VH-ARG   Butler BAT-2                     (c/n    1)

                              

                                  Three views of this one-off, designed by C. Arthur Butler, founder of Butler Air Transport.  The little
                                  high wing two-seater was produced in 1939/40.  It was Butler's second design, the first being a single-
                                  seat parasol machine, known as the ABA-1.     They were both, I understand, constructed in Coota-
                                  mundra, NSW.    I have been unable to ascertain whether the ABA-1 actually flew.    The BAT-2
                                  above, certainly did, although the advent of the second world war prevented further work on series
                                  production of it.   It was still in existence in 1954 as my shot of it in a hangar in Bankstown (below)
                                  shows.  The photograph above, and the one at the foot of the page were taken somewhat earlier, the
                                  latter being  circa 1940.  The ultimate fate of this promising little machine is unknown.

                           

                           
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