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    Airframe Family: Martin JRM Mars
    Latest Model:JRM-3 Mars
    Last Military Serial:76823 USN
    Construction Number:9267
    Last Civil Registration:C-FLYL
    Compressed ID:Martin JRM-3 sn 76823 USN cn 9267 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Coulson Aviation, Sproat Lake, Port Alberni, British Columbia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a JRM-3.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 76823 and operated with these markings: RA-823.

    June 1959


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: Mars 76823 gathering dust at San Francisco Airport in June 1959 while awaiting sale.

    From 10 May 1965 to 28 September 2001

    To Forest Industries Flying Tankers of Port Alberni, BC with new c/r CF-LYL.

    13 August 1972


    Photographer: Ron Olsen

    13 August 1972


    Photographer: Ron Olsen

    25 February 2004

    To Flying Tankers Inc, Port Alberni, BC with new c/r C-FLYL.

    3 May 2005

    To Flying Tankers Inc, Port Alberni, BC keeping c/r C-FLYL.

    8 June 2007

    Civil registration, C-FLYL, cancelled.

    29 June 2007

    To Coulson Aircrane Ltd, Port Alberni, BC with new c/r C-FLYL (JRM 3, 76823).

    Based at Coulson Aviation, Sproat Lake, Port Alberni, BC.
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    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: Martin Mars - Forest Industries Flying Tankers -at Port Alberni/Sproat Lake Air Tanker base (CAA9)

    14 July 2016


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: Coulson Aircranes Martin Mars Hawaii Mars doing a low pass down runway 09 at Victoria BC. He came back later and did another down 14

    24 January 2022

    Put on sale by Platinum Fighter Sales for $5,000,000 USD.
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