Published On Aug 11, 2024
I just watched the final landing of the the Hawaii Martin Mars water bomber on August 11, 2024. It got me remembering July 31, 2003, when both the Hawaii and Philippine Martin Mars bombers were fighting a fire at Thetis Lake, on Southern Vancouver Island. They made multiple passes in Esquimalt Lagoon past Fisgard Lighthouse (the oldest lighthouse on the West Coast of Canada) to pick up water.
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