Aloha To “Hawaii Mars”

“Hawaii Mars” takes a break.

It only took three round-trip flights, Alameda – Honolulu, to rack up 80+ hours of flying time.

Yesterday, August 12th, one of the world’s great flying boats, the Martin JRM-1 Mars, was taken on its final ride to its new home in Victoria, British Columbia. This particular Mars, 76823, will always be known by its nickname that was bestowed a lifetime ago, “Hawaii Mars”. As the logbook depicted here shows, that island location was a frequent destination for Martin’s big seaplane. 

The duration of yesterday’s last flight was about 3 hours. As seen by the logbook entries, a trip to the aircraft’s namesake islands required about ten additional hours.