Aero Commander 500 family
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The Aero Commander 500 family is a series of light twin piston-engined and turboprop aircraft originally built by the Aero Design and Engineering Company in the late 1940s, renamed the Aero Commander
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The first model, the five-seat 520, was certified in January 1952 with two 260 HP Lycoming GO-435s
Special mission cabin for the NOAA
Certified from 1954, the seven-seat 560 is powered by two 270–295 hp (201–220 kW) Lycoming GO-480s.
Buffalo Airways
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Buffalo Airways is a family-run airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, established in 1970. Buffalo Airways was launched by Bob Gauchie and later sold to one of his pilots, Joe M
Aero Commander 500 family
…Bishop, California. On 24 June 2026, while responding to a wildfire, an Aero Commander 690C (registration C-FNRP, Callsign "Bird Dog 104") operated by Buffalo Airways, crashed 50 km from Fort Simpson, NT, Canada, with all 3 crewmembers killed. The plane was dispatched as a Bird Dog to the wildfire, consisting on…
Yellowknife base of Buffalo Air
Joe McBryan (aka "Buffalo Joe")
The first DC-3 bought by "Buffalo Joe"
Buffalo School of Aviation's Fleet Canuck