Want to fly the Martin Mars?

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2923

All you need is $25K-
http://www.ultimateflyingexperience.com/

JFS61 · **Joined:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:44 pm **Posts:** 305

Shame that they aren't offering passenger rides (I'm guessing that she's not rated to do so).

Wonder what my late father would think about it, as he used to ride for free as passenger (although I guess you could say that he technically got paid, being he was on duty) in the Mars back in the day while flying out from California to Hawaii. Said it was a great ride, with lots of personal attention from Navy nurses acting as stewardesses, and that they served the best hot chocolate he ever had anywhere in his life.

Malcolm Hood · **Posted:** Thu Jun 16, 2016 5:24 pm

It's not the money mind you but I'm holding out for a real one without a glass cockpit. :wink:

tom roberts · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2016 11:44 am

The Marine Corps gave me a free ride from Alameda to Hawaii in Jan 1951 enroute to Korea. Long time ago. Flew so slow we could open a window in one area and throw trash out. About 12 hours if I remember right.

Blackbirdfan · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2016 1:58 pm

Hawaii Mars is headed for Oshkosh, currently a little northwest of Bismark ND doing 210 kts ground speed at 11400 feet. Follow their trip here. https://www.flightradar24.com/CFLYL/a6f7d88

Will

Tom Moungovan · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2016 5:04 pm

Many thanks for the great radar link. As I write this, we are starting to experience the beginning of a storm about 40 miles SE of Oshkosh.

Chris Brame · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2016 5:20 pm

Looks like they landed about 15 min. ago?

Kyleb · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:13 pm

Chris Brame wrote:

Looks like they landed about 15 min. ago?

Yep. Saw it arrive over the field in very marginal VFR, circle once, then land.

It is one of those airplanes which gives the illusion of moving very slow...

Blackbirdfan · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2016 9:16 pm

At one point over the Rockies they were ripping along at 225 kts ground speed according to the flight tracking. As for the inclement weather, they have the IFR avionics to deal with it.

Will

CAPFlyer · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2016 8:16 am

Blackbirdfan wrote:

As for the inclement weather, they have the IFR avionics to deal with it.

They don't just have IFR avionics, they've got no-joke glass panels.

http://www.jetphotos.net/photo/8094615

Blackbirdfan · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2016 10:44 am

CAPFlyer wrote:

Blackbirdfan wrote:

As for the inclement weather, they have the IFR avionics to deal with it.

They don't just have IFR avionics, they've got no-joke glass panels.

http://www.jetphotos.net/photo/8094615

Coulson spent $3m on that. No joke is right. I'm not aware of any other air tankers that are that advanced.

Will

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