The former water bomber owned by Coulson Aviation in Port Alberni will make a final flight to its new home in Arizona around November 18
The Philippine Mars is back in the water again at Sproat Lake and hundreds if not thousands of people around the Alberni Valley are keeping a close eye on her movements every day.“It’s a little surreal to know that they’re finally leaving their home and yeah it’s going to be a sad day to finally see it gone,” he told CHEK News.
“Our family had property on Sproat Lake for several years and it was a daily occurrence to see these huge planes taking off,” Erickson added. “It was quite amazing to watch yesterday when it was doing its taxis. We were one of the only boats out there and I was one of the only people to have a chance to photograph it close up and it’s just an amazing sight,” said Rob FrolicFrolic said the page had 2,500 followers early last year but exploded to almost 12,000 during the run up to the Hawaii Mars final flight.
“The Philippine still has the original engines on it and they fired up after not being flown for 15 years. A couple weeks work on each engine and away she went,” he said.
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