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| Keywords: JRM-3 Philippine Mars VR-2 NAS Jax 1950.jpg The Martin JRM-3 Philippine Mars BuNo 76820 of transport squadron VR-2 sits moored off the Naval Air Station Jacksonville sea wall Florida USA Navy midshipmen are preparing to take flight on 15 June 1950 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 NAS Jacksonville homepage http //www nasjax navy mil/command_information/aircraft_photos/1950s/htm_files/philippine_mars htm 1950-06-15 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Naval Air Station Jacksonville in the 1950s Plywood 1950 in Florida Philippine Mars US Navy | ||||
