"How many major airplane manufacturers are there in Australia, anyway?"

None - now... but do you remember the names, Victa, and especially Nomad?.... :-)

Oh, and the 3rd local Car manufacturer is just about to close...

But then we just blew many millions of dollars waiting decades on a US company to make our Sea Sprite helos fly... and it will cost millions more to 'cancel the contract for non-performance'... funny if _I_ stuffed up that bad, _I_ would have to pay....