Person
Butler, Cecil Arthur (1902 - 1980)
OBE
- Born
- 8 June 1902
Sparkhill, Warwickshire, United Kingdom - Died
- 13 April 1980
Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Aviator
Summary
Cecil Butler was founder of Butler Air Transport, which later became Airlines of New South Wales.
Details
Chronology
- 1917 - 1921
- Career position - Apprenticed as a tool, jig and gauge maker at the local Small Arms Factory
- 1921
- Career position - Transferred to the Australian Aircraft & Engineering Co. Ltd at Mascot, New South Wales
- 1923
- Education - Engineers licence obtained from the Sydney Technical College
- 1923 - 1928
- Career position - Ground Engineer at Larkin-Sopwith Air Craft Supply Co. Pty Ltd and Larkin's Australian Aerial Services Ltd
- 1927
- Career position - Pilot's licence obtained
- 1929 - 1934
- Career position - Established his own aircraft business
- 1930
- Career position - Built a small, all-metal, high-winged monoplane
- 1934
- Career position - Won the Charleville (Queensland)-Cootamundra (New South Wales) airmail route tender
- 1934 - c. 1958
- Career position - Managing Director of Butler Air Transport Pty Ltd
- 1936 - c. 1958
- Career position - Chairman of Butler Air Transport Pty Ltd
- c. 1945
- Career position - Butler Air Transport Pty Ltd registered as a public company
- 1958
- Career position - Butler Air Transport Pty Ltd bought out by (Sir) Reginald Ansett
- 1958
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Arthur C. Butler - Records, 1939 - 1991, MS 4601; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
- Biographical cuttings on Arthur C. Butler, aviation pioneer, CuttinsFiles BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
- Arthur C. Butler - Records, 1972, TRC 121/33; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Marchant, Sylvia, 'Butler, Cecil Arthur (1902-1980)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 319-320. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130361b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21536137. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/94987445. Details
- 'Butler, C Arthur (1902-1980)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1307682. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 12 February 2018
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