The Philippine Mars took one last stop at its former base, NAS Alameda. After a short stay, the flying boat took off for its ...

The Philippine Mars water bomber, the celebrated aircraft that spent nearly five decades fighting wildfires across B.C., has ...

There was an actual seaplane in Alameda’s Seaplane Lagoon Monday morning. Ferry riders and other people out on their morning ...

The Philippine Mars water bomber — a decades-long fixture on Sproat Lake — has left Vancouver Island and landed in American ...

With a mighty four-engine roar, the Philippine Mars flew low over the bomber base at Sproat Lake, turned right toward the Alberni Inlet and never looked back. After two false starts in December 2024, ...

From the snowy shores of Kennedy Lake to the frosty trees of Sproat Lake and Prospect Lake, Vancouver Islanders have been ...

The iconic Philippine Mars water bomber has finally made its way to its new home at an aviation museum in Arizona.

The Philippine Mars will leave Sproat Lake on its final departure south on Sunday, Feb 9, 2025. Coulson Aviation made the ...

The Philippine Mars water bomber — a fixture on Sproat Lake near Port Alberni for decades — left Vancouver Island on Sunday, made an overnight stop in San Francisco, then took off again on its ...

On Monday, the Philippine Mars set off inland from San Francisco, and landed in Lake Pleasant, Arizona, about 4:15 p.m. The Philippine Mars water bomber — a fixture on Sproat Lake near Port ...