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The Disassembly of The Philippine Mars at Lake Pleasant
The disassembly of the Philippine Mars is well underway, with Adam Estes traveling to Lake Pleasant, Arizona, to document the ...
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The Last Martin JRM Mars Flying Boat Flew for the Final Time
Philippine Mars, built as a JRM-1 Mars with BuNo 76820 and the third JRM Mars to be manufactured, was delivered on Jun. 26, 1946 to the U.S. Navy and based at Naval Air Station Alameda, California ...
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Historic flying boat retires at Pima Air & Space Museum
The Philippine Mars is a Martin JRM Mars water bomber, built during World War II. Only seven were ever made and only two survived. One is on display at an air museum in Vancouver and the ...
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The Last Martin JRM Mars Flying Boat Flew for the Final Time
and later with Lockheed to create the modern Lockheed Martin corporation, the JRM Mars flying boat was created in 1938 in response to a United States Navy request for a long-range ocean patrol ...