With a puff of smoke, firing up the starboard Double Wasp on a finally successful test after a long morning's work on it by Buffalo's maintenance technicians.

Named "Summer Wages", on short finals to land at Hay River on the afternoon scheduled service from Yellowknife across the Great Slave Lake - "The Sked".

The "Ice Pilots" logo beneath the cockpit windows marks involvement in the TV series of the same name which dramatised the exploits of Buffalo Airways in the locally extreme winter weather. The name "Summer Wages", with its dollar bill, is of longer standing. Joined Buffalo Airways in 1980, previously in military service with the RAF and then the RCAF as KG602, latterly 12932.

One of the Buffalo Airways firefighting fleet, with bombing number "02". Seen in the background is stablemate C-GCTF, "58".

Acting as the "bird dog" spotter aircraft for a fire fighting team of three Northwest Territories Firebosses on an out of area deployment to Red Lake to reinforce the Ontario Fire Service, while they faced a higher local forest fire threat. Like the Firebosses themselves, operated by Buffalo Airways of Yellowknife, NWT, and carrying the identity "Buffalo Patrol 101".

Post war C-54 45-0535 was retired to AMARC in 1971 after US Air Force service. Declared surplus, the aircraft was bought by Dross Metals and registered N3303F in 1975. It returned to flying in 1976 with Aero Union after fire bomber conversion. Registered to Conifair Aviation as C-GBNV in 1981, it was used mainly for spraying Quebec forests to control damage from Spruce budworms. Buffalo Airways bought the aircraft in 1996 and it remains current (at the time of uploading), but has not flown for some time.

Buffalo DC-3 equipped with skis for off-airport winter operations. C-GJKM was substantially damaged after a forced landing at Hay River on May 3, 2019. The aircraft was disassembled and by July, was trucked to Red Deer, AB for repair.The aircraft is current on the Canadian registry at the time of uploading but I don't know it's status.

Returning to Canada after spending a couple of years in Turkey.

Returning to Canada after spending a couple of years in Turkey.

Western Airlines flew passengers with this Electra (N9744C) from February 1961 until the end of 1968 when it was converted to a freighter. Next with Reeve Aleutian Airways September 1970 - September 2002, although the airline ceased flying in 2000. For Atlantic Airways the registration G-LOFH was allocated but never used. Registered N4HG to a trust company, the engines were used by the airline on other Electras. Stored at Coventry, it was made flyable and sold to Buffalo Airways in 2011 to become C-FIJV. Stored at Red Deer still in RAA colors, it has provided parts for their flyable L-188s.

This Buffalo Airways parts aircraft was previously with Transport Canada registered C-FDTH. It became C-FBAE in 2011 (but never flew with this registration).

Wartime C-47 42-93423 was transferred to the Royal Air Force as Dakota III KG602. The aircraft was transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force in June 1946 with the same serial. New serial 12932 was applied in 1970 as the system was re-structured . Sold to Buffalo Airways in 1980 , it was registered C-GPNR in 1981. Although named Summer Wages, the aircraft is pictured also dedicated to Murray Crosby, a Buffalo Airways DC-3 co-pilot who tragically died in a Cessna 337 crash.

Note the flat tyre. The previous evening I had flown into YHY (from Yellowknife) on this a/c. I watched it depart YHY a little later and noticed smoke coming from the port engine. The aircraft made a circuit and landed, bursting its starboard tyre on landing. It was still awaiting attention when I took this photo the next morning. This same aircraft suffered an accident after take off from Yellowknife 19 Aug 2013. This time it was the starboard engine just as the aircraft rotated. A combination of being overweight and the prop not fully feathering resulted in an off airport emergency landing.

Sold to Pacific Flying Boats Dec 2010.