Lucky you. I worked as a learner for a short time at the old Port Alberni airport along the river. The tankers were the only outfit that had a B engineer and the local operator used to get him to come over and sign out any major structural jobs. The closest I ever got to a Mars was when Fairy Aviation was converting the last one at YYJ in 64. Never did get inside it though. I went through the Viking shop in YYJ back in the eighties and they did a lot of that kid of work as well. Those sheet metal men are a rare bunch.
Back in the days before autothrottles, the flight engineer was basically the only person to touch the power levers in cruise.
Not to brag but I did get to go for a ride. What was interesting is about how all that came together. I picked up some little aviation rag in the coffee shop in a hangar in of all places Chetwynd BC and on the cover page was a pic of my buddy and his crew exiting a Mars into a boat after they were done for the day. I had lost track of where he had gone but now I knew, so I phoned up FIFT. I had some time off coming up so next thing I was on my way to PA. Had a great weekend.
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