Having flown the Canadian high arctic for 40 years, Buffalo Airways will soon be flying into homes across Canada as the star of the new History Television series, Ice Pilots NWT. The 13-part series follows the adventures of the pilots at Buffalo Airways, flying the airline’s legendary fleet of DC-3s, DC-4s, and other workhorse planes, hauling passengers and freight across the great Canadian North.

While Buffalo’s airplanes may be vintage, the company’s fleet is outfitted with state-of-the-art flight following, flight data transmission, and satellite telephone systems supplied and supported by Latitude Technologies. Buffalo selected Latitude’s SkyNode® S-series voice and data satellite transceivers together with Latitude’s Web Sentinel™ mapping and dispatch services to capture and report aircraft location, routing, and other real-time operating performance data. Aircraft using SkyNode S-200 transceivers also have 2-way voice and text capability, adding another layer of real-time communication from the flight deck to Buffalo’s operations center.