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FOUNDED:
January 1946 as Butler Farm Air Company by Calvin J. Butler

GENERAL:
Butler Aircraft is known by its customers as a company that can be relied upon to "do it right the first time". Butler Aircraft operates as a subsidiary of T.B.M., Inc.

COMPANY OPERATIONS:
Butler Aircraft contracts with the USDA-Forest Service for multi-engine aerial firefighting contracts. Butler Aircraft also operates a full service FBO at Roberts Field, Oregon (RDM).

IMPROVEMENTS/INNOVATIONS:
Butler Aircraft was responsible for introducing the B-17 into successful aerial firefighting.

AREAS CONTRACTED:
Wenachee, WA; Medford, Klamath Falls and Troutdale, OR; Fort Smith, AK; Knoxville, TN; Alaska, Michigan and Minnesota.

FLEET:
Two DC-7s, one DC-6, one C-130

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES:
26

PERSONNEL SPECIFICS:
Butler Aircraft's most experienced pilot has devoted over 30 years of flying to fighting wildland fires and crop dusting.

CONTACT:
Cal Butler
(541) 548-8166
Fax: (541) 548-0863
E-Mail: ButlerAcft@aol.com
HOMEPAGE: http://www.butleraircraft.com/

	Link to another shot of the above aircraft Link to another shot of the above aircraft Serial #: 44-34313 Construction #:   27592 Civil Registration:   N5457V   C-GHLK   N119DR Model: A-26B Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002   History: Aero Atlas Inc, Red Bluff, CA, 1959-1961. - Registered as N5457V. - Flew as tanker #27. First A-26 converted to fire tanker, 1959. Wilson Aviation Industries, Lewiston, ID, 1963-1964 Butler Aircraft, Redmond, OR, 1966-1975 - Flown as tanker #A20 (later #16) Conair Aviation Ltd, Abbotsford, BC, Apr. 1975-1988 - Registered as C-GHLK - Flown as tanker #23. Reynolds Aviation Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Apr. 1987-1988 Don Crowe, Victoria, BC, 1989-1990. Canadian Warplane Heritage, Hamilton, Ontario, 1990-1999. - Flew as French AF 434313/K/BC-313. Courtesy Aircraft Inc, Rockford, IL, July 1, 1999. - Registered as N119DR. David R. Lane, Poway, CA, July 1999-2002. - Flown as French AF/434313/K/BC-313.

	Link to another shot of the above aircraft Link to another shot of the above aircraft Serial #: 43-22673 Construction #: 18820 Civil Registration:   N9159Z   C-GHLM Model(s):   A-26C   B-26C   TB-26C Name: None Status: Destroyed Last info: 1975   History: Delivered to USAAF as 43-22673 - To Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, July 1956. Blue Mountain Air Service, La Grande, OR - Registered N9159Z. Hillcrest Aircraft Co, La Grande, OR, 1963-1964. - Flew as tanke #F24. Butler Aircraft Co, Redmond, OR, 1966-1975. - Flew as tanker #F18 (later #18). Conair Aviation Ltd, Abbotsford, BC, Apr. 1975. - Registed as C-GHLM. - Flew as tanker #24. - Crashed while fire bombing, Gates Lake, BC, July 2, 1975.

	Serial #: 43-22621 Construction #:   18768 Civil Registration: N9161Z   History: Constructed A-25C-25-DT Tulsa Oklahoma. Taken on strength/charge with the United States Army with s/n 43-22621 Then to Calvin Butler as N9161Z Cancelled

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