Buffalo Airways
I have been a subscriber to Mikey McBryan's Buffalo Airways YouTube channel for some time now. In NetLetter #1516 our 'Featured Video' was about their new acquisition of a Boeing 737-301SF.
Simply Flying published a story about the airline a few months ago entitled:
'5 Cool Factors That Make Canada's Buffalo Airways A Unique Airline'.
Actually, I think that 'Unique Airline' may be a bit of an understatement. Here is a condensed history of Buffalo Airways.
Founded in 1970 by Bob Gauchie (see link to his story below) it was later sold to pilot Joe (Buffalo Joe) McBryan and is still owned by the McBryan family and Joe remains the president.
Its primary business has always been flying, operating passenger service (ceased in 2020), courier/cargo service, firefighting and an aviation school.
Additionally, they seem to be quite competent at marketing themselves through a clothing line and other media outlets besides YouTube. They have been featured on the History channel's Ice Pilots NWT (link below) and were involved in a re-creation of the historic Dambusters raids of World War II, flying the mission with their own plane and pilots.
On July 27, 2012, Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden, flew up from Edmonton to Yellowknife with Buffalo Airways. On July 28, Dickinson, who holds an airline transport pilot license, flew a Douglas DC-3 to Yellowknife and spent a day as a guest star for a season five episode (link below).
The aircraft in the issue header (C-GWZS) flew on D-Day dropping paratroopers over Normandy as part of 512 Squadron.
Check out the links below for more:
Buffalo Airways on YouTube
BuffaloAirways.com
SimpleFlying.com
Buffalo Airways at Wikipedia
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