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Cecil Arthur Butler

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from England to Australia in the record time of 9 days, 1 hours and 40 minutes. In 1934 with the financial help of his wife's uncle, P. S. Garling, he won the tender for the
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continued as a civil airline, serving centres in New South Wales and Queensland. The airline later became
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Butler being congratulated by crowd at Lithgow, after his England-Australia record breaking flight
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aircraft. Four years later, with the successful completion of the contract, his company,
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Flying start : the history of the first five decades of civil aviation in Australia
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Wheatbelt Wheatsheaf and Dampier Advocate (Merredin, WA : 1930 - 1939)
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Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954)
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In 1930 he designed, built and tested a small, all-metal, high-winged
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leg of the England-Australia airmail route, servicing the route with
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In 1958 he became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (
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Centre, The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research.
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for the story of the civil airline he founded and managed.
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Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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Aircraft pilot
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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Butler Air Transport Co.
Warwickshire, England
Lithgow Small Arms Factory
Australian Aircraft & Engineering Co. Ltd
Mascot, Sydney
monoplane
Comper Swift
Charleville (Queensland)
Cootamundra (New South Wales)
DH.84 Dragon
Butler Air Transport Co.
Airlines of New South Wales
OBE
Butler being congratulated by crowd at Lithgow, after his England-Australia record breaking flight
Butler and the Comper Swift, 1931
C. Arthur Butler
Wikidata
Q108355035
C. Arthur Butler
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Q108354444
Butler Air Transport

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