Posted: Mar. 28, 2024 5:42PMRetired Martin Mars water bomber pilot Peter Killin is preparing for the flight of his life.
Killin’s flight suit is still on board the aircraft that has been in retirement for nine years, and it’s about to come in handy. Killin and co-pilot Rick Matthews have been asked to fly the plane on one final mission that was announced below the Hawaii Mars’ towering wing at Sproat Lake on Thursday.“It will be fun to get it to Victoria where everybody can see it. It’s an honour,” said former Mars pilot Rick Matthews.
“So I hope we celebrate it. We’re going to build a brand new hangar, it’s going to be all glass, and people will be able to see it, fly the Mars in a simulator,” said Richard Mosdell, the project lead for the ‘Save the Mars’ campaign.
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