I built my own mini max 4 years ago , it took me a total of 1 day to build start to finish , thats painted and ready to go ,,, and it has been the funnest boat i have ever driven!!!

This is one of the water bombers stationed at Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Last part of clip has a good shot of his "Bird Dog."

Coulson Flying Tankers, The Hawaii Mars performs for the crowd. Take-Off Water-Drop, Fly-Bys and Landing Sunday July 8th 2007, Sproat Lake, Port Alberni, BC

http://www.henrytenby.com/dvds/MartinMars1dvd.html The world's last two Martin Mars are operated by Coulson Flying Tankers based at Sproat Lake, near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island. Built just as WWII came to end, the two Mars are highly effective fire fighting aircraft that have worked the BC coast since the late.... more

Water bomber Martin Mars piloted by Steve Stackhouse. The main base of operations for Flying Tankers is situated on Sproat Lake near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island. Integrated maintenance, operations and administration are housed in modern facilities. http://www.martinmars.com/index.htm

http://henrytenby.com/dvds/MartinMars2dvd.html The world's last two Martin Mars are operated by Coulson Flying Tankers based at Sproat Lake, near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island. Built just as WWII came to end, the two Mars are highly effective fire fighting aircraft that have worked the BC coast since the late.... more

A few clips of the wingrush rc boat on sproat lake , there is a nice crash towards the end

An exterior and interior tour of the Martin Mars water bomber (Coulson Flying Tanker). The exteriors were taken in July 2007 and the interiors in November 2007 (note the rain and cold air).

This short clip is of the Mars base located at Sproat Lake near Port Alberni BC Canada. A gift shop with many photo's ad two rooms with running video. All for free. This is new for the base since Coulson took over last year.

Mars Bombers Low Flyby