About Cecil Arthur Butler
Lived 1902 – 1980 (aged 77–78). Cecil Arthur Butler was an Australian aircraft pilot.
Cecil Arthur Butler (8 June 1902 – 13 April 1980), commonly known as Arthur or C. Arthur Butler, was an Australian businessman who established Butler Air Transport Co.
Butler was born in Warwickshire, England, and migrated to Australia with his family in about 1910. In 1931, he piloted a Comper Swift from England to Australia in the record time of 9 days, 1 hour and 40 minutes. In 1934 with the financial help of his wife's uncle, P. S. Garling, he won the tender for the Charleville (Queensland) to Cootamundra (New South Wales) leg of the England-Australia airmail route, servicing the route with DH.84 Dragon aircraft.
Recognition In 1958 he became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) The terminal building at Cootamundra Aerodrome was named for him in 2007.
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Who was Cecil Arthur Butler?
(1902-1980) aviator / airline entrepreneur
When was Cecil Arthur Butler born?
Cecil Arthur Butler was born on 8 June 1902.
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Cecil Arthur Butler died in 1980.
What was Cecil Arthur Butler's occupation?
Cecil Arthur Butler was an aircraft pilot.
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Cecil Arthur Butler was Australian.
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