ARTHUR BUTLER .. . in 1932 flew solo England-Austrlia in the tiny single-seat Comper Swift. lent to him by Nicholas Comper. He did it (one magazine article was headed THE BUTLER DID IT) in a record 9 days . Since he went to such extremes to keep his payload to the bare minimum he even wore carpet slippers .. . . hence the media given name upon completion of the flight - THE CARPET SLIPPER AIRMAN. (At an airfield on the outskirts of Sydney not long after his long flight some thieving mongrel reached into his open cockpit when no one was looking and stole his slippers.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQWU00ub9ow