1964 Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB-320 Hansa Jet, c/n 1002/V2, D-CLOU

1964 Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB-320 Hansa Jet, c/n 1002/V2, D-CLOU, Deutsches Museum, Museuminsel, München, Bayern, Westdeutschland; powered by two 2,950-lbs thrust General Electric CJ610-5 turbojet engines; crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), seven to 11 passengers, business aviation/multi-role VIP and ECM (Electronic Counter Measures) electronic warfare trainer in the Luftwaffe (West German air force); mid-mounted, forward-swept wing (negative sweep), wing-tip auxiliary fuel tanks, T-tail; built by Hamburger Flugzeugbau GmbH, Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW), Hamburg-Finkenwerder, subsidiary of Blohm + Voss GmbH, Hamburg (shipyards); first turbojet-powered commercial aircraft designed and built in West Germany; built as second prototype; total production of 47 examples; first flight on October 19, 1964; severely damaged when landing gear collapsed during taxiing at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW), Hamburg-Finkenwerder on January 30, 1968; deregistered; written off; re-registered as D-CASE in same year; rebuilt and re-registered as D-CLOU in 1969; withdrawn from use on September 24, 1970; acquired by Deutsches Museum in 1973.

Deutsches Museum, Museuminsel, München, Bayern on Wednesday, August 13, 1986.

[1984 Nikon FE2 SLR 35-mm roll film camera, s/n 1816483, with Nikkor AI 50-mm f/1.8 lens, s/n 2336591, and 52-mm polarizing filter; Kodak Kodacolor VR 200 36-exposure colour negative film]

© Copyright photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, August 1986

1945 Martin JRM-3 Mars (Model 170B), c/n 9264, C-FLYK, Philippine Mars, FIFT

1945 Martin JRM-3 Mars (Model 170B), c/n 9264, C-FLYK, Philippine Mars, tail painted white, FIFT (Forest Industries Flying Tankers Ltd.), Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada, based at Sproat Lake Seaplane Base (CAA9), Sproat Lake near Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, B.C.; powered by four 2,500-hp Wright R-3350-24WA Duplex-Cyclone supercharged 18-cylinder, twin-row, air-cooled radial piston engines with constant-speed four-blade Curtiss Electric propellers; flying boat hull; crew of four (pilot, co-pilot, two flight engineers), firefighting water bomber; built by Glenn L. Martin Company, Baltimore, Maryland, USA at Middle River, Maryland (M); built as JRM-1 Mars (Model 170A), powered by four 2,500-hp Wright R-3350-24WA Duplex-Cyclone supercharged 18-cylinder, twin-row, air-cooled radial piston engines with constant-speed four-blade Curtiss Electric propellers; delivered as BuNo 76820, Philippine Mars, USN on June 26, 1946; VR-2 Naval Air Transport Squadron, NAS Alameda, Alameda, California; converted to JRM-3 Mars (Model 170B), powered by four 3,000-hp Pratt & Whitney R-4360-4T Wasp Major supercharged 28-cylinder, four-row, air-cooled radial piston engines with constant-speed four-blade Curtiss Electric propellers; withdrawn from use on May 7, 1956; stored at NAS Alameda, Alameda, California, tt 18,662; bought by Hugo Forrester, trading as Mars Metals Company, in 1959; delivered to FIFT on September 5, 1959; converted to air tanker configuration with removal of all unnecessary military and cargo-loading gear, installation of side drop system, large water tanks (inside main fuselage where cargo used to be stowed), and sophisticated retractable scooping system, re-installation of original configuration of four 2,500-hp Wright R-3350-24WA Duplex-Cyclone supercharged 18-cylinder, twin-row, air-cooled radial piston engines with constant-speed four-blade Curtiss Electric propellers, by Fairey Aviation of Canada, Patricia Bay, Sidney, Vancouver Island, B.C. in 1962; CF-LYK, Philippine Mars, FIFT, Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island, B.C. on July 4, 1962; into service for the fire season in 1963; C-FLYK, Philippine Mars, FIFT, Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island, B.C. in 1976, re-registered; C-FLYK, Philippine Mars, Flying Tankers Inc., Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island, B.C. on July 4, 2001, registration renewed; offered for sale on November 10, 2006; C-FLYK, Philippine Mars, Coulson Aircrane Ltd., operating as Coulson Flying Tankers Inc., Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, B.C., based at Sproat Lake Seaplane Base (CAA9), Sproat Lake near Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, B.C., on May 1, 2007; owner registered since June 29, 2007.

