All photos taken by Mr. Harry Morgan.

Albatross in Victoria BC Canada.


 
Martin Mars and Goose owned by Forest Industries Flying Tankers.
The Martin Mars holds 6000 gallons of retardant and is used on forest fires around the province of BC where water is readily available. The Bird Dog aircraft is the Grumman Goose which seems dwarfed by the Mars. There were apparently 5 Mars built. One crashed in service and Forest Industries bought the other four from the scrap yard and restored them into service as fire tankers. One unit crashed during a fire and one was severely damaged at Victoria airport during a typhoon. That unit supplies several spare parts to keep the surviving two alive. They are still in use in fire fighting today. The Goose has gone though.




Goose belonging to one of the logging companies. It was an executive aircraft used to take company employees to remote sites along the coast of British Columbia.




Ramp at Ocean Falls, up the BC Coast.  The Mallard (CF-HPa or HPU) was the main air transport for many years to bring people 400 miles up the coast from Vancouver. Only other access was by boat.