“Buffalo” Joe McBryan

"If you really want to experience flight in this life then you have to strap a DC-3 to your ass."

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Stubborn, unconventional and unpredictable, this northern aviator has built his airline with the world’s most unique fleet of WWII aircraft. Fierce and impulsive, Joe has fired everyone on staff at least once, but they all know he expects them to show up at work the next day.

There’s nothing fancy about Buffalo Airways, just as there’s nothing fancy about Joe. He’s a multi-millionaire who wears plaid work shirts and packs a bologna sandwich for lunch every day.

Joe does business on his word and a handshake. He pushes the limits of his crew and his planes, doing whatever it takes to satisfy his customers. That’s why people in the North know that they can rely on Buffalo as their lifeline.

This season Joe’s renegade, old-school ways come head to head with the jet-fueled world of aviation. He butts heads with government officials, brokers waterbomber deals with the Turkish government and faces both an aviation gas crisis and parts shortage that threaten the future of his vintage WWII fleet.