Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
On August 11th, history was made with the final flight of Hawaii Mars - a 1945-built Martin JRM Mars. This massive flying boat turned water bomber made its last ever landing in Patricia Bay just west of Victoria International Airport.
Hawaii Mars took off from Sproat Lake for the last time and then flew down the eastern coast of Vancouver Island. It passed over YYJ airport and down to downtown Victoria before coming back north, and was actually accompanied part of the way by the Snowbirds!
This was an incredible send-off to an airplane that's been a fixture of Vancouver Island and the rest of B.C. for decades, and it is very fitting that Hawaii Mars will be preserved here at the British Columbia Aviation Museum.
A couple friends and I rented a boat once again to capture this historical event as best as we could, so I hope you enjoy the video.
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Coulson Aviation
Aircraft: Martin JRM-3 Mars
Livery: Standard
Engines: 4x Wright R-3350-24WA
Registration: C-FLYL
Route: Sproat Lake - Comox - Nanaimo - Victoria - Patricia Bay
Date filmed: August 11th 2024
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Outro song - "Take Flight" by Nyhtian: youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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On August 11th, history was made with the final flight of Hawaii Mars - a 1945-built Martin JRM Mars. This massive flying boat turned water bomber made its last ever landing in Patricia Bay just west of Victoria International Airport.
Hawaii Mars took off from Sproat Lake for the last time and then flew down the eastern coast of Vancouver Island. It passed over YYJ airport and down to downtown Victoria before coming back north, and was actually accompanied part of the way by the Snowbirds!
This was an incredible send-off to an airplane that's been a fixture of Vancouver Island and the rest of B.C. for decades, and it is very fitting that Hawaii Mars will be preserved here at the British Columbia Aviation Museum.
A couple friends and I rented a boat once again to capture this historical event as best as we could, so I hope you enjoy the video.
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Coulson Aviation
Aircraft: Martin JRM-3 Mars
Livery: Standard
Engines: 4x Wright R-3350-24WA
Registration: C-FLYL
Route: Sproat Lake - Comox - Nanaimo - Victoria - Patricia Bay
Date filmed: August 11th 2024
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Outro song - "Take Flight" by Nyhtian: youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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![RARE VISITOR! Royal Canadian Air Force CC-138 Twin Otter at Calgary Springbank Airport [4K]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QFbKr2tK-1I/mqdefault.jpg "RARE VISITOR! Royal Canadian Air Force CC-138 Twin Otter at Calgary Springbank Airport [4K]
A couple weeks ago, this Royal Canadian Air Force CC-138 Twin Otter paid a visit to Calgary. This visitor from 440 Squadron spent a few days at Calgary’s Springbank Airport, apparently giving some rides to Air Cadets.
The RCAF only has 4 of these planes and they’re based out of Yellowknife for transport and search and rescue operations up north, so theyre not a common sight here at all. That, plus Springbank backgrounds, meant I had to go film a few of those flights for myself. Enjoy the video!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Operator: Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
Aircraft: De Havilland Canada CC-138 Twin Otter (DHC6)
Livery: SAR yellow
Engines: 2x Pratt and Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Registration: 13804
Route: Springbank (YBW) - Springbank (YBW)
Callsign: VAMPIRE 4
Runway used: 26, 17, 08
Date filmed: April 2023
Outro song - Take Flight by Nyhtian: https://youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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![BOEING FACTORY PLANE SPOTTING! Everett Paine Field (PAE/KPAE) [4K]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rm0HV6CDhL8/mqdefault.jpg "BOEING FACTORY PLANE SPOTTING! Everett Paine Field (PAE/KPAE) [4K]
The day I filmed the NASA DC-8 at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, there were a few other movements of interest, including multiple KC-46 test flights, a 747 LCF Dreamlifter departing for Charleston, South Carolina, and a rare Boeing 737-600 from the secretive Janet Airlines.
Ive compiled them all into this 18 minute video, so I hope you enjoy!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
00:00 - Intro
00:06 - GOL 737 MAX 8 to Paine Field (PAE)
01:29 - U.S. Air Force KC-46 to Paine Field (PAE)
03:53 - U.S. Air Force KC-46 from Paine Field (PAE)
04:29 - Boeing 747LCF Dreamlifter under tow
05:00 - JASDF KC-46 high speed taxi test
06:11 - JASDF KC-46 to Paine Field (PAE)
07:33 - Private DHC-2 Beaver from Jefferson County (TWD)
08:08 - Boeing 747LCF Dreamlifter to Charleston (CHS)
11:15 - IFL Group Falcon 20 from El Paso (ELP)
11:50 - Janet Airlines 737-600 to Paine Field (PAE)
14:59 - IFL Group Falcon 20 taxiing
15:25 - Janet Airlines 737-600 from Paine Field (PAE)
16:03 - IFL Group Falcon 20 to El Paso (ELP)
17:04 - JASDF KC-46 from Paine Field (PAE)
Outro song - Take Flight by Nyhtian: https://youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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