Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
On February 12, 2025, only a couple of days since the successful flight of the "Philippine Mars" flying boat 'water bomber' from Sproat Lake, BC to Lake Pleasant, AZ (with a stop at San Francisco Bay en route), probably the last flight of any large flying boat in history, I went back into my video archives. I found the short video of my trip to The Coulson Flying Tankers base on Sproat Lake on October 11, 2011, where I was permitted inside the compound without an appointment, and given a personal tour inside the "Hawaii Mars", and given freedom to shoot photos and videos around both aircraft for as long as I wanted to.
I had that stored on a DVD, and because of the new enthusiasm for these special aircraft, I decided to rip the video and re-edit for YouTube.
I edited to put the interior tour first, followed by all the outdoor shots, so some of my impromptu narration might be out of sequence.
On February 12, 2025, only a couple of days since the successful flight of the "Philippine Mars" flying boat 'water bomber' from Sproat Lake, BC to Lake Pleasant, AZ (with a stop at San Francisco Bay en route), probably the last flight of any large flying boat in history, I went back into my video archives. I found the short video of my trip to The Coulson Flying Tankers base on Sproat Lake on October 11, 2011, where I was permitted inside the compound without an appointment, and given a personal tour inside the "Hawaii Mars", and given freedom to shoot photos and videos around both aircraft for as long as I wanted to.
I had that stored on a DVD, and because of the new enthusiasm for these special aircraft, I decided to rip the video and re-edit for YouTube.
I edited to put the interior tour first, followed by all the outdoor shots, so some of my impromptu narration might be out of sequence.
