Thank you or the information Gentlemen. To move away from the merits of different platforms/techniques and back to the original question.
I understand from the reply’s that the majority of smaller aircraft are Australian operators. Why then can Australian industry not provide the ‘heavy’ machines? The expensive taxpayer funded ones.
For example the NSW Government signed a deal with Coulson of Canada for 737 and Citation operations. US or Canadian (?) C130 and BAe146 contract tankers. US Erickson Skycrane heavy choppers in Victoria, US registered Dauphin in QLD fires this week, US Blackhawks at Bankstown etc etc etc