$256
A pencil on paper artist's rendering of a Martin JRM Mars plane. Written in bottom left corner "Artist sketch/ Sectioning of Twin Tailship." Only seven of the Mars planes were built and used by the United States Navy, ultimately for cargo and transport. Only the earliest model had this twin-tail ship design. The U.S. government placed the order for these planes as patrol bombers with the Glenn L. Martin in 1938. By the time a successful prototype had been created, the need for a bomber had passed and the design was changed to be a transport aircraft. The plane's maximum takeoff weight was 165,000 pounds, had a wing span of 200 feet, and was 38 feet, 5 inches tall. 42 3/8 by 30 1/2 inches Categories:
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2012-03-31