Canadian country music legend Ian Tyson passed away on Dec. 29 at the age of 89. Why is that relevant to the North, you may ask? Ask Joe McBryan.
The owner of Buffalo Air has some artwork on the nose of one of his DC-3 aircraft titled Summer Wages with an old Canadian $1 bill beneath the words. The artwork is in honour of TysonSA国际影视传媒檚 song of the same name. ItSA国际影视传媒檚 adorned the nose of the craft for 40 years.
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As the story goes, in 1982, McBryan decided to put all his money he had earned that summer into buying a DC-3. During that time, TysonSA国际影视传媒檚 song was a popular one and the title reflected the situation of McBryanSA国际影视传媒檚 experience.
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McBryan said he was looking at the airplane and decided to buy it.
SA国际影视传媒滻SA国际影视传媒檓 gonna take a chance to hit 17 with it and I also going to spend my SA国际影视传媒榮ummer wagesSA国际影视传媒� on it,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淭hen everything I earned during that summer is going into that airplane. A guy came along and ISA国际影视传媒榤 telling this to him and he said SA国际影视传媒楪ive me a dollar billSA国际影视传媒�. He painted it on the nose of the airplane.
McBryan still has the original $1 bill he gave to the artist to paint on the nose of the plane.
SA国际影视传媒淪o over the next 40 years, we carried IanSA国际影视传媒檚 song into the Arctic, and a lot of the people, when I went to the Arctic, the local people all knew that song, and they all identified with that song,SA国际影视传媒� said McBryan. SA国际影视传媒淚f I ride another plane with the dollar bill repainted on it but donSA国际影视传媒檛 have the song, theySA国际影视传媒檒l want me to go home.SA国际影视传媒�
McBryan said he knew it was a gamble to put all the money in one airplane, but it was one that really paid off.
SA国际影视传媒淎fter 40 years, I still fly the same airplane,SA国际影视传媒� he said.
