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The Last Martin JRM Mars Flying Boat Flew for the Final Time
To create the Martin Mars, the Martin Company scaled up its own PBM Mariner patrol bomber flying boat ... plane, that has long been discussed, has apparently also been shelved recently. Flying ...
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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.
After the flying boats were reconfigured from patrol boats to cargo planes, the massive flying boat had a max takeoff weight of over 85 tons — or about 165,000 pounds. It could accommodate a ...