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Originally Posted by Shimoda
Huh ?
That would be by comparison with those well-known products of the Aus aircraft-industry that defended the Pacific skies... the... ?........ and the .....??
oh.... none come to mind.....  
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O.k. a Kiwi who needs educating! Try the following list
5 Designed and all Built During WW2
Wirraway
Wackett Trainer
Boomerang
Woomera (prototype)
Kangaroo (prototype)
P 51 Mustang (licence built)
Bristol Beaufort (licence built)
Bristol Beaufighter (licence built)
de Havilland Mosquito (licence built)
Post war WW2
Ceres (crop duster)
Winjeel
Avon-Sabre (licence built, but with RR Avon motor)
Macchi MB 326 (licence built)
Bell 206 Kiowa (licence built)
Avro Lincoln (licence built)
English Electric Canberra (licence built)
GAF Pika
GAF Jindivik
Malkara missile
Ikara missile
Dassault Mirage III (licence built)
GAF Nomad
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet (licence built)
Engine types built
Pratt & Whitney R-1340 built for the Wirraway.
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 built for the Boomerang, Woomera and DAP Beaufort.
Rolls-Royce Merlin built for the GAF Lincoln.
Rolls-Royce Nene built for versions of the de Havilland Vampire manufactured by de Havilland Australia.
Rolls-Royce Avon built for the Sabre and GAF Canberra.
SNECMA Atar built for the Mirage.
Bristol Siddeley Viper built for the Macchi.
General Electric F404 built for versions of the F/A-18 Hornet manufactured by the Government Aircraft Factory/Aerospace Technologies of Australia.
cheers
Jim