canadian registration C-FLYK U S Navy Naval History Center USN photo no 1053758 http //www history navy mil/avh-1910/PART06 PDF 1946 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Naval Air Station Alameda Philippine Mars US Navy | ||||
