President [http://home.vicnet.net.au/~cmhsbcm/ City of Moorabbin Historical Society.] Opperating from the Box Cottage Museum Joyce Park, Ormond, Victoria, Australia.
Working on Harry G Hawker
Henry (Harry) Richard Busteed OBE AFC http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4774067 Born in North Carlton, Victoria 6 Nov 1887, Australia, Worked at the Tarrent Automobile Workshops Melbourne his friends Harry Hawker, Harry Kauper (The Three Harry's) Horri Miller, Cecil De Fraga and Eric Harrison. With Hawker and Kauper saw the flight off [ Houdini] at Diggers Rest Victoria Australia in 1910. In 1911 moved to the UK and stared working with Bristol Aviation with Eric Harrison.
[ Bristol Aviation Company] Busteed and Harrison gained their Royal Aero Club(RAeC) flying Certificate making Busteed the first Australian to gain the Certificate 94 on the 13 June 1911and became a test pilot working on the Bristol Scout, flying the Bristol Hydro no.120 in competition and trainer. Training the pilots of Bristol client he became the first man to fly a powered fixed wing aircraft in Spain. He was involved in a crash in 26th of June 1914when the undercarriage of the Bristol S.S.A failed. He trained Royal Navy pilot and was by 1913 in the Royal Navy Special Reserve. Busteed was offered the position as the first training officer of the Australian Flying Corp, However he declined the offer taking an appointment with the RNAS. The position at the AFC was taken by Eric Harrison and Henry Petre who started the central flying school at Point Cook Victoria.
During his service he was awarded for an leading an attack on the German occupied Belgian coast, he was in command of the RNAS research facility at the Isle of Grain. He was a pilot on the HMS Hermes when it was sunk by torpedo in the English Channel in Commander Busteed was on the HMS Furious during the Dunning and Rutland deck landing trials at Scarpa Flow and was the third man to make a successful deck landing. In march 1915 he was sent to the USA to consult with USN on flight deck technology and tectonics. He was directly involved with the development Sopwith-Kauper interrupter gear for use in the Sopwith Camel, being tested at the Beasley firing range with Harry Kauper and Harry Hawker. The capture cable used on flight decks was known as the Busteed Trap up until the 30s. Busteed was made a Permanent Commission as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1919 and was Officer in Charge, RAF Base, Gosport 1921.Air Staff, HQ No 1 Group 1923,OC Flying, HMS Furious 1925, RAF Worthy Down 1927,Officer Commanding, No 10 Sqn, No 203 Sqn 1928, Retiring from service in 1939.
In the same month her retired from his Commission he returned to service as Officer in Charge of the No 33 (Balloon Barrage) Group and later the No 34 (Balloon Barrage) Group, retiring again in 1941. In his retirement he reconditioned cars in his garage in Penzance.Henry Busteed Died 1965 Penzance UK.
References Sopwith aircraft, 1912-1920 Horace Frederick King Putnam, 1981 Early Birds: Magnificent Men of Australian Aviation Between the Wars Horace Clive Miller Rigby, 1976 Hawker, One of Aviation's Greatest Names: A Biography of Harry Hawker, MBE, AFC L. K. Blackmore David Bateman Limited, 1990
External links Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation List: Henry Richard Busteed OBE, AFC (Harry Busteed) http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=43398
Henry A Kauper Hawthorn Vic, Tarrent, Sopwith,
Eric Harrison Bristol Aviation,
Cecil De Fraga Born Chriswick Victoria Australia, St Pauls Catholic collage Ballarat, short time at Prahran Primary School Tarrent Motors,
Sydney Pickles Marickvile NSW, Short Brothers
Harry J. Butler Captain AFC
Captain , Henry(Harry) John, Butler AFC, "The Red Devil"
Harry Butler Memorial Harry Butler Memorial Born Yorktown South Australia 9th of November 1889. was known for building model Planes and be came a mechanic, when war started he joined the AFC at Point Cook Victoria an sent to Europe. The Red Devil The Red Devil He was commissioned 3 weeks after joining and was a specialist trainer in German tactics by 1917. Plaque Plaque On his return to Australia he started South Australian Aviation Company with Harry Hawker close friend Harry Kauper. The Company failed after a year and Harry Kauper went on to be a Radio Expert. Capt H J Bulter AFC Capt H J Bulter AFC In 1922 he started a motor dealership in his Minlaton SA However after an accident he lost his health and died in 1924.
