Wings: Aviation & Aerials: Martin Mars machine shop

Shot on assignment for AIR & SPACE Smithsonian Magazine. Workmen at the Sproat lake Flying Tankers aerial firefighting base on Vancouver, Island, B.C. make repairs to a wing flap from the one of the Martin Mars flying boats that is used to drop water on remote forest fires. The huge amphibious planes can deliver 7200 gallons in a single load.
Martin Mars machine shop, 03-12-06

Shot on assignment for AIR & SPACE Smithsonian Magazine. Workmen at the Sproat lake Flying Tankers aerial firefighting base on Vancouver, Island, B.C. make repairs to a wing flap from the one of the Martin Mars flying boats that is used to drop water on remote forest fires. The huge amphibious planes can deliver 7200 gallons in a single load.