BUTLER AIRCRAFT COMPANY
1050 S. E. Sisters Avenue
Redmond, Oregon 97756-8615

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/


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