I was surfing through the channels tonight, and I came across an excellent show called "Mighty Planes" on Discovery Channel (in Canada) about the Martin Mars. I'm not sure if this was aired in the US or not, but this would appeal to many people on this forum, I'm sure. They showed the Mars deploying to Texas to fight actual fires, and also covered the maintenance involved etc. One thing that impressed me was the modern cockpit that it used. Also, the size of the support team was something I had not imagined, as they are pretty much self-sufficient when deployed.Any way, keep a look out in your tv listings if this sort of thing appeals to you.

Cool plane.Unfortunately the Discovery Channel has made the switch to nearly 100% crap reality shows lately... Between the History Channel's fixation on the end of the world, idiotic show about killing alligators, and the Discovery Channel's reality TV junk, I'm beginning to wonder if these "educational" channels aren't trying to turn US viewer's brains to mush. Terrorism on our minds!