Founded in 1946, Butler Aircraft contracts with the Oregon Department of Forestry and the State of California for multi-engine aerial firefighting. At Butler Aircraft our mission is "To be the best by exceeding customer expectations!"

My grandfather takes me walking in the park by the airport to watch planes taking off and landing. The strongest memories of him are the sound of his card shuffler, and how it looked like a rolodex, his numerous hats, and the patch over the left lens of his glasses, covering the eye that since his stroke peers exclusively at a thirty degree angle. Rita tap dances across the linoleum floor in her apron and white wool sweater every time Shirley Temple is on television and she always asks grandfather to help her with the ice cream. She eventually gets Alzheimer’s and dies. My other grandfather buys me a remote control war aircraft with a four foot cord connecting the remote to the aircraft so you have to run with it in order to use it successfully. Even then it never leaves the ground and crashes continually. His handshakes hurt and smell of cigarettes and his wife Norma never lets us play with her Mets Starting Lineup figures. They smoke and drink and watch the Mets. He used to go the bar where his first wife, Lynn worked and drank her tips. She turns 83 on Tuesday and is the only one left.