• There seems to be an uptick in Political comments in recent months. Those of us who are long time members of the site know that Political and Religious content has been banned for years. Nothing has changed. Please leave all political and religious comments out of the forums.

    If you recently joined the forums you were not presented with this restriction in the terms of service. This was due to a conversion error when we went from vBulletin to Xenforo. We have updated our terms of service to reflect these corrections.

    Please note any post refering to a politician will be considered political even if it is intended to be humor. Our experience is these topics have a way of dividing the forums and causing deep resentment among members. It is a poison to the community. We appreciate compliance with the rules.

    The Staff of SOH

  • Server side Maintenance is done. We still have an update to the forum software to run but that one will have to wait for a better time.

Martin Mars (Philippine) coming to Pima Air and Space Museum

December 15th update:

The Philippine Mars is having a tough go of it as for the second time in a week, it has had to turn around from its flight to San Francisco due to engine problems. The first time, it was the No. 2 engine; and this time it's the No. 4 engine with possible issues with the No. 3 engine.

Tommy
 
Last edited:
In addition to that, I suspect the weather window is getting tight. AFAIK, the flights must be done VFR and at least the WA/BC area will be starting to see more winter weather. Even though they are probably planning a coastal route, the options for a precautionary landing enroute aren't great if winds are high.
So, unless they can diagnose and repair the engine issues (remember, in spite of all the testing, the bird hasn't flown much in years...) it might mean a delay til spring - an option Coulson probably doesn't, and maybe even more paperwork if the ferry permit(s) expire.
Fingers are crossed, bot holding my breath.
 
According to Wayne Coulson "a blown cylinder" was the cause of the issue. He is hoping to have it back up in the air shortly for a test flight to determine if they can continue on their journey.

Tommy
 
January 8th update:

This is not 100% confirmed, but it seems that Coulson is going to replace the #4 engine and may fly the Philippine Mars back to Sprout Lake for a thorough reinspection of all of the engines.

The image below is from the BC Aviation Museum site. It shows the #4 engine being removed from the Hawaii Mars.

Tommy

3Sq9cf3.jpg
 
Last edited:
January 11th update:

Some good news. The replacement #4 engine has been installed, and some testing has been done.




Tommy

OFqAZT7.jpg
 
Last edited:
January 13th update:

The Philippine Mars is back at Sproat Lake, and according to the article below, it appears that the Philippine Mars will dawn all of Hawaii Mars' engines before the next attempt to ferry the Philippine Mars down to California/Arizona.

vintageaviationnews.com

Philippine Mars Flies Back to Sproat Lake - Vintage Aviation News

The Philippine Mars flew back to Sproat Lake for a refit. Coulson Aviation has announced plans to install the remaining two operational engines from the Hawaii Mars before flying South.
vintageaviationnews.com vintageaviationnews.com

Tommy

lIaIs5z.jpg
 
February 5th update:

Coulson is not giving out too much info regarding the progress of the engine replacement(s) but they did post a very short video on their Instagram page. It shows the red cowling on the #4 engine is now back to blue. Snow too!

Tommy

WREbrDy.jpg


srqKlNI.jpg
 
February 9th update:

Well, that Philippine Mars is on the way to San Francisco. I've been tracking it down the Pacific Coast with flight tracking software.

Tommy

UPDATE: It made it to San Francisco!

(y) (y)
 
Last edited:
A video of the Philippine Mars arriving at San Francisco.


Weather permitting, it may be heading down to San Diego tomorrow (Tuesday).

Tommy
 
Flightradar24 indicates it's on its way to San Diego NOW!

Tommy

UPDATE: Looking at the flightpath, it appears that they are bypassing San Diego, and heading straight to Roosevelt Lake in Arizona.

Tommy

UPDATE: Seems it might be a different lake than Roosevelt Lake. Not sure why.

Tommy
 
Last edited:
It appears to have already landed safely at Lake Pleasant, AZ. Still awaiting confirmation from Coulson.

The flight-tracking failed on multiple platforms so it wasn't possible to track it during the entire flight.

Tommy

UPDATE: The following video confirms its arrival at Lake Pleasant with all four engines running! Look how small the Consolidated Privateer is compared to the Martin Mars!
👍👍

Last landing for the Martin Mars.
😥

Tommy

 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top