Martin Mars Visit to Richmond 2010

On February 24, 2010, a major propliner event nearly went unnoticed. The City of Richmond arranged for a Martin Mars to fly to Steveston (in South Richmond, BC) and land on the Fraser River, moor overnight off the beach at Garry Point Park, and then depart the following day laying on a water drop aerial …Read more »

Air Creebec Hawker Siddeley HS748 Story

(SAD NOTE: THIS AIR CREEBEC HAWKER SIDDELEY HS748 STORY DVD CONTAINS NO FLIGHT DECK FOOTAGE AS IT WAS NOT PERMITTED.) Air Creebec Hawker Siddeley operates two HS748 freighters from their Timmins base serving many of the remote First Nations communities of Northeastern Ontario and James Bay. This in-depth show takes the viewer to visit Air Creebec’s HS748 cargo operations …Read more »

Coulson Flying Tankers Martin Mars (Part 2)

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 1950s. Being the world’s last operational examples of …Read more »

Coulson Flying Tankers Martin Mars (Part 1)

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 1950s. Being the world’s last operational examples of …Read more »

American Airlines Douglas DC-3 – Visit to Vancouver

Flying the Bristol Freighter Part II (1994-1998)

Picking up from where the part I program left off, in 1994, Paul Hakwins and his colleagues took over the Terrace-based Bristol Freighter operation. From their defunct employer, Trans-Provincial Airlines. The majority of Hawkair’s work involved hauling between Bronson Creek’s gravel airstrip and Wrangell in support of the Snip Mine. In addition to Bronson Creek …Read more »