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01. Jim Mitchell Took this of the Mars Bomber (Hawaii). This is identified by the solid red tail. There were originaly 4 of these but only two remain.
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01a. MARS Water Bomber - Canadians re-built these aircraft and made them into a firefighting icon. Only 2 left. Too bad, the highly skilled pilots are amazing to watch.
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01b. Martin Mars Bomber at home on Sproat Lake, British Columbia. Both aircraft were built as bombers near the end of WWII. They were better used as Cargo planes holding many records for hauling heavy loads, long distances.
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01c. MARS Coming in for water on Lake Okanagan near Naramata.
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01d. Martin Mars Bomber #2 This is the Philippine Mars for those of you that know about these awesome bombers. This aircraft is identified by the solid white tail.
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01e. Hawaii Mars sits on Lake Okanagan. They are ex-US Navy aircraft converted into firefighting behemoths.
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01f. Hilary Shardelow took this photo of the Hawii Mars about to scoop up a load on the lake.
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02. Mars Water Bomber drops enough water to soak 4 acres. They're based in Port Alberni, British Columbia
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03. Aircrane Dumping Water
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07. Beauty in it's Destructiveness.
June 2003, Forest Fires threaten numerous towns and cities in the B.C. Okanogan Lake Area
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08. Another Canadian made aircraft, the Bombadier Reloading on Okanagan Lake
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09. Bombadier Water Tankers Refill with BirdDog Above
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8a. Bombadier On Lake. This Canadian made aircraft is half plane, half boat.
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11. Above Okanogan July 03. Dozens of Aircraft and hundreds of City Firefighters are called to Kelowna to help defend the city.
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12. Captain Jeff Sim. Many Surrey Firefighters responded with hundreds of other B.C. Fire Departments.
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14. Downtown Kamloops with Fire Threatning
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24. McClure Fire 2003 - Showing Signs of Battle
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27. StrawberryHill Fire Advancing
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28. Totoal Destruction and Hard to Fight
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29. Water Bomber Releases Load
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30. We're In For Another Long Night
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