UK to Australia alone in 9 days 84 years ago is amazing.
Without modern oils,radio,GPS or a support crew.
No soft upholstery or modern clothing.
Butler went on to be a true Australian aviation pioneer. His achievment makes modern day so called adventurers a joke.
He ran his own aviation company from 1934 to 1959.
Sadly after a long service life it was scrapped.
Viscount c/n 97 operational record
He bought a couple of Viscounts and ran regional flights in Australia in the post war era.
The Arthur Butler Memorial Aerodrome and terminal buildings hold a unique place in the history of commercial aviation in New South Wales. The aerodrome was the base and an operating hub of the highly successful airlines operated by pioneer aviator Arthur Butler between 1938 and 1957. As the Yeo Airport this was Australia’s first registered regional airport. The aerodrome has direct associations with Arthur Butler OBE, founder of Butler Air Transport Company and Butler Air Services Pty Ltd, pioneer Australian aviator and holder of the record for a solo flight between England and Australia.
Within living memory the Yeo Airport served as a regional transport hub. The community of Tooraweenah holds the aerodrome and its buildings in very high regard, maintaining the buildings and grounds, and organizing the Arthur Butler Memorial Fly In each year.