Philippine Mars passing by at low altitude at the Annual Duncan Flying Club Fly-In, Duncan Airport (DUQ), Duncan, Vancouver Island, B.C. in summer 1982(?).

Philippine Mars putting on a demonstration, dropping a load of water from its two outlets on either side of the fuselage.

[Agfa Agfamatic 100 sensor viewfinder 126 cartridge film camera, 42.1-mm f/11 lens; Agfa Agfacolor Special CNS 126 20 DIN/80 ASA 20-exposure colour negative cartridge film]

© Copyright photographs by Felix Hayo Scharnberg, 1982 / Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, October 2011

1976 Britten-Norman BN.2A-20 Islander, c/n 770, C-GTOP, Tradewinds Aviation

1976 Britten-Norman BN.2A-20 Islander, c/n 770, C-GTOP, Tradewinds Aviation, Sea Island, Richmond, B.C., Canada, based at South Terminal, Vancouver International Airport (YVR), Sea Island, Richmond, B.C.; powered by two 300-hp Lycoming IO-540-K1B5 fuel-injected six-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, air-cooled piston engines with constant-speed two-blade Hartzell propellers; crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), eight passengers, utility transport/regional airliner; built by Fairey Britten Norman Ltd., Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England at IRMA (Intreprinderea de Reparatii Material Aeronautic) (Enterprise for Aeronautical Material Repairment), Bucharest, Romania (built “green”, then shipped to Bembridge for finishing); G-BDHX, Fairey Britten Norman Ltd., Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England, based at Bembridge Airport (BBP), Bembridge, Isle of Wight on November 8, 1975; exported to USA on March 11, 1976; N6365G; TI-AKD, Costa Rica; imported in ?; registration cancelled on March 19, 1984; C-GTOP, Aztec Aviation Consulting Ltd., Delta, B.C. cancelled on July 12, 1984; C-GTOP, Top Sales Ltd., Richmond, B.C. cancelled on August 29, 1984; C-GTOP, Fa May, Richmond, B.C. cancelled on November 27, 1984; C-GTOP, Venture Aviation Services Ltd., Sea Island, Richmond, B.C. cancelled on August 14, 1986; C-GTOP, Finlay Forest Industries Ltd., Mackenzie, B.C. cancelled on January 7, 1987; C-GTOP, Williston Lake Air Services Ltd., Mackenzie, B.C. on July 9, 1987, cancelled on June 26, 1996; exported to USA on June 26, 1996; airworthiness issued on July 25, 1996; N442S, Griffings Island Airlines Inc., Sandusky, Ohio, USA on February 23, 2007.

The Annual Duncan Flying Club Fly-In, Duncan Airport (DUQ), Duncan, Vancouver Island, B.C. in summer 1982(?).

1976 Britten-Norman BN.2A-20 Islander, c/n 770, C-GTOP near the north end of the gravel and grass airstrip, east side of the airport near the Duncan Flying Club’s clubhouse.

[Agfa Agfamatic 100 sensor viewfinder 126 cartridge film camera, 42.1-mm f/11 lens; Agfa Agfacolor Special CNS 126 20 DIN/80 ASA 20-exposure colour negative cartridge film]

© Copyright photographs by Felix Hayo Scharnberg, 1982 / Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, October 2011