Movers of Hawaii Martin Mars water bomber reflect on the complicated task.
Jeremy Nickel said his company has moved some enormous, unwieldy and strange things over the decades — big brick mansions, gigantic ship loaders, Molson’s massive brewing tanks and even the Royal Canadian Navy’s submarines — but few have compared to the Hawaii Martin Mars water bomber.
Tim Nickel, a nephew in the 70-year-old family business and head of Vancouver Island operations and industrial moves, said there was a sense of pride that “we were in the care of something that meant so much to the people of Vancouver Island, so it was a privilege to be part of the project.” The plane travelled a 3.2-kilometre route helped by steel plating laid down to smooth out changes in the landscape.
The Mars was securely held seven feet above the ground on the 360-degree-turning-trailer as it crawled across the Victoria airport taxiways. “Growing up in the business, and it’s been around for nearly 70 years now, you kind of get acclimatized when you’re running a project,” said Nickel, who was the lead on the Martin Mars and involved in the planning for months.
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