http://www.awm.gov.au/view/book/100032105/?query=henry+butler+afc&op=Search&format=list§ion[0]=people§ion[1]=articles§ion[2]=books§ion[3]=collections
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/butler-henry-john-5446
/info/en/?search=Harry_Butler_%28aviator%29
http://www.saam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/SAAM-Profiles-HARRY-BUTLER.pdf
http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/butler.htm
http://www.archive.today/x8sJS[ dead link]
AUTHOR: Battams, Samantha.; Parsons, Leslie.;
TITLE: The Red Devil : Captain , Henry(Harry) John,Butler AFC, pioneer aviator / Samantha Battams and Leslie Parsons. SUBJECT: Butler, Henry John.; Australia. Army. Australian Flying Corps.; World War, 1914-1918.; DOC TYPE: Journal Article YEAR: 2010
Basil Watson
Kenneth M Mackenzie Grieve HMS Viper (1899) Daily Mail aviation prizes Harry Hawker Transatlantic flight HMS Furious (47) Edwin Harris Dunning Busteed
Capt Andrew Lang Born Corowa NSW Australia. His farther a Doctor W, H Lang a handy-caper for the VRChttp://vrc.net.au/ and was the nephew of the MYTH, RITUAL, AND RELIGION author Andrew Lang /info/en/?search=Andrew_Lang. Schooled Melbourne Grammar, worked at the South Caufeild garage of C J Kellow, Victoria, raced cars for Kellows' with Harry Busteed. At one point he was the personal chauffeur of Dame Neile Melba.
Lang married Olive and lived in Park St South Yarra, Melbourne Joined the RFC in England by persuading a relative in the UK, returned to Australia in 1917 to start with the the 4th Australian Flying Corp as a Captain and sent to France. The 4th AFC was equipped with Sowith aircraft mainly the Camel. His association with Harry Hawker, Lang was in contact from his time working at Kellows and his involvement in racing and his time with the RFC and AFC. In 1919 Captain Lang made an attempt on the Altitude record of 30,500 feet (9302.5 Meters) passing out and recovering just before reaching the ground. The aircraft he flew was a De Haviland with a Napier Lion Engine. Lang's involvement in Motor racing again and known as the "Napier Lion" the name he used in his motor articles in the Sydney Sun. On his returned after the war he not only became a columnist but took up motor racing again. Captain Andrew Lang was killed in May 1923 at Camperdown Victoia in an accident survived by his wife Olive and daughter.
President [http://home.vicnet.net.au/~cmhsbcm/ City of Moorabbin Historical Society.] Opperating from the Box Cottage Museum Joyce Park, Ormond, Victoria, Australia.
Working on Harry G Hawker
Henry (Harry) Richard Busteed OBE AFC http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4774067 Born in North Carlton, Victoria 6 Nov 1887, Australia, Worked at the Tarrent Automobile Workshops Melbourne his friends Harry Hawker, Harry Kauper (The Three Harry's) Horri Miller, Cecil De Fraga and Eric Harrison. With Hawker and Kauper saw the flight off [ Houdini] at Diggers Rest Victoria Australia in 1910. In 1911 moved to the UK and stared working with Bristol Aviation with Eric Harrison.
[ Bristol Aviation Company] Busteed and Harrison gained their Royal Aero Club(RAeC) flying Certificate making Busteed the first Australian to gain the Certificate 94 on the 13 June 1911and became a test pilot working on the Bristol Scout, flying the Bristol Hydro no.120 in competition and trainer. Training the pilots of Bristol client he became the first man to fly a powered fixed wing aircraft in Spain. He was involved in a crash in 26th of June 1914when the undercarriage of the Bristol S.S.A failed. He trained Royal Navy pilot and was by 1913 in the Royal Navy Special Reserve. Busteed was offered the position as the first training officer of the Australian Flying Corp, However he declined the offer taking an appointment with the RNAS. The position at the AFC was taken by Eric Harrison and Henry Petre who started the central flying school at Point Cook Victoria.
During his service he was awarded for an leading an attack on the German occupied Belgian coast, he was in command of the RNAS research facility at the Isle of Grain. He was a pilot on the HMS Hermes when it was sunk by torpedo in the English Channel in Commander Busteed was on the HMS Furious during the Dunning and Rutland deck landing trials at Scarpa Flow and was the third man to make a successful deck landing. In march 1915 he was sent to the USA to consult with USN on flight deck technology and tectonics. He was directly involved with the development Sopwith-Kauper interrupter gear for use in the Sopwith Camel, being tested at the Beasley firing range with Harry Kauper and Harry Hawker. The capture cable used on flight decks was known as the Busteed Trap up until the 30s. Busteed was made a Permanent Commission as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1919 and was Officer in Charge, RAF Base, Gosport 1921.Air Staff, HQ No 1 Group 1923,OC Flying, HMS Furious 1925, RAF Worthy Down 1927,Officer Commanding, No 10 Sqn, No 203 Sqn 1928, Retiring from service in 1939.
