Jump to content

File:JRM-2 VR-2 NAS Jax 1949.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (2,100 × 1,661 pixels, file size: 308 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description

The Martin JRM-2 Caroline Mars (BuNo. 76824) of transport squadron VR-2 sits moored off the Naval Air Station Jacksonville sea wall, Florida (USA), on 15 July 1949. The aircraft set two records in 1948. On 28 August 1948 it landed at Chicago, Illionis (USA), with 42 persons on board and a 6,350 kg (14,000 lb) payload, after a record nonstop flight from Honolulu (Hawaii, USA) of 7,641 km (4,748 mi) in 24 hours, 12 minutes. On 5 September 1948 it carried a cargo of 30,972 kg (68,282 lb) over 628 km (390 mi) from Patuxent River, Maryland (USA), to Cleveland, Ohio (USA), the

heaviest payload ever lifted in an aircraft up to that date. In 1956 it was stored at NAS Alameda, California (USA). It was converted to civilian airtanker configuration in 1961. The aircraft was parked on its beaching gear at Victoria International Airport, Sidney, British Columbia (Kanada), for maintenance with Fairey Aviation of Canada, when its tie-down lines snapped during typhoon "Frieda" on 12 Oct 1962. The beaching gear collapsed, and the aircraft was blown across the tarmac for some distance until it ran into a highway shoulder. It was considered damaged beyond repair and was broken up for spares.
Date
Source NAS Jacksonville homepage [1]
Author USN

Licensing

Public domain
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

15 July 1949

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current21:51, 11 January 2008Thumbnail for version as of 21:51, 11 January 20082,100 × 1,661 (308 KB)Cobatfor{{Information |Description=The Martin JRM-2 ''Caroline Mars'' (BuNo. 76824) of transport squadron VR-2 sits moored off the Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida (USA), sea wall on 15 July 1949. The aircraft set two records in 1948. On 28 August 1948 it

The following page uses this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata