8-K

                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                         Washington, D.C. 20549



                                FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT

   Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


     Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  October 12, 2000

                      BUTLER NATIONAL CORPORATION
         (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware                         0-1678                            41-034293
(State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number)            (I.R.S. Employer
                                                        Identification Number)


             19920 West 161st Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062

                              (913) 780-9595
                       Registrant's telephone number





Item 5.   Other Events
          Butler National Corporation reported that on October 9, 2000
          the Company issued a press release regarding the FAA approval
          of the Company's Transcient Suppression Device for Honeywell
          Equipped Boeing Aircraft as Method of Compliance with AD 98-20-40
          for Classic Boeing 747 aircraft. See Exhibit 99.

          Butler National Corporation reported that on October 11, 2000
          the Company issued a press release reporting the order status
          of Butler Transcient Suppression Device for Honeywell Equipped
          Boeing Classic 747 aircraft.  See Exhibit 99.2


                                SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                       BUTLER NATIONAL CORPORATION



October 12, 2000                       /S/Clark D. Stewart
   (Date)                              Clark D. Stewart
                                       President and CEO





October 12, 2000                       /S/Robert E. Leisure
   (Date)                              Robert E. Leisure
                                       Chief Financial Officer

EX-99

Exhibit 99

PRESS RELEASE	October 9, 2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Butler National Corporation (OTCBB - BUKS) - FAA APPROVES BUTLER TSD FOR
HONEYWELL EQUIPPED BOEING AIRCRAFT AS METHOD OF COMPLIANCE WITH AD 98-20-40
FOR CLASSIC BOEING 747

[OLATHE, KANSAS], October 9, 2000 - On October 6, 2000, the Federal Aviation
Administration issued Butler National Corporation a Supplemental Type
Certificate (STC) number ST00846SE.  The STC approves the installation of
its Transient Suppression Device (TSD) on Boeing 747 Classic Airplanes
fitted with Honeywell Analog Fuel Quantity Indication Systems (FQIS).  The
STC is approved as an Alternative Method of Compliance (AMOC) for
Airworthiness Directive (AD) 98-20-40, which requires protection for fuel
tank wiring.  Patent is pending for the TSD.

Honeywell has provided key technical support to this project.  Butler
National is especially grateful for the technical support and hard work
provided by many Honeywell personnel.  Cooperation and assistance by
Honeywell was essential for success because the FQIS was initially designed
and manufactured by Honeywell to Boeing specifications and has been
maintained by Honeywell in the field for some thirty years.

The FAA issued AD 98-20-40 requiring all 747 aircraft to have such
protective devices installed prior to November 2001.  This mandatory safety
device is in response primarily to the investigation into the tragic July 17,
1996 explosion of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of Long Island, New York
losing all 230 passengers and crew.  It is believed that installation of
such devices in the future may increase the safety of air travel for not
only the Boeing 747 but other aircraft as well.

Installation of the new Butler National TSD is FAA approved for approximately
413 Boeing 747 aircraft with the Honeywell FQIS (Series 747-100,-200,-300,
- -SP,and -SR).  This Transient Suppression Device is designed to prevent
potentially dangerous electrical energy from entering any of the fuel tanks
of the protected 747 aircraft.

The Butler TSD is designed to interface transparently to the original
equipment including on-going upgrades and enhancements.  Butler National is
the only manufacturer that was been granted complete access to the Honeywell
FQIS proprietary product information.

All current Honeywell FQIS components remain in place and are not affected
by the TSD.  Flight Crew will not notice any operational difference.  Minimum
maintenance training will be required to install and support the Butler TSD.
Installation of the three plug-in TSDs required per aircraft may be completed
in about four hours.  The TSD is designed to be incredibly robust with
failure analysis predicting reliability well in excess of any previous
aircraft component standards.  The units use all passive components and have
multiple concurrent redundant circuits to ensure the highest protective
reliability.  The service life is 30,000 flight hours or approximately six
years.  Suppliers of suppression devices to the airline industry are
currently limited to Butler National Corporation, Smiths Industries of the
UK and B.F. Goodrich Aerospace.  Butler National has been approved for
Boeing 747 aircraft equipped with the Honeywell analog FQIS and Smiths has
been approved for Boeing 747 aircraft equipped with the Smiths digital FQIS.
Goodrich offers a replacement digital system for all Boeing 747 aircraft.
Both Smiths and Goodrich systems require replacement of the Honeywell FQIS
components and require much longer installation times.  The cost of the
basic TSD kit is $55,000 per aircraft.  Consequently, the Butler National
transient suppression system appears to be the lowest cost and easiest to
install of the available solutions.

Management Comments:

"The issuance of this STC is especially important to Butler National because
it marks the first major result of our determination to focus Butler National
Corporation on Classic aircraft products that are consistent with our long
and significant heritage as a manufacturer of airline avionics equipment.
It is our intention to provide products that will support and promote
continued safe commercial and general aviation.

As aircraft have proven to have much longer useful lives than originally
envisioned, there is a growing need for quality support systems for these
Classic aircraft.  Our corporate goal is to provide replacement part
manufacturing capabilities that produce aviation products to strict original
equipment specifications under current certification authorities.

Our Transient Suppression Device for the Honeywell equipped aircraft is our
first product applying improved technology to older aircraft to increase
operating efficiencies, prolong the lives of useful aircraft, and to increase
passenger safety.  We consider it both a responsibility and an opportunity
for Butler National to translate each painful aviation lesson into better
and safer products for classic aircraft.

The FAA, the NTSB, Honeywell, TWA, Polar Air Cargo, Cinch Connectors, AES,
AAR, United States Navy, a number of FAA designated professionals and many
others helped us complete this design, engineering, testing and certification
task in record time.  We thank each one for their hard work and their
cooperation as a team.  As a result of the team effort, we fully expect that
Butler National will be the product of choice for many operators", commented
Clark D. Stewart, President.


Our Business:

Butler National Corporation operates in the Aerospace and Services business
segments.  The Aerospace segment focuses on the manufacture of support
systems for Classic aircraft including the Boeing 747 TSD for the
Honeywell FQIS, switching equipment for Boeing/Douglas Aircraft, weapon
control systems for Boeing Helicopter and performance enhancement structural
modifications for Learjet, Cessna, Dassault and Raytheon business aircraft.
Services include electronic monitoring of water pumping stations and
temporary employee services.

Forward-Looking Information:

The information set forth above may include "forward-looking" information as
outlined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  The
Cautionary Statements, filed by the Company as Exhibit 99 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K, are incorporated herein by reference and
investors are specifically referred to such Cautionary Statements for a
discussion of factors which could affect the Company's operations and
forward-looking statements contained herein.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

William A. Griffith, Investor Relations               Ph   (913) 780-9595
Butler National Corporation                           Fax  (913) 780-5088
19920 W. 161st Street
Olathe, KS 66062

EX-99.2

PRESS RELEASE	October 11, 2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Butler National Corporation (OTCBB - BUKS) - REPORTS ON ORDER STATUS OF
BUTLER TSD FOR HONEYWELL EQUIPPED BOEING CLASSIC 747 AIRCRAFT

[OLATHE, KANSAS], October 11, 2000 - Qatar Airways selected the Butler
National TSD for the Company's Boeing 747 Classic aircraft as an
Alternative Method of Compliance (AMOC) for Airworthiness Directive (AD)
98-20-40.  Butler expects to provide Qatar with the installation shipment
including spares and testing equipment in December 2000.

On October 6, 2000, installation of the new Butler National TSD was FAA
approved for approximately 413 Boeing 747 aircraft with the Honeywell Fuel
Quantity Indicating System (FQIS) (Series 747-100,-200,-300,-SP,and -SR).
This Transient Suppression Device is designed to prevent potentially
dangerous electrical energy from entering any of the fuel tanks of the
protected 747 aircraft.

The Butler TSD is designed with Honeywell assistance to interface
transparently to the original equipment including on-going upgrades and
enhancements.  Butler National is the only manufacturer that has been
granted complete access to the Honeywell FQIS proprietary product
information.

All current Honeywell FQIS components remain in place and are not affected
by the TSD.  Flight Crews will not notice any operational difference.
Minimum maintenance training will be required to install and support the
Butler TSD.  Installation of the three plug-in TSDs required per aircraft
may be completed in about four hours.  The units use all passive components
and have multiple concurrent redundant circuits to ensure the highest
protective reliability.  The service life is 30,000 flight hours or
approximately six years.

Management Comments:

"Qatar's TSD order is especially important to Butler National.  We
appreciate Qatar's confidence in Butler National.  This further supports
our objective of applying improved technology to older aircraft to increase
operating efficiencies, prolong the lives of useful aircraft, and to
increase passenger safety.  It is our intention to provide Classic
aircraft products that will support and promote continued safe commercial
and general aviation.  The Butler team is working toward schedules to allow
the completion of 400 ship sets before the end of October 2001. We fully
expect that the Butler TSD will be the product of choice for many operators",
commented Clark D. Stewart, President.


Our Business:

Butler National Corporation operates in the Aerospace and Services business
segments.  The Aerospace segment focuses on the manufacture of support
systems for Classic aircraft including the Boeing 747 TSD for the
Honeywell FQIS, switching equipment for Boeing/Douglas Aircraft, weapon
control systems for Boeing Helicopter and performance enhancement structural
modifications for Learjet, Cessna, Dassault and Raytheon business aircraft.
Services include electronic monitoring of water pumping stations and
temporary employee services.

Forward-Looking Information:

The information set forth above may include "forward-looking" information as
outlined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  The
Cautionary Statements, filed by the Company as Exhibit 99 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K, are incorporated herein by reference and
investors are specifically referred to such Cautionary Statements for a
discussion of factors which could affect the Company's operations and
forward-looking statements contained herein.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

William A. Griffith, Investor Relations               Ph   (913) 780-9595
Butler National Corporation                           Fax  (913) 780-5088
19920 W. 161st Street
Olathe, KS 66062