In the same month her retired from his Commission he returned to service as Officer in Charge of the No 33 (Balloon Barrage) Group and later the No 34 (Balloon Barrage) Group, retiring again in 1941. In his retirement he reconditioned cars in his garage in Penzance.Henry Busteed Died 1965 Penzance UK.
References Sopwith aircraft, 1912-1920 Horace Frederick King Putnam, 1981 Early Birds: Magnificent Men of Australian Aviation Between the Wars Horace Clive Miller Rigby, 1976 Hawker, One of Aviation's Greatest Names: A Biography of Harry Hawker, MBE, AFC L. K. Blackmore David Bateman Limited, 1990
External links Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation List: Henry Richard Busteed OBE, AFC (Harry Busteed) http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=43398
Henry A Kauper Hawthorn Vic, Tarrent, Sopwith,
Eric Harrison Bristol Aviation,
Cecil De Fraga Born Chriswick Victoria Australia, St Pauls Catholic collage Ballarat, short time at Prahran Primary School Tarrent Motors,
Sydney Pickles Marickvile NSW, Short Brothers
Harry J. Butler Captain AFC
Captain , Henry(Harry) John, Butler AFC, "The Red Devil"
Harry Butler Memorial Harry Butler Memorial Born Yorktown South Australia 9th of November 1889. was known for building model Planes and be came a mechanic, when war started he joined the AFC at Point Cook Victoria an sent to Europe. The Red Devil The Red Devil He was commissioned 3 weeks after joining and was a specialist trainer in German tactics by 1917. Plaque Plaque On his return to Australia he started South Australian Aviation Company with Harry Hawker close friend Harry Kauper. The Company failed after a year and Harry Kauper went on to be a Radio Expert. Capt H J Bulter AFC Capt H J Bulter AFC In 1922 he started a motor dealership in his Minlaton SA However after an accident he lost his health and died in 1924.
http://www.awm.gov.au/view/book/100032105/?query=henry+butler+afc&op=Search&format=list§ion[0]=people§ion[1]=articles§ion[2]=books§ion[3]=collections
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/butler-henry-john-5446
/info/en/?search=Harry_Butler_%28aviator%29
http://www.saam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/SAAM-Profiles-HARRY-BUTLER.pdf
http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/butler.htm
http://www.archive.today/x8sJS[ dead link]
AUTHOR: Battams, Samantha.; Parsons, Leslie.;
TITLE: The Red Devil : Captain , Henry(Harry) John,Butler AFC, pioneer aviator / Samantha Battams and Leslie Parsons. SUBJECT: Butler, Henry John.; Australia. Army. Australian Flying Corps.; World War, 1914-1918.; DOC TYPE: Journal Article YEAR: 2010
Basil Watson
Kenneth M Mackenzie Grieve HMS Viper (1899) Daily Mail aviation prizes Harry Hawker Transatlantic flight HMS Furious (47) Edwin Harris Dunning Busteed
Capt Andrew Lang Born Corowa NSW Australia. His farther a Doctor W, H Lang a handy-caper for the VRChttp://vrc.net.au/ and was the nephew of the MYTH, RITUAL, AND RELIGION author Andrew Lang /info/en/?search=Andrew_Lang. Schooled Melbourne Grammar, worked at the South Caufeild garage of C J Kellow, Victoria, raced cars for Kellows' with Harry Busteed. At one point he was the personal chauffeur of Dame Neile Melba.
Lang married Olive and lived in Park St South Yarra, Melbourne Joined the RFC in England by persuading a relative in the UK, returned to Australia in 1917 to start with the the 4th Australian Flying Corp as a Captain and sent to France. The 4th AFC was equipped with Sowith aircraft mainly the Camel. His association with Harry Hawker, Lang was in contact from his time working at Kellows and his involvement in racing and his time with the RFC and AFC. In 1919 Captain Lang made an attempt on the Altitude record of 30,500 feet (9302.5 Meters) passing out and recovering just before reaching the ground. The aircraft he flew was a De Haviland with a Napier Lion Engine. Lang's involvement in Motor racing again and known as the "Napier Lion" the name he used in his motor articles in the Sydney Sun. On his returned after the war he not only became a columnist but took up motor racing again. Captain Andrew Lang was killed in May 1923 at Camperdown Victoia in an accident survived by his wife Olive and daughter.