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 and the State of Oregon 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:

Three DC-7s, one DC-6, one DC-4, and three C-130A

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES:

22

PERSONNEL SPECIFICS:

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

CONTACT:

Nan Garnick
Dave Kelly
(541) 548-8166/fax (541) 548-0863
E-mail: ButlerAcft@win4co.com
http://www.butleraircraft.com